US EditionTakeaways from Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez’s CNN town hall on the government shutdown
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez warn health care system could collapse without ACA subsidy extension as Democrats use shutdown to pressure GOP, affecting federal workers' paychecks.
- On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that the health care system could collapse if Republicans refuse their demands, criticizing House leadership for keeping members out of session for weeks.
- Democrats have united behind a shutdown strategy to secure Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring at the end of this year, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants `ink on paper` before reopening.
- Republican leaders who need Democratic support to reach the Senate's 60-vote threshold say they want to reopen the government before negotiating health care, while House and Senate GOP leadership show little interest in subsidies before November 21.
- Democrats must defend their choice to reject a GOP funding plan that would keep paychecks flowing, while federal workers have already missed paychecks and the White House rapid response account called Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez `not serious people`.
- Ocasio-Cortez and allies say Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, avoids recalling the House to block a Jeffrey Epstein files vote, a claim GOP leaders deny, while intra-party tensions grow.
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'Clown show!' White House melts down over CNN town hall
The White House melted down Thursday afternoon over a CNN town hall in which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discussed the ongoing government shutdown.The two lawmakers insisted that Congress needed concrete action to secure long-term Affordable Care Act subsidies...
In a “town hall” with CNN, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders insisted that the health system will collapse if they accept the Republican proposal
CNN’s Shutdown ‘Town Hall’ Was Mostly an Infomercial for Socialism
CNN’s much-hyped Shutdown America town hall was, by and large, little more than an extended infomercial for socialism in America, with Kaitlan Collins acting mostly as a facilitator. Little was achieved by this exercise except to showcase the maximalist demands of guests Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders in exchange for an end to the ongoing government shutdown. The question mix was pretty interesting: of the 14 audience questions we c…
Takeaways from Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez’s CNN town hall on the government shutdown
As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Republicans of refusing to work to end the government shutdown and making what she called “insane” demands, the White House’s rapid response account were calling her and fellow progressive Bernie Sanders “losers” and “not serious people.”
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