|
|
|
|
Welcome to Tough Crowd Chapter 8, today's subject is Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX). Remember him? He's the same jackass that held a town hall awhile ago and told 1 of his constituents to "shut up." Rep. Barton held his townhall on April 13 and does anyone wanna guess how it went?? People arrived in droves for his town hall that took place in Mansfield, Texas and fire marshals were in place to restrict the number of people allowed inside the Mansfield City Hall Council Chambers. People that couldn't get inside were able to watch a live feed in the lobby of city hall on a monitor. Tickets were handed out and drawn @ random for people that wanted to ask questions. Barton was asked about whether Trump should release his taxes, to which he said, "I think the President (he called Trump that not me) should release his taxes." Sounds pretty good so far huh? People cheered when he said this actually. Well, he screwed up when he added this, "I'm not sure that's very relevant how he conducts himself as President." Those cheers that he'd just received, turned to boos. Umm, sir the hiding that he's hiding something absolutely ties into how he'll continue to conduct himself as "leader" of this country. Another thing about his town hall that struck me was when the topic of Obamacare and TrumpCare came up. A constituent by the name of Amber George told him about her struggle with Chrons Disease and how she was able to be insured under Obamacare. "This is my plea. Please keep us out of the high risk pools and please keep us insured," she told Barton. She also made it clear that she was "scared to death" about what's going to happen to her healthcare. His response, "The plan we're going to vote on continues coverage for preexisting conditions. We do create a high risk pool. We do let each state determine how best to handle that." Pause: clearly you all in Washington aren't on the same page cause before yall went on recess and TrumpCare 2.0 was being discussed preexisting conditions was 1 of the things on the chopping block, so you just lied to this woman that depends on her healthcare. You told this woman she would continue to be covered, but if your boss and his puppet get their way, she won't be. Another thing, after he provided his incorrect answer, somebody in the crowd yelled out, "At what cost?" in terms of this woman and others still being covered. All in all, this town hall was more tame than others that we've seen, I think my favorite part of this town hall was when a man was so over Barton's bs answer that he dropped the mic and walked out.
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
|