Hillary Clinton on Thursday afternoon launched a tweet storm slamming the GOP over its tax plan, negligence in renewing the Childhood Health Insurance Program, and its talk about cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Hillary Clinton on Thursday afternoon launched a tweet storm slamming the GOP over its tax plan, negligence in renewing the Childhood Health Insurance Program, and its talk about cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Proving herself to be a master of the medium, she was able to address all of those topics in seven tweets sent out in a period of under 10 minutes.
The first read, "There's a lot to be frustrated by right now, to say the least. Here's something that we should be able to fix," and was immediately followed by, "The Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides health care for 9 million kids & has been reauthorized on a bipartisan basis every year for almost 2 decades, is hanging in limbo because Congress let it expire over 2 months ago."
That program, also known as CHIP, provides health insurance for children whose parents make more money than Medicaid allows but fall short of being able to cover the cost of other options.
The New York Times notes that Congress is at odds over how to pay for it, with Republicans wanting to meet the cost by cutting other healthcare funding and Democrats preferring an option that doesn't leave hundreds of thousands without coverage.
Clinton goes on to note that while the debate over CHIP funding raged, "Senate Republicans rushed to pass so-called tax reform - a giveaway for those who least need it."
She also points out that, as she predicted, Republicans are coming, "after social security, Medicare, & Medicaid...," likening the move to, "buying a Rolex & paying for it with money you saved to take care of your kids. That's what Congress is doing w/ your tax dollars."
Clinton asks all to "rally together & take action," and suggest everyone call their Senators and Representatives and demand they stand up for children, the elderly, the poor, and the vulnerable.
