Barr urges Trump administration to back off call to fully strike down Obamacare

[fleur-de-lisa]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/politics/william-barr-obamacare-supreme-court/index.html

Washington (CNN): Attorney General William Barr made a last-minute push Monday to persuade the administration to modify its position in the Obamacare dispute that will be heard at the Supreme Court this fall, arguing that the administration should pull back from its insistence that the entire law be struck down.

With a Wednesday deadline to make any alterations to its argument looming, Barr made his case in a room with Vice President Mike Pence, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, members of the Domestic Policy Council, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and several other officials. The meeting ended without a decision and it was not immediately not clear if any shift in the Trump administration's position will emerge.

Barr and other top advisers have argued against the hard-line position for some time, warning it could have major political implications if the comprehensive health care law appears in jeopardy as voters head to the polls in November.

According to four sources familiar with the meeting, Barr argued for modifying the administration's current stance to preserve parts of the law, rather than fully back the lawsuit filed by a group of Republican states. As it stands now, the Trump administration's position seeks to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and commonly known as Obamacare.

[Fullduplexxx]

1. He's been after it for years any change now willbe seen for what it is

[SoonerPride]

2. Taking health insurance away from millions during a pandemic? What could go wrong?

It'll be yuuuuuugely popular!

[stopbush]

3. Barr's only concern is that tRump's reelection chances will be hurt.

He doesn’t give a damn about the rule of law, let alone the impact of throwing out the ACA would have on tens of millions of Americans.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. Exactly. It's all about optics.

[Walleye]

6. Yep

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Drives Barr crazy too, his wet dream of killing millions of POC and liberals

on hold.

He knows he can kill millions of us if he is patient...I know how it will be done as well given the new strain of the virus.

Anybody still doubt whether or not they want us dead? (dead because they cant deport us, etc)

[mokawanis]

5. years later and Trump and the republicans have no alternatives

What happened to all the blather from Chump about offering up something bigger and better than Obamacare? They got nothing.