Saturday, August 24, 2013

Jim DeMint: Republicans unwilling to Defund Obamacare 'need to be replaced' (includes Audio)

Former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Monday night urged voters to replace any Republican lawmaker unwilling to vote to defund ObamaCare during next month's budget showdown. 
DeMint, the president of the Heritage Foundation, dismissed fears that Republicans would be blamed for a government shutdown, as they were in the 1990s. 
“The risk of that is so much less than the risk to our country if we implement ObamaCare, and so I’m not as interested in the political futures of folks who think they might lose a showdown with the president,” DeMint said at a town-hall meeting hosted by Heritage Action, the think tank's political arm, in Fayetteville, Ark., the first stop on a nine-city tour.
DeMint said President Obama believes he has the upper hand in the coming fight. 
“I think he knows that Republicans are afraid, and if they are, they need to be replaced,” DeMint told NPR in an interview after the event.
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Jim DeMint Talks Obamacare on the Janet Mefferd Show: (08-20-13)



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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry but this seems to be an unwise move. One I believe could well backfire.

RomneyMan said...

And you'd think they would concentrate their energies on

a) Producing a plan of their own (and not just one 'sponsored' by two people, and 'supported' by no others)

b)Trying not to suppress people from accessing basic healthcare in the world's most developed nation.

Right Wingnut said...

Agreed. Thank you, Jim.

Anonymous said...

Off with their heads! Ha ha.

Yeah, I think this attitude is exactly why the GOP doesn't get any traction. Too many hostage takers.

Hey, our plan might be stupid and fruitless, but we have principles!

Or some such nonsense.

-Martha

Anonymous said...

The 8 month wonderboy is one of those that have this attitude.
Ellie