Snide CBS: How Does GOP ‘Justify’ ‘Hurting’ People Who Support Them?

Scott Whitlock | June 27, 2017
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[See NewsBusters for more.] The snide journalists at CBS on Tuesday seem to wonder why Republicans are intentionally hurting the gullible voters who support them. The hosts of CBS This Morning talked to Shannon Pettypiece of Bloomberg about the Senate GOP’s plan to repeal ObamaCare. At one point, co-host Charlie Rose blundered, “How do [Republicans] justify the fact that it will hurt the people that supported them most enthusiastically during the election?”      Is it possible that Republicans and conservatives feel that repealing ObamaCare might actually help Americans, including those who voted for them? Rose didn't ask that question. Instead, he skeptically wondered, “Why are there tax benefits for wealthy people?”