Payback Time: Dems Try To Hang O'care Repeal Around House GOP's Neck
By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published MAY 11, 2017 6:00 AM
The GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act may have moved on to the Senate, but progressive activists across the country remain focused on punishing House Republicans for their vote.
A small handful of the 217 lawmakers who voted for the American Health Care Act are holding town halls this week during the House recess, and they have faced angry crowds. Others are being targeted by protests outside their offices, dozens are the subject of digital and TV attack ads and scathing newspaper editorials, and some have drawn new challengers for the 2018 midterm elections. The activists targeting these lawmakers say they both want them to pay a steep price for their vote but also hope GOP senators hear the message that a vote to repeal Obamacare would be politically toxic.
Ground Zero for the Obamacare repeal bill’s fallout may be the greater Miami area, which voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in 2016 and where tens of thousands of its residents have gained health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
Two moderate Republicans who represent the area, Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Mario Diaz Balart, voted for the House repeal bill on Thursday after remaining publicly undecided until the final hours. Over the past week, local activists have jammed their phone lines, held protests outside their offices, and canvassed door-to-door against them.
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