Quotes Of The Day -- Live With The Horror

 

Democratic/Independent Senators react to passage of the heinous "One Big Beautiful Bill" for billionaires:

"One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill."  -- Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)

"Never have so many been so grievously hurt in the service of so few." -- Sen. Angus King (I-ME)

"After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered. I'm angry. You should be too."  -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

“If a bill is so bad that you have to exempt entire states from its consequences to win the votes you need — just don’t pass the bill!” -- Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), alluding to carve- outs made to get pusillanimous caver Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to support the bill.

“By passing this monstrosity of a bill, Donald Trump and Republicans are proving they are intent on becoming the party of ‘well, we’re all going to die.’" -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).

And from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzer, a sobering assessment and a number to call:

“Senate Republicans just voted to pass the largest slashes to your health care and kids’ nutrition assistance in our nation’s history. They’re gambling with your lives to pay for tax cuts for their wealthiest friends. The fight isn’t over: call your reps at (202) 224-3121.”

 

The Fruits of Fux's Labor

The U.S. Attorney for Western Washington has charged a 64 year-old right winger with threatening to kill Sen. Patty Murray over her vote in support of the health insurance reform bill. The wingnut called Sen. Murray's office multiple times after the legislation passed, and threatened her, saying on one occasion, "I want to (expletive) kill you."

The right wing media, and Fux in particular, spent the last 14 months stoking the anger of their right-wing audience with blatant lies and misinformation straight from health care industry and Rethug talking points. Boo Hoo the Hoot Beck and Heil Hannity endlessly trumpeted how health insurance reform was the beginning of socialist totalitarianism and the end of America, and were actively both promoting and covering tea bagger rallies meant to create the impression of a grass roots movement. Some of the more extreme cases have started to act out the paranoid visions painted by the Fux propagandists. How long before one of them breaches the law enforcement cordon, and actually harms a public official?