President Donald Trump Friday night, desperate to save his flailing re-election campaign with less than 100 days to go, promised to force insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions – a policy that has existed for years as current law under ObamaCare, and with no increase in premiums.
“Over the next two weeks I’ll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all customers,” Trump said from his Bedminster golf resort. “That’s a big thing. I’ve always been very strongly in favor. We have to cover pre-existing conditions so we will be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all of its customers.”
“This has never been done before,” Trump said, in a massive lie.
In fact, Trump and his administration are not only suing to get rid of the requirement to cover people with pre-existing conditions, they have begged the Supreme court to void all of ObamaCare – the entire Affordable Care Act.
Right on cue, Trump’s top campaign advisors went to work, tweeting out the “news.”
Here’s Boris Epshteyn, Trump 2020 Strategic Advisor for Coalitions, a former Special Assistant to the President:
🚨 HUGE NEWS 🚨 @realDonaldTrump announces Executive Order to ensure that health insurance companies cover pre – existing conditions.
MAJOR!
— Boris Epshteyn (@BorisEP) August 7, 2020
Here’s Jason Miller, Trump 2020 campaign Senior Advisor, a 2016 campaign communications advisor (who left the team under a cloud just before Trump entered the White House):
Huge news just now – @realDonaldTrump announces upcoming EO to cover pre-existing conditions. Big, big, big news.
— Jason Miller (@JasonMiller) August 7, 2020
And here’s former Trump acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell:
https://twitter.com/richardgrenell/status/1291886089481777152?s=21
All of them, including the president, were destroyed on social media.
🚨 HUGEST NEWS 🚨@realDonaldTrump announces Executive Order to ensure that women have right to vote.
MAJOR!
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/k2cbro/status/1291887328294821888?s=21
https://twitter.com/thegoodgodabove/status/1291904388127227907?s=21
The Trump Administration is now suing itself to both require and eliminate insurance denials over pre-existing medical conditions. Asked which side he’s actually on, Trump said, “It is what it is.”
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/progdemlib/status/1291888360391413762?s=21
https://twitter.com/nyinla2121/status/1291906360469151744?s=21
Sorry, genius, that pumpkin-faced fuckopotamus ain’t getting credit for something Obama made law in 2010.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) August 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/sawyerhackett/status/1291886179848196097?s=21
https://twitter.com/mirror_miranda/status/1291904295244374024?s=21
https://twitter.com/fgsweetdog/status/1291903798726860800?s=21
https://twitter.com/redpainter1/status/1291907704013893632?s=21
