the accusations that they have made and the information that came out in the michael cohen case has nothing to do with the president, now they re going to plan, i wouldn t say plan b, but plan d or e or f to take this president down. so susan, who does this investigation hurt more politically, democrats or republicans? it s probably a wash for both of them at this point meaning that the republican, politically speaking, unless there s convictions, this story, if you will, will be fine. the trump base won t go out of control, and it also gives something for the democrats to go after. katie said, there s already been one person found guilty of using a straw person to make a donation, and we know that trump is transactional, so we shouldn t be surprised but the one thing that s been portrayed as such a negative is the amount of money raised. you know, that shouldn t be too surprising given how little the
obamacare illegal by eliminating the penalty for not having coverage. the decision came just hours before the final day of enrollment for 2019 coverage, which is today, and it puts obamacare in the coverage of some 20 million americans at risk. so what is next for the affordable care act, joining me are vox.com, sarah cliff, republican strategist and political analyst, susan del percio, and fordham university professor of political science, susan greer. what do you make of the timing of this, will this impact people who waited until the end and are enjoling for health care enrolling for health care today? we re seeing millions of americans waking up to headlines that say things like obamacare is declared unconstitutional, the real situation is that this was a district court in texas. the affordable care act still stands, people s health insurance is is not affected and if people are uninsured and need coverage, they should be signing up before the deadline tonight at midnight, but
are in mixed status households. if i m a citizen or a green card holder and a loved one is not, i may be less likely to interact with the government in any capacity. we re seeing this with families all across the country. children not going to school. people not going to their houses of worship because they are afraid of the policies of donald trump, his administration, and the republican party right now. that could also be something that we need to look at. we re going to see a drop in the census because of mixed status families and, people who are afraid of the american government right now. i think we need to keep that in mind. ladies, thank you so much for the discussion. sarah cliff, we appreciate your time, susan and christina back with us later. defending america s democracy, the stark warning issued by a group of former senators on both sides of the aisle to the current and future lawmakers. you re watching msnbc. (chime)
wait and see what the enrollment numbers look like to see if this bad publicity, and this kind of curious timing on the part of this judge is going to lead some people to decide the law doesn t exist, and i m not going to try to enroll in coverage. susan, there are a lot of republicans that rain in 2018 on a platform that promised to protect people from preexisting conditions. what do republicans do if those protections are rolled back because this law has been repealed. it s important to remember the law has not changed. there is a stay on it. it will take its course going up through the courts and eventually the supreme court. people still are covered. yes, there s one day where they think there may not be obamacare. but what the big problem for republicans are, they say they are for preexisting conditions, they say they are on for keeping kids on until they are 26 years old. a lot of ways, just like the deal the president did, nafta
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