Republican congresswoman's Obamacare poll has surprising result
A Republican congresswoman’s Obamacare poll didn’t turn out the way she likely hoped it would.
Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a stalwart critic of the Affordable Care Act, tweeted out the poll on Tuesday:
Do you support the repeal of Obamacare? RT if you do, and share what you want to see as the replacement.
— Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 3, 2017
And by the time it was over, nearly eight thousand respondents had overwhelmingly voted “no” and in favor of keeping the law, which is on the chopping block in the new Congress.
The likely culprit for Blackburn’s bad poll: Deputy White House press secretary Eric Schultz, who retweeted it to his presumably left-leaning Twitter following. President Obama has stepped up efforts in recent days to help protect the law, seen as his signature accomplishment, and visited Capitol Hill earlier this week to discuss saving it.
Republicans, who have been unified in their opposition Obamacare, say a repeal is on the way. In the meantime, however, they’re struggling to figure out a replacement. On Wednesday, Republican President-elect Donald Trump tweeted the GOP needed to be “careful” in how they dealt with the repeal.
Republicans must be careful in that the Dems own the failed ObamaCare disaster, with its poor coverage and massive premium increases......
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
massive increases of ObamaCare will take place this year and Dems are to blame for the mess. It will fall of its own weight - be careful!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
Mr. Trump told “60 Minutes” last month that he was open to keeping some parts of Obamacare instead of repealing it all completely.