By Reed RichardsonDec 18th, 2020, 8:30 pm
The former medical adviser to the George W. Bush White House, Dr.
Jonathan Reiner, lashed out at a GOP Congressman who publicly swore off getting the Covid-19 vaccine, citing his “freedom” and unspecified concerns over its safety.
During an appearance on CNN’s
Erin Burnett Out Front, Reiner reacted when the eponymous host replayed footage of Rep.
Ken Buck (R-CO) on Fox News.
“So we saw the Senate and House Leaders
Mitch McConnell and
Nancy Pelosi get their shots today, Vice President [Mike] Pence got his. So that’s all good,” Burnett noted. “There are, though, some that are behaving terribly. There is one person in Congress saying he won’t get it. Here is Republican Congressman Ken Buck today, what he said.”
that prior to the passage of the affordable care act that weren t insured. so if the republicans get their way and this gets repealed, they are going to be in more trouble because you have 75% of americans that are in favor of having some plan in place that ensures anyone with a pre-existing condition is taken care of. however you slice it this plays into the president s promises, one of the big campaign promises he had. he tweeted about it. let s pull the tweet up as he says, as i predicted all along obamacare has been struck down as unconstitutional, a disaster. now congress must pass a strong law that provides great health care and protects pre-existing condition. mitch and nancy getting it done. the president talking about the soon to be led democratic house of representatives. under this congress, under this president, is there a chance this law may find a path forward
night. you ll remember the u.s. president promised to repeal and replace obamacare. it was one of his campaign promises so as you see he took to twitter to celebrate the ruling and push congress, to in his words, pass a strong law that provides great health care and protects pre-existing conditions. he also tells house leaders mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi to quote get it done. for her the part the top democrat in the house nancy pelosi vows to fight for what she calls life-saving protections for people with pre-existing conditions. i spoke earlier with david katz, the former assistant u.s. attorney who has insight on this and he explained what s going to happen next with the affordable care act. listen. the house of representatives once it s democratic, speaker nancy pelosi has indicated the