My Republican friends are about to learn how the JCPOA and the ACA are similar.

Neither was perfect and Republicans hated both, not out of comprehension or principle, but because Obama did them. 1/4
They whipped themselves into berserk frenzies over both, lied to the public about them, and demanded their elimination.

Only when elimination is a real possibility do they sober up and realize the costs of what they are demanding. 2/4
So they lie some more. About their commitment to protecting people with pre-existing conditions. About how Iran never intended to abide by JCPOA. (They did)

So much for the Daddy Party. 3/4
As you start to see them on TV in the next few weeks, promoting war with Iran, remember that they, not Iran, torpedoed the nuclear deal.

I thought we might have a few more years before we forgot the lesson of Iraq/Hussein. 4/4

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