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Paul Krugman: 'Who Ate Republicans' Brains?' [Political Opinion Of The Day]
"When it came to health care Republicans were basically caught in their own web of lies," writes the New York Times columnist.
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Paul Krugman: Who Ate Republicans' Brains?
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"When the tweeter-in-chief castigated Senate Republicans as “total quitters” for failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, he couldn’t have been more wrong. In fact, they showed zombie-like relentlessness in their determination to take health care away from millions of Americans, shambling forward despite devastating analyses by the Congressional Budget Office, denunciations of their plans by every major medical group, and overwhelming public disapproval." (The New York Times)
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