Seven-Term Conservative GOP Congressman Admits ObamaCare Repeal ‘A Pipe Dream From the Very Start’
Freedom Caucus’ Mark Sanford Gets Real
U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) says repealing ObamaCare has always been just a fantasy. The conservative Republican congressman, who in between his House terms served for eight years as the governor of South Carolina, made the stunning admission Tuesday to Vice News.
In an interview with Alexandra Jaffe, Rep. Sanford, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, said “full repeal” of ObamaCare “was, in essence, a pipe dream from the very start.”
In a series of tweets, Jaffe says Sanford told her chances of passing the GOP plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare with the Republicans’ American Health Care Act are “dim.” She says Sanford compared repeal of ObamaCare to the 1994 Republican Revolution, in which House Republicans picked up 54 seats. He called it “false advertising from the start.”
Full Sanford quote on why full OCare repeal was a “pipe dream” —and why MacArthur was the best they could do. More on VNT tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com/Yrx6T8Catg
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 2, 2017
And she says Sanford warns Republicans could lose the House and the Senate, thanks to Trump:
Sanford also warned GOP could lose the House & Senate b/c of Trump & backlash to the party in power “on steroids.” More on VNT 2morrow… pic.twitter.com/MLnZ8HiMOu
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 2, 2017
Sounds like some real straight talk.
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