“Donald, if you’re watching, we’ll put your name on it. You get to be the American president who finally guaranteed health care for every single American.”
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senator-elect from Michigan who ran on a progressive platform with Medicare for All at its center, said Friday that he doesn’t care what the policy is called so long as it passes, even during Donald Trump’s lame duck term, which will begin in January.
Appearing on Zeteo with editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan, El-Sayed was asked if he agreed with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who a night earlier pronounced that he wasn’t so sure that if Democratic majorities in the US House and Senate passed a Medicare for All Bill that Trump wouldn’t sign it.
“If he wants to pass Trumpcare-for-All, I’m ok with it. He seems to like to put his name on things,” said El-Sayed.
I wouldn’t even feel bad calling it Trump Care if they call it that and he signs it.
It is sad how much ideology has to crap on the futures of the vulnerable. I’m glad El-Sayed is pushing for the things that many countries already give their population. Not everything has to be a profit race to the bottom
Tricking republicans into being decent people is fine with me. It’s like when you trick your cat into taking their medicine. Your cat thinks they’re getting a free treat, and you no longer have to deal with them shitting all over the walls.
It’s kinda funny how appropriate this analogy is.
I dont care if they name it “trump is better than obama care” if it gets his stupid ass to sign it.
He’s so easy to manipulate. Just make him think it’s his idea, slap his name on it, and let him sign yet another bill he didn’t read with cameras flashing and people calling him ‘sir’. Boom, socialism.
Just have Mamdani go and lobby Trump for it. Trump has such a man-crush on him. It might lead to some uncomfortable comments about Mamdani’s ass, but I’m sure Z would take those for the cause…
Yup it’s really easy to manipulate a Narcissist. All you gotta do is stroke their ego and they’ll eat right out of your hand. Tell them how wise and strong and powerful they are. That’s what Mamdani did.
Honestly this is so true. There’s a real chance we could have universal healthcare (aka trumpcare)
His pragmatism is stunning and very welcome! This is how you get shit done, fuck the go-high-when-they-go-low bullcrap
Just goes to show how insidious all the paid-for fuckhead AIPC+insiders+centrists were and how cynical they were in telegraphing their fear mongering about gasp a “socialist” [insert left and right wing boogie men which are often diametrically contradictory
While people in Israel have healthcare for all.
They’re pretty good at healthending too
Apparently wats good enuff for gander (Schumer and Israel) is too good for Goose (US populace).
Americans wouldnt understand universal healthcare, it would anger and confuse them ⸮
—Schumer and crntrist/corporate Dems, probably
When Hakeem Jeffries says stuff like this it’s terrifying because he’s a scumbag corporate sell-out, but when Dr. Abdul says it I’m on board and can’t wait to see what he comes up with, because he actually seems like a good dude we can trust to negotiate for us instead of corporate paymasters
Hakeem doesn’t say stuff like this and that’s why he needs to go.
Hakeem will describe vague notions of problems to be fixed with ultimate solutions that end up being “give health insurers more money”.
Abdul is proposing the policy, medicare for all, and saying “but call it whatever you want”. Hakeem will identify a problem, but ultimately will push dogshit policies that aren’t popular.
That’s part of why he’s so much better.
Hakeem will describe vague notions of problems to be fixed with ultimate solutions that end up being “give health insurers more money”.
Let’s look at what Jeffries has said about healthcare in this country!
- “we’ve established working groups [on] […] healthcare”
- “We’re going to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits”
- “we’re going to lower costs and we’re going to save healthcare”
This shit means exactly what it does when he says we need to “reform ICE”. Incremental improvements, no actual solution to the underlying problem.
The thing it works 1000x better with an El-Sayed or Mamdani, because they’re actually cool.
trump openly complains about how everyone around him are losers, and those are the people he picks to spend all his time with.
Throw someone with even average charisma in that room, trump loves them. Jeffries/Schumer fucking suck, trump won’t want to deal with them. He can’t get enough of Mamdani, and El-Sayed will be the same.
trump legitimately wants to be loved, he’s just a shitty person who doesn’t know how to get it and like a toddler he’d rather have hate than nothing. Any attention is better than none
Funny how trust works, isn’t it?
There’s a difference between somefish who swims off-course get to where they need to go, and somefish who swims off-course to go somewhere else.
Don’t tell them that the newly elected Dems are outnumbered by incumbents who voted for Jeffries may times.
The best part of it is, it would still have a real name like “Obamacare” is officially “Affordable Care Act”.
Absolutely zero reason to ever use “trumpcare” once it passed
I seem to recall that the term Obamacare was originally used by conservatives pejoratively, to make it less appealing to other conservatives.
Do you think that he wouldn’t make ‘TrumpCare’ the legal, officially mandated name? With his portrait as the watermark on every ID card?
He should. Just to rub it in the face of every president, democrat and republican, who came before him and absolutely could not accomplish this vital and extremely pragmatic policy.
“This is the clown that did what you could not.”
Could always rename it after he’s out. Germany had so many nazi street names. Names long gone n forgotten but streets still there right?
Oh, no! That could never, ever, ever happen!
He’s a very popular man and respected by all.
Nope, never happen. No. No. NO!!!
Shhh. Don’t tell him that.
I’d hate it as much as MAGA hates Obamacare. But it’d be stupid not to use it.
I almost canceled an appointment for a possible torn muscle cause the inspection is gonna cost at least 500$.
Luckily I have healthcare through my tribe which I didn’t know about.
I hope they pass it in both chambers.
This is clever. He might finally fulfill his wish to one up Obama.
Yeah that’s a masterclass in dealing with him. It doesn’t matter what it’s called. If it gets it passed then hell yeah.
Carney should take notes here. Canada could get whatever it wants with this method that costs nothing.
Obama said the same thing to Trump on Inauguration Day 2016.
It would have been a giant win for Trump and very popular with the voters.
Things are different now. Trump has a long history of throwing his buddies under the bus, and he has no reason at all to be loyal to the GOP.
He’s done crazier things.
Call it trumpcare and build a Trump care hospital with his name on it in Washington to commemorate the accomplishment. If it’s passed by Congress it will actually be a legacy.
He still won’t do it because he’s a sad person, but I agree with Abdul here.
Sure but I’m going to call it Islamo-care if it passes
