Obama Begs Senate GOP Not to Hurt Millions Just to Spite Him
“Barack Obama is imploring congressional Republicans not to throw millions of people off of their health insurance for the sake of diminishing his legacy. The former president has largely held his peace through the first five months of the Trump presidency, opting to lead the resistance from behind — abjuring the spotlight, while working behind-the-scenes to cultivate the next generation of Democratic leadership. But with his signature health-care law on life support, Obama condemned the GOP’s plan to finance a capital-gains tax cut by throwing millions off of Medicaid in no uncertain terms. ‘The Senate bill, unveiled today, is not a health-care bill,’ Obama wrote on Facebook. ‘It’s a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America.”