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CIA Pete explains why Zohran Mamdani is popular (lemmy.ml)

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[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean they watered it down? It started out as their halfway plan, ie Romneycare.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then why did the Republicans filibuster Romneycare and then recently froze all of it's funding? Why did they campaign on removing it, twice?

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because it was implemented by dems and gave things to the poors and minorities.

It's also why they don't have a replacement because it was their plan.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So its both leftist anti-elite legislation and also corrupt republican-lite legislation, got it.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

In republican eyes yes. But they don't care about being hypocritical.

For example Romney taking credit for it and saying it's terrible

https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/23/451200436/mitt-romney-finally-takes-credit-for-obamacare