Whoa — Chuck Schumer: Passing Obamacare in 2010 Was a Mistake; Senate's #3 Dem says his party misused its mandate. http://t.co/f1Ey1A7rGe
— John Schindler (@20committee) November 25, 2014
According to National Journal, Senator Schumer (D-NY) in a speech at the National Press Club argued that going all-in on passing Obamacare rather than addressing the economy was a political mistake for Democrats.
Schumer blamed the push for the Affordable Care Act so early in Obama’s first term for the rise of the tea-party movement, which destroyed the Democratic majority in the House in 2010 and went on to—long with a number of other missteps by the federal government, including implementation of the law—oust the Democratic majority in the Senate as well in 2014.
So it wasn’t racism? Go figure.
Schumer’s words are causing a stir .
Schumer on why passing Obamacare was mistake: "To aim huge change at such small percentage of electorate made no political sense."
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 25, 2014
@JohnJHarwood @FormerDeminTX But he voted FOR it, after NOT reading it, and would now like a pass on taking responsibility for it. Got it.
— Dan Randolph (@danrandolph10) November 25, 2014
Whoa RT @TVietor08 Shorter Chuck Schumer – I wish Obama cared more about helping Democrats than sick people.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 25, 2014
@charlescwcooke Schgruber
— Stephen Northrup (@sjnorthrup) November 25, 2014
Wow. @SenSchumer admits that Democrats pushing through #Obamacare the way they did in 2010 was a mistake: http://t.co/z44atzAbfd #tcot
— ———– (@Zherstes) November 25, 2014
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Chuck Schumer admitted that the Democrats did the wrong thing w/their mandate in 2008 by passing #Obamacare. Heh. No shit.
— sjsturkie (@sjsturkie) November 25, 2014
Schumer today: Obamacare a disaster with middle class. Schumer in 2010: "it really does deliver for the middle class" http://t.co/dYOO5MLVXI
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 25, 2014
@McCormackJohn @proteinwisdom Amazing what happens when the facts start to come out.
— Robert Mullen (@rlmullen12) November 25, 2014
When a politician as slimy as Schumer breaks from the herd, people rightfully suspect ulterior motives.
Schumer threw Obamacare under the bus out of fear for his own 2016 reelection. Cc: @realDonaldTrump
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 25, 2014
The real take-home from Chuck Schumer's criticisms of Obama-era priorities: Schumer is positioning for Harry Reid's job.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 25, 2014
.@TheFix @TVietor08 Schumer is test driving a Hillary 16's separation from Obama argument (BTW he's doing it badly )
— stu stein (@thestustein) November 25, 2014
Schumer: ‘Democrats must embrace government’ to win in 2016 – Hot Air http://t.co/KsOAKQ162E #OhPlease #DoIt
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) November 25, 2014
Funny, I don't remember Chuck Schumer giving that advice when he was privately and publicly championing the Affordable Care Act in 2010
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 25, 2014
Dude, that was like 4 years ago MT @jonfavs Funny, I don't remember Schumer giving that advice when he was championing the ACA in 2010
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 25, 2014
The knives are out on the left.
Dem Aide Rips @ChuckSchumer – "Vintage Schumer" to "grab headlines for himself… throw party & POTUS under bus" http://t.co/QU8t4y6Ccg
— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) November 25, 2014
Chuck Schumer is trash talking Obamacare again—and he's still not making any sense http://t.co/q2pvvxaWSz
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) November 25, 2014
Shorter Chuck Schumer – I wish Obama cared more about helping Democrats than sick people.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) November 25, 2014
Dude!
I'm sure Chuck Schumer has his reasons for wanting to debate 2009 Democratic political tactics but I'm also sure those reasons are terrible.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) November 25, 2014
In a way, it's refreshing to see Schumer admit to being so cynical. It's been his MO forever.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) November 25, 2014
And a pretty good test for Democratic candidates is whether they view Schumer as someone to listen to or someone to tolerate.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) November 25, 2014
what does HRC think? @jonlovett: pretty good test for Dem candidates is whether they view Schumer as someone to listen to or to tolerate.
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 25, 2014
Maybe you should ask her.
@jonlovett chuck schumer has always been sort of a tool but can we talk about Amy schumer? She's so funny
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) November 25, 2014
That’s a campaign slogan. Chuck Schumer: Sort of a tool.
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