HRClinton "Death Party" / Elizabeth Warren "Blood Money" / accusations against GOP
Clinton Tweet.
Just last week, there seemed to be consensus among political leaders that it was time to cool down the heated rhetoric traded between partisans in the nation's capital, an idea pitched as a plan to show the value of building relationships across the aisle in the wake of a mass shooting that targeted Republican congressmen at a baseball practice.
Whether or not that heated rhetoric can be blamed for shooting is debatable — I believe firmly it cannot — but there is nothing wrong with taking the incident as a reminder for politicians to speak responsibly, knowing that constituents outside the circles of influence in Washington are listening.
Flash forward one week, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is saying Republicans plan to pay for their newly-released healthcare bill with "blood money."
This was no slip of the tongue, but a calculated communications strategy. The phrase showed up twice in her speech on the Senate floor and then made its way into posts on Warren's Facebook and Twitter accounts.
She made a conscious decision to accuse her colleagues of intentionally taking "blood money" from sick Americans and giving it to their "rich buddies."
Here's one portion of her Senate speech:
So Senate Republicans had to make a choice. How to pay for all these juicy tax cuts for their rich buddies? I'll tell you how: blood money. Senate Republicans wrung some extra dollars out of kicking people off tax credits that help them afford health insurance.
Warren also claimed the bill was the product of Senate Republicans
Anyone who called for Congress to approach their jobs and communicate in a more cooperative and respectful spirit last week should also call on Warren to cool it.
And the same goes for anyone who believes it's dangerous for President Trump to speak in rhetoric meant to be taken seriously, but not literally.
If you were moved by the images from the Congressional Baseball Game, where Republicans and Democrats came together to honor Rep. Steve Scalise as he sat in critical condition in a nearby hospital, don't forget that Warren just told the people that Scalise's colleagues in the Senate, some of whom played in that game, are willfully sucking "blood money" from the vulnerable, just to help the rich get richer.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a...etoric-seriously-or-literally/article/2626944
Clinton Tweet.
Just last week, there seemed to be consensus among political leaders that it was time to cool down the heated rhetoric traded between partisans in the nation's capital, an idea pitched as a plan to show the value of building relationships across the aisle in the wake of a mass shooting that targeted Republican congressmen at a baseball practice.
Whether or not that heated rhetoric can be blamed for shooting is debatable — I believe firmly it cannot — but there is nothing wrong with taking the incident as a reminder for politicians to speak responsibly, knowing that constituents outside the circles of influence in Washington are listening.
Flash forward one week, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is saying Republicans plan to pay for their newly-released healthcare bill with "blood money."
This was no slip of the tongue, but a calculated communications strategy. The phrase showed up twice in her speech on the Senate floor and then made its way into posts on Warren's Facebook and Twitter accounts.
She made a conscious decision to accuse her colleagues of intentionally taking "blood money" from sick Americans and giving it to their "rich buddies."
Here's one portion of her Senate speech:
So Senate Republicans had to make a choice. How to pay for all these juicy tax cuts for their rich buddies? I'll tell you how: blood money. Senate Republicans wrung some extra dollars out of kicking people off tax credits that help them afford health insurance.
Warren also claimed the bill was the product of Senate Republicans
Anyone who called for Congress to approach their jobs and communicate in a more cooperative and respectful spirit last week should also call on Warren to cool it.
And the same goes for anyone who believes it's dangerous for President Trump to speak in rhetoric meant to be taken seriously, but not literally.
If you were moved by the images from the Congressional Baseball Game, where Republicans and Democrats came together to honor Rep. Steve Scalise as he sat in critical condition in a nearby hospital, don't forget that Warren just told the people that Scalise's colleagues in the Senate, some of whom played in that game, are willfully sucking "blood money" from the vulnerable, just to help the rich get richer.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a...etoric-seriously-or-literally/article/2626944