{"id":35275,"date":"2017-07-28T15:53:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T22:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35275"},"modified":"2017-07-28T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T22:57:29","slug":"fox-news-calls-for-trump-dictatorship-and-more-suffering-after-obamacare-repeal-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35275","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Calls for Trump Dictatorship and More Suffering After ObamaCare Repeal Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late Thursday night the Republican effort to kill ObamaCare met its demise – for the time being. Despite having the majority, the GOP-run Senate couldn’t pass their last ditch scheme to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It’s a dream they’ve salivated over for seven years without doing anything about it. Now their incompetence and callous disregard for people’s well-being has been dealt a well-deserved loss. The vote was 49-51, with Republicans Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and John McCain joining all the Democrats.<\/p>\n

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True to form, Fox News went into a total meltdown following the vote. They appeared on the verge of a severe depressive episode. Immediately after the vote Fox News aired the crestfallen remarks of a gloomy Sen. Mitch McConnell in full. Next to speak on the Senate floor was Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. But Fox didn’t air any of his speech. Instead they cut to a phone-in analysis from daytime anchor Bret Baier. The woman anchoring last night interjected that “It’s a sad day for America.”<\/em> Fair and balanced.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most repulsive reaction to the GOP’s aborted repeal came from Jesse Watters, co-host of The Five<\/em>. In a post-vote rant Watters had the audacity to advocate<\/a><\/strong> for a Trump tyranny:<\/p>\n

“A lot of people wish President Trump was a dictator, maybe we could repeal Obamacare. It would be a lot easier that way.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He’s right. A lot of people do wish that Trump was a dictator. Starting with Donald Trump. Then add most of the people on Fox News, Trump’s most stalwart fans among the white supremacist community, and the dimwits who still support him after his treasonous betrayal of the country to Russia’s dictator, Vladimir Putin. Fascist minds think alike.<\/p>\n

Watters’ reckless comments are emblematic of the dangers that an authoritarian, megalomaniac like Trump represent. The fact that he can get crackpots on Fox News to openly advocate for his elevation to dictator is frightening. But Watters wasn’t alone in making appallingly stupid comments in the hours of grief for Fox. His colleagues at Fox and Friends chimed in with idiotic outbursts of their own. Steve Doocy, always the cock-eyed optimist, found something positive to console the loser President. Doocy said the repeal failure was “good news”<\/em> for Trump because “It’s gonna continue to be ObamaCare and people who have been suffering will continue.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, isn’t that good news? Republicans like nothing better than seeing people suffer. Trump obviously agrees because he tweeted<\/a><\/strong> again his intention to “let ObamaCare implode.”<\/em> That, of course, would produce unconscionable and unnecessary suffering for millions of Americans. And Trump is doing it on purpose. In fact, he is deliberately sabotaging healthcare<\/a><\/strong> for millions. Doocy even admitted that Trump “wants [Obamacare] to fail.”<\/em> He’s rooting for pain and sickness rather than for the people he’s sworn to protect and defend.<\/p>\n

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In which Steve Doocy gives the game away and admits that the president "wants [Obamacare] to fail." pic.twitter.com\/Zdo3sH7QTb<\/a><\/p>\n

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) July 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n