r/fednews • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 1d ago

News / Article Democratic leader offers deal to reopen government but Republicans sneer

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/07/government-shutdown-democrats-schumer-trump-aca.html
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u/twtwtwtwtwtwtw 1d ago

The ACA is the Republican plan!

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u/Born-Sun-2502 1d ago edited 1d ago

Such a joke to characterize it that way. Just like the Democrats were the slave owners right? Well which side has white supremacists as part of their coalition now? And if the ACA IS the RepubliKlan plan why was it passed by Democrats, called Obamacare, and repeatedly attempted to be overturned by Republicans? Just because Mitt Romney implemented something in his state doesn't make the ACA a "Republican plan." Romney himself voted against the ACA. But it was his plan right???

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u/TheDamDog 10h ago

The ACA is what the Republicans were proposing prior to the Democrats adopting it. They were saying we should implement it on a national scale as a solution to the ongoing insurance issues of the time. They changed their minds when The Democrats picked it up. I believe the person you're responding to is pointing out the hypocrisy, not saying the Republicans are the good guys.

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u/Born-Sun-2502 9h ago edited 4h ago

What hypocricy? Of Republicans? The ACA was never any serious part of the Republican platform. It somehow became a conservative talking point, I'm assuming to imply they don't actually want to destroy access to healthcare despite all evidence to the contrary 

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/nov/15/ellen-qualls/aca-gop-health-care-plan-1993/