Tom Price Calls Out Savannah Guthrie for Using ‘Bernie Sanders Line’ to Attack GOP Health Care Bill

Kyle Drennen | March 14, 2017
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During an interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie employed a rhetorical tactic that was nearly identical to a line socialist Senator Bernie Sanders used to attack Republican health care reform. However, Price immediately called her out for borrowing the liberal talking point.

After spending the nearly five-minute interview grilling Price over whether people would lose health insurance coverage under the GOP plan, the Secretary explained: “Everyone will have access to the coverage that they want and there will be a transition phase – ” Co-host Matt Lauer cut him off: “That’s access as opposed to being covered.” Moments later, Guthrie chimed in: “...when you say access, is that like if I’m sitting at home and I make $25,000 a year, I have access to buying a BMW, but I can’t afford it.”

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