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In reply to the discussion: 'Well, we all are going to die': GOP senator's stark mic drop to town hall over Medicaid cuts [View all]Karasu
(1,311 posts)22. Exactly. If they really want to play that game, they're endorsing abortion, the "issue" that has been their lifeline for
the past 40+ fucking years.
Hell, it's a great line of defense for Luigi Mangione, too.
"We're all going to die", after all. The "when" and "how" clearly don't fucking matter.
And this is coming from someone with taxpayer-subsidized health care.
It doesn't get more nakedly dystopian than this. This is an open admission of just how little people's lives matter to them....and they have the gall to complain about stupid bullshit like birth rates.
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'Well, we all are going to die': GOP senator's stark mic drop to town hall over Medicaid cuts [View all]
BumRushDaShow
May 30
OP
The sad thing is that there's a lot worse in that party, she's just telling the truth.
kerry-is-my-prez
May 30
#7
There's also a "you should appreciate that I'm even talking to you" element here too.
underpants
May 30
#19
Take away her health insurance and see how cavalier she is about health, especially her own.
Aristus
May 30
#9
What an insensitive stupid fuck thing to say. Hope you go first Ms Compassion. JHC. These MAGAts are deplorable....
Evolve Dammit
May 30
#12
Exactly. If they really want to play that game, they're endorsing abortion, the "issue" that has been their lifeline for
Karasu
May 30
#22
She is right on that we are all going to die. Just some us a lot sooner than we should because
paulrevere2018
May 30
#15
When and how we die clearly doesn't fucking matter, or they would say as much. Us dying from 100% preventable shit is
Karasu
May 30
#32
So when the next CEO gets whacked, we can all just shrug and say, "Well, we're all going to die."
paulrevere2018
May 30
#36
This is the most dystopian shit. Every Republican should be forced to wear this around their necks for as long as their
Karasu
May 30
#17
Maddow Blog-Pressed on Medicaid cuts, Iowa's Ernst tells constituents, 'Well, we're all going to die'
LetMyPeopleVote
May 30
#18
And our early deaths will mean even more money available for tax cuts for millionaires
surfered
May 30
#53
Yes, Joni we all will die at some point--but YOU will have insurance-treatment, surgery if needed and pain meds
riversedge
May 30
#30
Can't wait to see the quality of human excrement who manages to run to the right of "you don't deserve health care
Karasu
May 30
#38
I was being sarcastic, but yeah. If Ernst isn't "stalwart" enough for these fucking people, I dread to see what the fuck
Karasu
May 30
#46
Of course we all are going to die. It's God's will. If we die earlier due to republicans' cruelty and greed, it is
Norrrm
May 30
#37
The thing is...if that actually happened to her after saying this, the GOP would have NO moral leg to stand on.
Karasu
May 30
#47
She's up for re-election in 2026 and Dems need to run this on an ad on a loop
LymphocyteLover
May 31
#66