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6 Oct, 15 tweets, 8 min read
.@DanCrenshawTX was asked about me. His answer? A Trump-style train wreck. Dan claimed that the Affordable Care Act "wasn't clear" about protecting pre-existing conditions.

For someone with a podcast called "Hold These Truths," he sure can't tell one.

FACT CHECK (1/15) ImageImageImage
On November 10, the Supreme Court will hear a GOP-led lawsuit to gut the Affordable Care Act with @DanCrenshawTX's blessing. If successful, well over 1 million Texans could lose their health insurance. (2/15)
texastribune.org/2020/09/25/tex…
The ACA was enacted in 2010 to make health care more affordable & accessible for all Americans. Changes include:

✅Protecting coverage for people with PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS (*cough cough, @DanCrenshawTX*)
✅Requiring plans to cover free wellness & pregnancy exams (3/15)
✅Allowing kids to stay on parents' plans until 26
✅Expanding plan options and creating the health care exchange platform
✅Prohibiting annual or lifetime limits on coverage amounts

... and more (4/15)
kff.org/health-reform/…
Thanks to the ACA, 20 million more Americans are covered (incl. 2 million Texans), 105 million existing health care plans got a huge upgrade (re: eliminating lifetime/annual caps), and because of ACA's Medicaid expansion, countless lives were saved. (5/15)
cbpp.org/research/healt…
Texas AG @KenPaxtonTX (yes, the same guy facing serious allegations of bribery & abuse of office whose former GOP colleagues have asked to resign, TBD on how @DanCrenshawTX feels) filed a new lawsuit to dismantle the ACA. (6/15)
newsweek.com/texas-republic…
The House voted against the lawsuit in 2019, condemning the Trump administration’s involvement. But of course, instead of voting to protect health care for millions of Texans, @DanCrenshawTX voted in favor of the destructive lawsuit. (7/15)
nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/…
When the case was appealed to the Supreme Court, Congress voted to intervene in the lawsuit & join the AGs fighting to protect the ACA.

@DanCrenshawTX, of course, voted against protecting these health care protections — again. (8/15)
apnews.com/article/e0f66f…
.@DanCrenshawTX talks a big game about wanting to protect care for folks with pre-existing conditions. But thanks to Dan and enablers like him, the lawsuit will now go before a Supreme Court more inclined than ever to take away those protections. (9/15)
houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/…
If the Trump administration wins at the Supreme Court, over 1 million Texans will lose their health insurance and their benefits with nothing to replace it. (10/15)
texastribune.org/2020/09/25/tex…
But wait: @DanCrenshawTX & the GOP say they have a plan!

It's HR 692 — a bill opposed by the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the American Lung Association, the American Diabetes Association...(11/15)
marchofdimes.org/materials/05-0…
...the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Family Voices, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the National Health Council, the American Liver Foundation, the Chronic Disease Coalition, the ALS Association, the... (12/15)
...the National Patient Advocate Foundation, the National Kidney Foundation, March of Dimes, the United Way, and the Cancer Support Community — just to name a few.

I could dissect his hollow plan all day, but I already did 👇 (13/15)
If the Supreme Court strikes down Affordable Care Act, Congress must act swiftly to replace it & protect people with pre-existing conditions. But if @DanCrenshawTX and his party win this election, the GOP will destroy the ACA and place a bandaid bill on a bullet wound. (14/15)
As a breast cancer survivor, a lawyer, and a mother, this is personal to me. @DanCrenshawTX puts politics before people's health. If I'm elected as your congresswoman, I promise your health will always come first.

Help me give Dan the 👢.

(15/15) 💪
secure.actblue.com/donate/sima4tx…

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29 Sep
In case @DanCrenshawTX pretends to forget all these COVID-19 lies, here's a thread to jog his memory.

I'm going to hold him accountable come November 3rd, and here's why.

(1/16)
On April 22, @DanCrenshawTX said @HarrisCoJudge's mask measure was “draconian” and would lead to “unjust government tyranny.” (2/16)
On May 21, @DanCrenshawTX said the public does not need to follow Judge Hidalgo’s mask orders, chastising her “immaturity” before claiming the virus “is not that bad and it never was." (3/16)
thedisruptionzone.com/2020/05/21/dz-…
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18 Sep
Since @DanCrenshawTX is in the mood to make a fool of himself today, I figured I'd help him out.

Dan just dropped his new 'health care' ad, and *surprise, surprise* the congressman forgot about his own voting record. Good thing I kept ALL the receipts for him! 🤡

THREAD(1/23)
In the new ad, Dan makes four claims about what he’ll do.
Two of his claims — “decrease your costs with more choice and transparency” and “increase your access to doctors you trust” — were too vague for anyone to fact check.

His other two claims? Flat-out lies. (2/23)
CLAIM 1: “My plan? Hold Big Pharma accountable.”

Fact Check: FALSE

Here are four reasons why he's lying. (3/23)
Read 23 tweets
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27 Aug
A few things @DanCrenshawTX forgot to mention on his big @GOPconvention debut.

1) Dan talked about honoring heroes, but he claimed @SenDuckworth — Purple Heart recipient who lost both of her legs in combat — "stands" for the "destruction of America."
washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
2) @DanCrenshawTX talked about the frontline heroes selflessly serving us all. But he forgot to mention the bipartisan group of 100+ Houston doctors who plead with him to stop spreading dangerous disinformation about the pandemic.

Spoiler: He didn't.
theintercept.com/2020/07/17/hou…
3) @DanCrenshawTX talked about stopping chaos and protecting heroes. But he's been calling the president's @USPS slowdown a "conspiracy theory," which left tens of thousands of veterans waiting on life-saving medications.
foxnews.com/us/usps-delays…
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25 Jul
Hey @DanCrenshawTX: While we're at it, let's fact check your "fact check."

*Cracks knuckles* (1/8)
Lie 1: Dan claims he never downplayed our hospitals being overwhelmed.

On June 11, he said “We saved our hospital systems — they weren’t even close to being overwhelmed,” and “we wrongfully thought what happened in NYC could happen across the country.”

He was wrong. (2/8)
On the same day, he claimed @HarrisCoJudge’s emergency response to skyrocketing COVID-19 cases was an “irresponsible overreaction,” calling it “pure and simple fear mongering,” and assuring Houston has “enormous hospital capacity.” (3/8)

Read 9 tweets
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20 Jul
Hey @DanCrenshawTX — you still haven't responded to the bipartisan group of 100+ Houston doctors asking you to stop spreading dangerous disinformation.

Take a break from the swamp and read their words. (1/18)

theintercept.com/2020/07/17/hou…
"We are the doctors, medical professionals, and emergency room physicians of Houston, dutifully serving on the frontlines of this pandemic and trying to keep our patients, our families, and ourselves alive." (2/18)
"Being a medical professional is challenging enough — but the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic is magnifying every imaginable strain on our medical community as our city has become the nation’s newest epicenter." (3/18)
Read 19 tweets
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6 Jul
Governor Abbott’s mask order exposed one of @DanCrenshawTX's many dangerous COVID-19 lies.

He's been making these shameless comments for months, and we've kept the receipts.

Here's a four month timeline of Dan's worst COVID-19 disinformation. (1/20)
On March 7, @DanCrenshawTX said masks DO NOT help prevent the spread of COVID-19, and claimed they’re just for health care professionals. Now, masks are mandated across the state of Texas. (2/20)

On April 20, @DanCrenshawTX said “I think people can take personal responsibility. Wear a cloth mask.” But he defied his own calls for personal responsibility at multiple maskless campaign events just two weeks ago as the virus ravaged Houston. (3/20)
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