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A liberal journalist went on a Twitter tirade late Friday over the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, calling for family members of Republicans who voted for the bill in the House to die.

Kurt Eichenwald, a senior writer for Newsweek, decried the American Health Care Act in a Twitter rant on Friday. He said he hopes that every Republican congressman who voted for Trumpcare has a family member get a long term condition, then lose their health insurance and die. Image source: screenshot

Eichenwald added that he wants Republicans who voted for the bill to feel its alleged effects in their own families:

When challenged why he was wishing ill upon the families of Republicans, Eichenwald doubled down. He told a Twitter user that he wants GOP congressman to be tortured because they only gain empathy when something bad happens to them.

Because I want them to be tortured. GOPrs only gain empathy when they are touched by the consequences, never before, Eichenwald wrote.

Eichenwald added in reply to another user: I wish it on the ppl who chose it for me. Why should they not feel the consequences of their inhumanity?

Eichenwald later explained that part of his rage stemmed from Republican congressmen allegedly celebrating the passage of the Obamacare repeal bill.

They want to drink beer celebrating killing people? Then it should be their loved ones who die, he tweeted.

However, the allegations that GOP congressman celebrated the bills passing with beer isnt true at all, despite claims by politicians, media members and celebrities.

Still, in a long, 482-word statement to the Daily Caller, Eichenwald expressed his outrage with Republicans, who he said need to feel the effects of the AHCA.

He said:

The only way people incapable of empathy will understand reality is when they face it. So yes, to save millions, I think the people who inflicted these consequences on strangers should see the consequences up close and personal.

The goprs in congress didnt just send out a tweet wishing for me to face my own death. They actually voted to do it. If people dont give a damn about the consequences of what they do, they should face those consequences. They shouldnt all be inflicted on strangers.

I want them to feel what millions of us are feeling tonight fear, desperation, a knowledge that any moment could start the countdown to our deaths.

To be noted, Eichenwald later deleted his original tweet calling for Republican family members to die. He rewrote his tweet with the same message using softer language.

Millions like me tonight dont know if GOP health bill will pass & kill them. I hope those who vote for it someday face same anguish we do, he wrote.

The health care bill passed by the House on Thursday is not yet law. The Senate hasnt yet heard the bill, and they are expected to pass their own version of the bill, complicating the law making process.

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New York Times

Republican Party, Emmanuel Macron: Your Friday Evening Briefing New York Times That was the question the morning after the bill's passage. Democrats say they'll capitalize on anger over the bill to take back the House in 2018. That's why they sang Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) during the vote. And they were speaking from ...

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"Republicans are trying to do this to affordable health care," Perriello says to the camera as, behind him, a car compacter begins to do its work on an ambulance.

Perriello goes on to note that he voted for the Affordable Care Act during his time in Congress and pledges to ensure that "this" -- the ambulance being steadily flattened by the compacter -- "never happens in Virginia"

It's a very good ad. Part of that is because Perriello is a good communicator. (There's a reason he held, albeit briefly, a Republican-leaning district in the Old Dominion.) But, the bigger part of the ad's effectiveness is in the image -- an ambulance getting crushed -- married with the notion that Republicans, left to their druthers, are in the process of doing just that to Virginians' health care.

Now, it's important to note that Perriello is running this ad in the context of a Democratic primary, not a general election. (He faces off with sitting Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam on June 13.)

Why? Because it encapsulates the problem that Republicans have, politically speaking, in this bill: As it currently reads, the legislation takes away things that are either a) popular b) relied upon or c) both.

From scrapping the mandate banning insurance companies from discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions to the proposed freeze of Medicaid expansion funds in 2020, the bill's impact will primarily be on the negative side in the near term for many people.

When people have something -- even if they don't love it -- they don't want it taken away. The fear of losing something you need is a very powerful motivator.

It remains to be seen whether the ad catapults Perriello to the Democratic nomination. (He started the race late and behind Northam.) If he does win -- and moves on to the general election -- I'd expect to see more of this sort of ad from his side. And if Perriello winds up winning the governorship on the back of an anti-AHCA/anti-Trump message, you can bet every Democratic campaign in the country will produce some version of the ad above.

Democrats and Republicans are watching this race very closely. This ad should add -- ahem! -- to that focus.

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New York Times

Republican Party, Marine Le Pen, Baton Rouge: Your Thursday Evening Briefing New York Times The vote lends momentum to President Trump's Capitol Hill agenda, but it could also leave moderate Republicans facing a backlash from their constituents. Above, Mr. Trump congratulated House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans at the White ...

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When the American Health Care Act passed the House of Representatives on May 4, Democrats waved and sang, "nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye," to their GOP colleagues. (U.S. House of Representatives)

Here at the Plum Line, we write a lot about the mechanics of politics the processes of governing, the interplay of political forces, the back-and-forth between citizens and lawmakers, and so on. We do that because its interesting and because it winds up affecting all our lives. But there are moments when you have to set aside the mechanics and focus intently on the substance of what government does or in this case, what government is trying to do.

I wont mince words. The health-care bill that the House of Representatives passed this afternoon, in an incredibly narrow 217-to-213 vote, is not just wrong, or misguided, or problematic or foolish. It is an abomination. If there has been a piece of legislation in our lifetimes that boiled over with as much malice and indifference to human suffering, I cant recall what it might have been. And every member of the House who voted for it must be held accountable.

[Betrayal, carelessness, hypocrisy: The GOP health-care bill has it all]

Theres certainly a process critique one can make about this bill. We might focus on the fact that Republicans are rushing to pass it without having held a single hearing on it, without a score from the Congressional Budget Office that would tell us exactly what the effects would be, and before nearly anyone has had a chance to even look at the bills actual text all this despite the fact that they are remaking one-sixth of the American economy and affecting all of our lives (and despite their long and ridiculous claims that the Affordable Care Act was rammed through Congress, when in fact it was debated for an entire year and was the subject of dozens of hearings and endless public discussion). We might talk about how every major stakeholder group the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the AARP, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Heart Association, and on and on all oppose the bill.

Here are three big ways the new Republican bill might change health care in the United States. (Daron Taylor/The Washington Post)

All that matters. But the real problem is whats in the bill itself. Here are some of the things it does:

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were to become law, this bill would kill significant numbers of Americans. People who lose their Medicaid, dont go to the doctor, and wind up finding out too late that theyre sick. People whose serious conditions put them up against lifetime limits or render them unable to afford whats on offer in the high-risk pools, and are suddenly unable to get treatment.

[Did Republicans just score a win on health care or lose?]

Those deaths are not abstractions, and those who vote to bring them about must be held to account. This can and should be a career-defining vote for every member of the House. No one who votes for something this vicious should be allowed to forget it ever. They should be challenged about it at every town hall meeting, at every campaign debate, in every election and every day as the letters and phone calls from angry and betrayed constituents make clear the intensity of their revulsion at what their representatives have done.

Perhaps this bill will never become law, and its harm may be averted. But that would not mitigate the moral responsibility of those who supported it. Members of Congress vote on a lot of inconsequential bills and bills that have a small impact on limited areas of American life. But this is one of the most critical moments in recent American political history. The Republican health-care bill is an act of monstrous cruelty. It should stain those who supported it to the end of their days.

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