‘Obamacare Is Death’: In Fact-Free Speech Trump Says ‘For the Past 17 Years Obamacare Has Wreaked Havoc’
‘Obamacare Is Death. That’s the One That’s Death’ Trump Says, Falsely
What’s shocking is not that President Donald Trump just spent about ten minutes on national television lying to the American people about ObamaCare. What’s shocking is that he did it in a pre-written speech he read from a teleprompter, making clear the Trump administration is absolutely a fact-free zone.
“For the past 17 years, Obamacare has wreaked havoc…” pic.twitter.com/6VfFsZV8V0
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 24, 2017
“For the past 17 years, Obamacare has wreaked havoc on the lives of innocent, hard-working Americans,” the President, surrounded by supposed “ObamaCare victims” flown to the White House with your tax dollars, said on camera.Â
MSNBC quickly offered a real-time fact check:
Instant chyron fact-check pic.twitter.com/kchjlBfO0M
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 24, 2017
But it wasn’t the possible typo or verbal gaffe that made Trump’s speech one of the most lie-filled he’s made of late.
There were other obvious lies.
“The Senate bill protects coverage for pre-existing conditions,” Trump claimed. That’s impossible if only because as of this moment even GOP Senators do not know what bill they will be voting on, on Tuesday. But looking at the most-recent Senate bills, that claim has been debunked:
4. The Senate health bill takes away the singular most important protection of the ACA– pre-existing condition protections.👇 pic.twitter.com/oY3qUTnmbB
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 14, 2017
Democrats, the President said, “run out, they say, ‘death, death, death’ — well, Obamacare is death. That’s the one that’s death.†He went on to falsely say “it’s failing, so you won’t have it anyway.”
“[Democrats] run out, they say, ‘death, death, death’ — well, Obamacare is death,†says Pres. Trump https://t.co/xwYb20M7aJ pic.twitter.com/Dqwz3RyWUF
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 24, 2017
Trump also falsely claimed ObamaCare “is broken, it’s collapsing, it’s gone.â€
Trump: “Our healthcare system is broken, it’s collapsing, it’s gone.” pic.twitter.com/xEOxDRSt2Q
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) July 24, 2017
The President said, also falsely: “Every pledge that Washington Democrats made to pass that bill turned out to be a lie; it was a big, fat, ugly lie.†That’s demonstrably false.
“Every pledge that Washington Democrats made to pass that bill turned out to be a lie; it was a big, fat, ugly lie,†Trump says pic.twitter.com/azxF1l462M
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 24, 2017
Trump, in the video above, says that one of the families behind him had to go on Medicaid. He doesn’t say that ObamaCare expanded Medicaid, and because of ObamaCare, they were allowed to.
Some responses via Twitter:
Confused about the WH optics right now: All of the “victims” of Obamacare are white?
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) July 24, 2017
Reminder: Trump promised voters…
1. No one would lose coverage
2. Premiums would go down
3. No Medicaid changesEvery promise was a lie.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) July 24, 2017
2001: President Gore wins Fla Recount, passes health care reform, names it after HHS Secretary who helped get it passed, Barack Obama. https://t.co/nJZI1iNzZy
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) July 24, 2017
59% of Americans actually *prefer* leaving “Obamacare” in place over its outright repeal, @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/fp5SH4xj3N
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) July 24, 2017
Since Trump just accused Democrats of lying about the benefits of Obamacare, it’s a good time to re-up this pic.twitter.com/nZ3W7ctCZp
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) July 24, 2017
The “real Americans” Trump says are affected by health care don’t include a single Latino, African American, Asian American, or senior. pic.twitter.com/fBjaZcAnWW
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) July 24, 2017
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