“How absolutely pathetic,” declared the Justice Democrats, an advocacy group that focuses on assisting progressive challengers willing to take on more establishment lawmakers in office. “Your voters expect you to hold the line for their basic healthcare and food benefits. This is just surrender. Every Senate Democrat that joined Republicans to pass this sold the American people out and we should make sure they have no future in public office.”

“Let’s be clear — this proposal isn’t a compromise, it’s a capitulation,” said Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson (D-Ill.). “Millions [will] lose their health coverage, and millions more [will] face skyrocketing premiums. The Senate should reject this misguided plan. In the House, my vote will be HELL NO.”

The Democratic Party is dead and liberal centrism is an obstacle to progress, the DNC is not a bulwark against fascism it is a tacit and cowardly endorsement of it.

Democrats just condemned ~50,000 US citizens to death every year, let that sink in…

According to the report, premiums for Americans who buy their own health insurance will double on average next year, while 15 million people are expected to lose coverage as a result of the Republican budget. The report details how the cuts would substantially increase the number of uninsured Americans in every state in the country and double the uninsured rate in some states, including Massachusetts and Louisiana. A study from Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania estimates that the cuts could cause more than 50,000 unnecessary deaths every year.

The report includes dozens of firsthand accounts from Americans facing life-threatening consequences:

https://www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom/press/news-im-terrified-ill-die_americans-speak-out-on-devastating-republican-health-care-cuts

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    “What Senate Dems who voted for this horseshit deal did was fuck over all the hard work people put in to Tuesday’s elections.” —Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)

    I like this guy

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      Maybe that was the plan. Get a bunch of pissed off voters to elect dems in various places, then wait a couple days to “fuck over” everyone after the seats had been won and vote for the republican legislation.

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        If they didn’t already know and internalize it after Obama, they will certainly forget by 2026.