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And I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.

Not a single Republican in leadership talked to us about this or has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health insurance premiums DOUBLING!!!

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It's almost like Marj is waking up to the fact that her Republican Party is full of Republicans.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 123 points 2 days ago (2 children)

She voted for it. THREE TIMES!!

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 84 points 2 days ago (1 children)

BUT this time her own children are facing the premium hikes. That makes everything totally, completely different.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 37 points 2 days ago (4 children)

She has kids? That's gotta suck for them.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

Thoughts and prayers.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I wonder how long the whelpings took.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It sucks for everyone that her parents had kids.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 days ago

I'm sure she will take this opportunity to reflect and grow as a person.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Changing her grift or actually trying to serve her constituency? Curious to see her going rogue like this. Love me some conservative infighting.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

No she's literally just trying to serve her own adult children. She said so herself.

[–] SwampYankee@feddit.online 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've always had the sense that MTG is sincere, but incredibly stupid.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

she's sincere, she just wholly believes all the conspiracies about Jews, and she is really fucking antisemetic

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She is not sincere, and she is bone fide intellectually disabled.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

Let's not throw the intellectually disabled under the bus, like that; many of the people with Down's I've met are, hand over fist, better people than MTG has ever managed to be.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Why not both?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Only because her kid is turning 26 and getting off her insurance plan. R’s dont care about anyone but themselves or their own family. And that 26 is a benefit from Obama so she should fucking thank him for these extra years while she’s at it

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

So the bottom line is she says no. She turns her back on us!

[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did more of the Epstein Files get released recently? Did it have any effect?

People who don't like Republicans already know, people who do wouldn't listen or care.

[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Its less about the files, we know whats in them. They want us to forget these files so its important not to. We need to annoy them and show anyone who might have missed, what liars they are.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The files are a helpful distraction from the literal facists shit they are actively pursuing.

[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Maybe. But it splits MAGA. So it does its thing

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 20 points 2 days ago

Not that I'm ever going to vote for or say anything good about her, but hey, every little bit helps.

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Also, I think health insurance and all insurance is a scam, just be clear!

What even is her position here? She is against single payer and against insurance companies. Does she want us paying for everything out of pocket?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

The actual answer is that she doesn't hold any position.

[–] miraclerandy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Best guess is that she’s frustrated with the amount you pay versus what you get back. And honestly she’s not wrong but probably mad at the wrong at the wrong people.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Obviously she doesn’t want to pay for everything out of pocket.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I learned nothing else from Alien: Earth, it’s that…

Tap for spoiler…we’re gonna have to enlist the help of some unsavory characters to defeat the billionaires.

[–] Kayday@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Spoiler for the Alien franchise: the 1% is bad, mkay?

[–] Sideshow_B00b@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Don’t do hypercapitalism hmmkay?

Oligarchy is bad hmmkay?

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago

She is getting closer to waking up. Still screeching about illegals and foreigners and not the wealth hoarders, though...

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I don't care what she says. She's scum. It's mostly self-serving lies.

If she starts actually voting more intelligently, let me know.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

If she wants the bill passed, she better get to the insurance companies and get them to lower premiums themselves.