‘Killing Millions of Americans’: Biden Torches Trump and MAGA GOP For Wanting To ‘Terminate’ Obamacare
President Joe Biden ripped former President Donald Trump and his allies for wanting to “terminate” Obamacare, using stronger language than usual in the process.
The president gave a speech on the care economy on Tuesday in Washington, during which he torched Trump over healthcare and social security, among other things. He keyed in on the language of “terminating” Obamacare — and extended it with the phrase “Killing millions of Americans”:
My predecessor and his MAGA friends want to — I love the phrase — the — the language they use — they want to “terminate” the Affordable Care Act.
AUDIENCE: Booo —
THE PRESIDENT: “Terminate.” Well, guess what? Killing millions of Americans — taking them off of healthcare insurance and stripping others of services like homecare.
Folks — and, by the way, you know how many times they’ve tried to take out Obamacare and the Affordable Healthcare Act? Forty-nine times they’ve tried. They can keep trying, but they’re not going to get it done. (Applause.)
And, look, when it comes to Social Security and Medicare, my predecessor recently said, quote, “There’s a lot you can do in terms of cutting.” God love him.
Right on cue, House Republicans released their budget that would raise the retirement age in Social Security — the budget they submitted for next year — and slash Medicare, while they cut taxes for the very wealthy again.
I got a better idea. I’ll protect Social Security and Medicare and make the very wealthy pay their fair share to make it work. (Applause.)
After campaigning for years to “terminate” Obamacare, an enraged Trump tried to restate his plans in a social media rant in which he denied wanting to “terminate” the Affordable Care Act, while calling the president “Buden” and accusing him of something involving the verbs “misinformate” and “disinformate.”
To date, despite multiple promises that a plan was coming within weeks, Trump has not released a detailed healthcare plan. The most recent was his promise to “MAKE THE ACA, or OBAMACARE, AS IT IS KNOWN, MUCH BETTER, STRONGER, AND FAR LESS EXPENSIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE THE ACA MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER FOR FAR LESS MONEY (OR COST).”
Biden’s riff was similar to other speeches he has given, with one major difference. This is that same chunk from a speech on April 3:
And, folks, all of our progress is in stark contrast to my predecessor and MAGA Republicans in — in the Congress. They want to, quote — I love their word they love — they want to “terminate” the Affordable Care Act — I love it, “terminate” –my — as my predecessor says, kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance.
Watch above via The White House.
