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Democrats Rally Behind Pelosi On Delay Of Articles
Far-Left Texas Democrat Says Barack Obama
House Democrats on Thursday are rallying behind Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D- Calif.) after the Speaker said she'll delay the deliver of im- peachment articles to the Senate in an effort to ensure a fair trial.
President Trump has urged a speedy trial in the upper chamber, and Pelosi's allies argue that delaying the delivery of the articles will put pressure on Senate GOP leaders to call witnesses and seek more evidence sur- rounding the president's dealings with Ukraine — steps Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said he'll not take.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D- Calif.), a member of the In- telligence Committee, said Pelosi's delay strategy made for "a very wise decision on her part."
"I think it gives her lever- age; it gives the House lever- age in terms of making sure that it's not going to be a kan- garoo court over there," she told reporters in the Capitol. "If, in fact, they intend to not be an impartial reviewer of the facts, then it becomes a joke. And we're not party to a joke."
McConnell has shown no indication he's ready to budge. Aside from refusing new witnesses, he's also an-
‘Deserves Cancer, Or Worse’
JUSTIN LECCA AND BARACK OBAMA
nounced that he'll work closely with the White House as the trial proceeds, a stance that has infuriated Democ- rats who say as an impeach- ment juror he should be taking steps to be impartial. But McConnell has rejected that argument.
“I’m not impartial about this at all,” he told reporters Tuesday in the Capitol.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
(D-N.Y.), chairman of the Ju- diciary Committee, said Thursday that those com- ments should make Mc- Connell ineligible to oversee the impeachment trial.
"Mitch McConnell has a problem. Mitch Mc- Connell has said that he's going to work hand-and- glove with the White House. He has said that he's not a fair juror. I don't understand how he can possibly take the
oath that he's required to take," Nadler said.
"Mitch McConnell, I think, has disqualified him- self from taking the oath of participating."
The debate arrives the morning after House Democ- rats passed two impeach- ment articles through the lower chamber: one accusing the president of abusing his power in his dealings with Ukraine; the other alleging that he obstructed Congress as Democrats sought to in- vestigate the affair.
Shortly afterwards, Pelosi said Democrats would not send those articles to the Senate immediately, citing an "unfair" process being prepared by GOP lead- ers in the upper chamber.
"So far we haven’t seen anything that looks fair to us,” she added.
A far-left Texas congres- sional candidate is not backing down from tweets in which he stated that Barack Obama “deserves” worse than cancer.
Over the weekend, Justin Lecea retweeted an Obama post reminding people about the deadline for enrollment in Obamacare. He added the message: “I just want you to think about all the people who have and will die because Oba- macare is pointless and your entire presidency was a waste,” he wrote, and added “If god was just you would get the most malignant cancer imagi- nable.”
The tweet was later deleted, but not before Obamacare en- rollment analyst Charles Gaba saved a screenshot of the disturbing post.
When Lecea was called out, he noted that Obama de-
serves “worse” than cancer. “People are criticizing me for wishing cancer on Obama. I say that having lost a parent to brain cancer after 12 years of fighting, and getting to see just how terrible our Health- care system is, and I still think he deserves it or worse,” he added. “So @ me all you want I said nothing directly threat-
ening.”
He also said the former
president is “a war criminal who was in authority during the desperation of over 3 mil- lion immigrants, continued the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, allowed the continued poison- ing of citizens in places like Flint, and also recently bought an 11 million dollar home in Martha’s Vineyard, and demonstrated privilege so great that he gives zero f—s about y’all.”
U. S. Appeals Court Ruling On Obamacare Gives Health-Care Industry Brief Reprieve
DEMOCRATS RALLY BEHIND REP. NANCY PELOSI
The S&P Health Care Sec- tor index hit a new 52-week high on Thursday after a U.S. appeals court punted on de- ciding whether the Afford- able Care Act is unconstitutional, pushing the decision out to another year or so.
In a 2-to-1 decision, the Fifth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals said late Wednesday that it is ordering U. S. Dis- trict Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas to reconsider whether the ACA, more commonly known as Obamacare, should remain intact. Health policy experts say the decision will likely delay the Supreme Court hearing the landmark case until after the 2020 elections, with a ruling as far out as 2021.
Shares of Centene, which serves consumers in the Medicaid, Medicare Advan- tage and Obamacare ex- change markets, were up nearly 4% in intraday trading on Thursday. UnitedHealth
OBAMACARE
Group shares rose more than 1%, Molina Healthcare jumped 3%, and Wellcare popped more than 2%.
The ruling means no “al- terations to the current sys- tem,” Jared Holz, a health-care strategist at Jef- feries, said in an interview. “The worst possible outcome is off the table for a while, and companies can manage their businesses more effec- tively over the near term.”
Holz said Obamacare re- mains an overhang on the sector, “although we can deal with the clouds as opposed to the appeals court having more issues with Obamacare
as it’s currently designed.” Texas and other Republi- can-led states brought the suit, which was defended by Democratic-led states and the House of Representa- tives. O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas ruled last December that the entire health law was uncon- stitutional because the indi- vidual mandate penalty was
essentially eliminated.
The appeals court, in its ruling, did declare the indi- vidual mandate provision in Obamacare unconstitutional, arguing it can “no longer be read as a tax,” siding with the
lower court judge.
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