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Hey @realDonaldTrump --

Stop with the lies and distractions & actually stand up for pre-existing condition protections.

You’ve tried to distract the American people and we’ll see you in court about #BirthrightCitizenship.

But we’re not letting this lie go unchecked.
Your administration is currently backing a lawsuit that nullifies protections for pre-existing conditions despite saying that Republicans support them.

cnbc.com/2018/10/19/tru…

This is GOP hypocrisy at its most blatant and craven state.
So we have some simple questions for the President:

1. Will you order the DOJ to intervene in Texas, et al v. U.S., et al and defend protections for pre-existing conditions?

2. Will you repudiate the brief arguing for the elimination of pre-existing conditions protections?
For the past two years Trump and the GOP have relentlessly attacked the #ACA and pre-existing conditions protections.

Smoke and mirror tactics, distractions and outright lies will change that fact. vox.com/2018/10/29/180…
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@SenatorTomUdall and I are introducing the bicameral Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act to meet this threat. 1/
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