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In reply to the discussion: Sanders' 2020 Ambitions May Be On Shaky Ground Amid Allegations [View all]emulatorloo
(46,155 posts)78. Well, consider the source. DeMoro thought Trump would bring us single payer
Head of nurses union 'counting on' Trump for single-payer system
By CARLA MARINUCCI 01/05/2017 10:04 PM EST
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2017/01/political-powerful-nurses-union-head-im-counting-on-trump-for-real-health-care-reform-108511
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OAKLAND As Washington grapples with health care policy again, the head of the 185,000-member National Nurses United is turning her attention to a seemingly unlikely advocate for a single-payer system. "The one Im counting on the most is Trump, RoseAnn DeMoro said,
DeMoro, who serves as executive director of both the Oakland-based National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association, told POLITICO California on Thursday that she is disgusted with Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and believes that the president-elect may actually get action.
Hes a businessman, he has an international perspective and his wife comes from a country where they have single payer, said DeMoro, who also is an AFL-CIO national vice president and executive board member. I think that Donald Trump is not about either party; hes about something very different. Hes the one who can actually rise above this and do whats right, and he knows as a businessman, its the most cost effective, she said.
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By CARLA MARINUCCI 01/05/2017 10:04 PM EST
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2017/01/political-powerful-nurses-union-head-im-counting-on-trump-for-real-health-care-reform-108511
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OAKLAND As Washington grapples with health care policy again, the head of the 185,000-member National Nurses United is turning her attention to a seemingly unlikely advocate for a single-payer system. "The one Im counting on the most is Trump, RoseAnn DeMoro said,
DeMoro, who serves as executive director of both the Oakland-based National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association, told POLITICO California on Thursday that she is disgusted with Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and believes that the president-elect may actually get action.
Hes a businessman, he has an international perspective and his wife comes from a country where they have single payer, said DeMoro, who also is an AFL-CIO national vice president and executive board member. I think that Donald Trump is not about either party; hes about something very different. Hes the one who can actually rise above this and do whats right, and he knows as a businessman, its the most cost effective, she said.
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That's best for everyone concerned. He should just finish his term and retire. I'm sure...
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#1
It is sad that the NT Times chose to be so dishonest in their reporting. Here is the truth:
StevieM
Jan 2019
#93
Yeah, I dont have to say I dont want Sanders, I am a democrat so it goes without saying
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#60
The last paragraph is absolutely chilling. The allegiance goes to TRUMP? What the ever-loving hell?
Hekate
Jan 2019
#18
they think that Sanders will inspire middle Americans...say those voters who were pulled
JCanete
Jan 2019
#29
Honestly, I hope she is speaking only for herself--but she's a union leader and activist...
Hekate
Jan 2019
#31
Its her belief, and no matter what happens I hope she's wrong...but what exactly is appaling?
JCanete
Jan 2019
#40
Really, JCanete? We're discussing her threat to vote for Trump if she can't have Sanders...
Hekate
Jan 2019
#45
what? you interpreted that. Where did she say that? That isn't how I interpreted it at all. nt
JCanete
Jan 2019
#48
well you're right in part. She certainly doesn't speak for herself and suggest she won't vote for
JCanete
Jan 2019
#59
You are right, and she doesn't have a good track record with her predictions
emulatorloo
Jan 2019
#80
what? You mean directly via trump or as a reaction? If the former that's pretty nutty. If the latter
JCanete
Jan 2019
#81
Ummm ... chilling? Lol. One, look at the source. RoseAnn DeMoro is just another Hoffa
KPN
Jan 2019
#44
Well, consider the source. DeMoro thought Trump would bring us single payer
emulatorloo
Jan 2019
#78
oh jesus....something happened in his campaign and they are nearly making it him that did it.
JCanete
Jan 2019
#26
no its not. its about the framing of the article. I'm not trying to say Sanders shouldn't own
JCanete
Jan 2019
#39
that wasn't the fucking point. The point was that this is a reality that we are facing as a nation
JCanete
Jan 2019
#51
seriously? Attempting to use this issue to say that his days are numbered as a candidate is just
JCanete
Jan 2019
#63
Actually the article isn't really a hit piece, but this presentation of it clearly is!
KPN
Jan 2019
#47
I disagree. The allegations are being used as fodder in a deliberate attempt to derail a potential
KPN
Jan 2019
#64
the title read in a vacuum suggests there are nefarious allegations about sanders. You don't read
JCanete
Jan 2019
#66
There are allegations -- that is true. Nefarious is your interpretation, not mine ... and I'm
KPN
Jan 2019
#69
even the target of the allegations is obfuscated in the title. And again, the next line is
JCanete
Jan 2019
#73
Yeah, the article sure doesn't help him, but I'm not sure it hurts him that much either. TPM is
KPN
Jan 2019
#77
heh...well I guess its unfortunate for Sanders that he's not a Democrat by the standard that
JCanete
Jan 2019
#79
Two dozen Sanders 2016 staffers signed the letter. They are hoping he will do better in 2020
emulatorloo
Jan 2019
#88
Thanks for posting this Sid. I think the last paragraph was worth the read.
Power 2 the People
Jan 2019
#84