Tonight Senate Republicans forced a vote on a bill they claimed would protect patients with pre-existing conditions.
But the truth is, this bill wasn't about protecting patients, it was about protecting Republicans from their record of undermining health care.
Republicans have tried *repeatedly* to overturn protections for pre-ex conditions—& right now, they're rushing to confirm a SCOTUS justice who could rule in a case that will be argued just days after the election to end those protections & upend health care entirely.
Senate Republicans were hoping the bill they offered tonight would distract people from the facts. But let me be perfectly blunt about what happened: Republicans, who are steering the Titanic toward an iceberg, tried to offer passengers an umbrella to stay dry.
It’s telling that while Republicans have dragged their feet for months on working with Democrats to respond to the ongoing pandemic that is raging across the country, they have plenty of time to waste on empty stunts like this & to jam through an anti-health care SCOTUS nominee.
People in my home state and across the country see right through this bill and the Republican plan to gut our health care system through the court—& we'll keep speaking out to make sure Republicans get the message loud and clear from patients & families nationwide.
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