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thucythucy

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3. Repealing or gutting the ADA has been on the GOP hit list
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 11:07 AM
Feb 2018

pretty much since its passage. Newt Gingrich spent years giving lectures on supposed "abuses" that all turned out to be your standard Republican bullshit.

But yes, the ADA did have bipartisan support, and not all of it was reluctant. Senator McCain, much as I disagree with pretty much everything else he says, was instrumental in drafting protections for Deaf Americans (along with Senator Harkin, of course).

It seems every gain since the 1960s is now under attack, which I think is why Republicans continue to support Benedict Donald. "He'll sign anything" is what one of them said, and this here is just another example of them ramming through their reactionary agenda while they can.

So many people are going to suffer, and it's all so a few millionaires and billionaires can pile up even more wealth.

It hurts so much now to see what's happening to this nation, and how many people are good with gutting the very core of what we're supposed to be about.

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