ABC Smears House GOP: They ‘Betrayed’ and ‘Sold Out’ Their Constituents

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 7, 2017
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In the wake of House Republicans passing the American Health Care Act on Thursday, the liberal Big Three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) came out strong against it. Come Sunday morning, ABC was still railing against it. This time they openly asserted that the Republicans didn’t care about the people in their districts. “Republican lawmakers are hearing loud and clear from constituents who don't like some of the provisions of that new GOP health care bill,” declared reporter David Wright on Good Morning America.

“At town hall meetings and other forums, a lot of those constituents are saying they feel betrayed,” Wright continued to tout as he started his report with a clip of a woman shouting at Representative Tom Reed.

With an air of skepticism, he reported that “In upstate New York, Congressman Tom Reed reassured his constituents that people with pre-existing conditions needn’t worry about the Republican bill.” After admitting that they would still be covered he claimed “the bill includes a mechanism allowing insurance companies to raise rates on those patients. Possibly, even making their insurance unaffordable.”

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