Elise Stefanik Gets Roasted for Saying Medicare, Medicaid Must Be Protected from Socialism: ‘Manipulative, Power-Hungry A**hat’
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The third-ranking House Republican raised eyebrows on Twitter when she said that in order to save government-funded healthcare in the United States, the country must reject socialism.
Rep. Elise Stefanik’s account fired off the tweet on Friday morning and drew almost instantaneous mockery for saying that the government programs Medicare and Medicaid need protecting from government.
Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes. https://t.co/mOdUuX7THT
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) July 30, 2021
In May, Stefanik was elected chair of the House Republican conference after its members booted Liz Cheney from the position. Though Cheney had a markedly more conservative voting record, Stefanik has become a staunch backer of Donald Trump, who personally advocated for her elevation to the position.
The Twitterverse could not agree whether the congresswoman from New York and Harvard graduate was being deliberately obtuse or genuinely unaware of the contradictory nature of her tweet:
Elise Stefanik is as dumb as you thought. https://t.co/lBpFpDxZmL
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 30, 2021
Who’s going to tell her? pic.twitter.com/tk4qanSTFs
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) July 30, 2021
She’s not stupid, she graduated from Harvard. She is just a manipulative, power-hungry, asshat. https://t.co/61IXRjYoyG
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) July 30, 2021
Is your brain broken? https://t.co/xXkZfpMY06
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) July 30, 2021
Incredible. When I first saw screencaps of this circulating I thought it had to be parody, there was no way this was actually a thing a U.S. politician said for real. https://t.co/uuAOFhMfcN
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) July 30, 2021
This is the best tweet that has ever been on this website https://t.co/9nz4D5n0OJ
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) July 30, 2021
These people seriously don’t have a damn clue! What the hell is this nonsense… Medicaid & Medicare are critical programs but to expand or strengthen them results in world ending socialism. #SMDH https://t.co/BsTuoMyInU
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) July 30, 2021
“Keep the government out of my Medicare!!” https://t.co/TTPEKwjklv
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) July 30, 2021
Where does one begin to dissect the raw ignorance and stupidity in this statement by @EliseStefanik? Can someone who draws cartoons explain to her Medicare & Medicaid ARE government programs? Sigh. https://t.co/7VNiaOgq0K
— Mark Pocan (@MarkPocan) July 30, 2021
Everytime you think statements from elected Republicans can’t get any more dumber, more hypocritical, more un-self-aware, this happens: https://t.co/xOT06tQ2pI
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 30, 2021
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