elections. and yet she is reviled by the sket base, by the republican party seen as activist, seen as threatening to the status quo for republicans and to former president trump in particular and i think blunt was trying to have something of a dog whistle there to conservative republican voters out in the country in explaining why the republican senators appear to be united in trying to resist and oppose this voting legislation. lisa, i have one for you. this reminder of how popular obamacare was with the last president. just a reminer. we ll discuss on the other side. somebody said what s the first thing you are going to do? working immediately on repealing obamacare. the problem with obamacare is not good. i want to give great health care. obamacare is a disaster. we want to terminate it.
he brought his unique combination of policies and offputting behavior and just plain weirdness to the office. the first thing he did upon taking office he did upon taking office was to shutdown kentucky s well functioning popular obamacare health insurance marketplace, then he set about trying to kick thousands of kentuckians off medicaid, going so far as to sue individual medicaid recipients by name. he accused his local paper of being part of an america hating global conspiracy. he opposed mandatory vaccines saying he had taken his kids to a chickenpox party to expose them to the virus instead. and he spent much of his term making sworn enemies out of kentucky s teachers when they went on strike to demand better pay and resources, bevan accused them of being responsible for children being sexually assaulted and shot. that will get them back to the negotiating table. so when matt bevan lost his reelection bid last month, a lot
and just plain weirdness to the office. the first thing bevan did upon taking office was to shut down kentucky s well-functioning popular obamacare health insurance marketplace. then he set about trying to kick thousands of kentuckians off medicaid, going so far as to sue individual medicaid recipients by name. he accused his local paper of being part of an america hating global conspiracy. he opposed mandatory vaccines saying he had taken his kids to a chickenpox party to expose them to the virus instead. and he spent much of his term making sworn enemies out of kentucky s teachers when they went on strike to demand better pay and resources, bevan accused them of being responsible for children being sexually assaulted and shot. that will get them back to the negotiating table. so when matt bevan lost his re-election bid last month, a lot of kentuckians breathed a sigh of relief. but it turns out he wasn t quite finished. the day after he left office a
it s been less than three weeks since the state of kentucky inaugurated its new governor. but the republican governor has not gone quietly. former governor matt bevan never did anything quietly. the first thing bevan did upon taking office was to shutdown kentucky s well functioning popular obamacare health insurance marketplace, then he set about trying to kick thousands of kentuckians off medicaid, going so far as to sue individual medicaid recipients by name. he accused his local paper of being part of an america hating global conspiracy. he opposed mandatory vaccines saying he had taken his kids to a chickenpox party to expose them to the virus instead. and he spent much of his term making sworn enemies out of
taking a vote on health chair back in 2017 when it was unknown how the vote would go and now you have republicans on the record voting for a bill that rolled back the protections for pre-existing conditions. that is what people are talking about. you can debate the merits of obamacare. i m not hearing voters say we love every aspect of obamacare. i m not hearing voters say we love the high costs. but they re saying we like the fact that pre-existing conditions are protected and that s democrats have done a good job of making that an issue. neil: quick reaction? i m waiting for the day for republicans to cut their ad to say, you know what? vote for us because we ll protect obamacare. they have been doing the opposite the entire time since president trump took off. they have blood on their hands neil: oh, antoine. now you re getting absurd. that s silly. blood on the hands. come on. neil: i m sick of this. i m now sick of this. coming to a break here. when we come back here