Ah, yes, the always charming Left. How does Rep. Gary Peters sleep at night?
Reall strange move from @RepGaryPeters telling a cancer patient whose plan was canceled by Obamacare she should just shut up about it.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) February 22, 2014
When @RepGaryPeters heard a mom with cancer who lost her coverage due to #Obamacare, his first thought was to sue her into silence. #MISen
— Area Man (@lheal) February 22, 2014
Michigan mom Julie Boonstra says she was given a 20 percent chance of survival after doctors diagnosed her with leukemia. And then she became a victim of Obamacare.
While battling cancer, she couldn’t keep the plan she liked and filmed an ad about her struggles for Americans for Prosperity. Here’s the story Peters the Bully doesn’t want you to hear:
https://twitter.com/AFPMichigan/status/436973730024402944
2 Days after Julie went on @megynkelly, @RepGaryPeters sent his lawyers to shut her up. I #standwithjulie #misen http://t.co/0c8d9nEp0N
— Levi Russell (@AskLevi) February 22, 2014
Obamacare shills say the AFP ad is deceitful and that Boonstra should like her new insurance because shut up. But as The Washington Examiner reports, Boonstra’s costs are now unpredictable and she told Megyn Kelly she is “not better off.”
Media organizations investigating the ad’s claims note that Boonstra was able to find comparable new insurance under the law; the Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” blog gave the ad “two Pinocchios” (as compared to four for President Obama’s claim that people could keep their insurance under the law).
But Boonstra, in response, told the local Dexter Leader newspaper that though she has no idea whether she will break even with her new plan, as the fact-checkers claim, the uncertainty of having to restructure her health care while coping with a deadly disease is damage enough.
“People are asking me for the numbers and I don’t know those answers — that’s the heartbreak of all of this. It’s the uncertainty of not having those numbers that I have an issue with, because I always knew what I was paying and now I don’t, and I haven’t gone through the tests or seen my specialist yet,” she said.
! @RepGaryPeters lawyer letter says cancer patient is just too stupid to know Obamacare is good for her, because Washington Post.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) February 22, 2014
Peters, a Dem Senate hopeful, is reportedly engaging in a campaign of shutuppery against Boonstra and AFP. Calling Boonstra a liar wasn’t enough. His legal team is threatening the licenses of television stations airing the ad, according to a letter released by AFP (PDF).
.@RepGaryPeters attacks mother battling cancer who had ins. canceled bc of #ObamaCare, read what his lawyers sent -> http://t.co/I7lJG3Hjf6
— Americans for Prosperity (@AFPhq) February 22, 2014
If you like your free speech, you can keep your free speech. Period.
Once again, the War on Women (and speech) is coming from inside the Democratic Party.
https://twitter.com/katyabram/status/437269253386153984
Democrat #waronwomen #waronspeech MT @DRUDGE_REPORT Dem threatens TV station licenses over Obamacare ad http://t.co/Fkek7cgdUB
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 22, 2014
Knucklehead of the day: Obamacare bully @RepGaryPeters ==> http://t.co/5OEDa7L2qh
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 22, 2014
SHAME! "@AFPhq: .@RepGaryPeters attacks mother battling cancer who had insurance canceled because of #ObamaCare -> http://t.co/VduOTjY67w"
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) February 22, 2014
Dems employ new #Obamacare strategy, anyone who publicly complains will have the heavy-hand of govt unleashed on them http://t.co/RlIZVNCJgv
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) February 22, 2014
Want to see a #waronwomen? Look what @repgarypeters is doing to this mom fighting cancer, all for speaking out: http://t.co/27HsC9u6rg
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) February 22, 2014
#WeStandWithJulie & decry @RepGaryPeters frightening abuse of heavy-handed govt tactics against victims of #Obamacare http://t.co/RlIZVNCJgv
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) February 22, 2014
@RepGaryPeters So your trying to silence a woman with cancer. You are a wort on the nose of humanity. Pathetic excuse for a leader
— Jason (@jason0252) February 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/437285919553781760
https://twitter.com/HarbinHanson/status/437276354204434432
https://twitter.com/katyabram/status/437275004863258624
Tweet @RepGaryPeters.Tell him we'll not rest while he targets #Obamacare victims.Silence is consent http://t.co/RlIZVNCJgv #WeStandWithJulie
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) February 22, 2014
Join the fight to stop the Left from muzzling Obamacare critics here:
Stop the left from intimidating and threatening this innocent woman for speaking out #WeStandWithJulie @AFP http://t.co/YNbc0I9iej
— Luke Hilgemann (@LHilgemann) February 22, 2014
Stand with Julie:
TODAY: Julie will visit @RepGaryPeters at home, and ask why he wants to shut her up. http://t.co/8i6N6qVB4v … #standwithjulie
— Americans for Prosperity (@AFPhq) February 22, 2014
Editor’s note: The title of this post has been reworded.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member