Trumpcare, and the process Republicans have adopted to rush it through Congress, are aberrant in many ways. Both are being undertaken deceitfully, out of step with the standard view of what it means to faithfully execute elected office. But how unusual is all this?
Further reading:
- Jonathan Cohn and Jeffrey Young on the GOP’s mad dash to rush a bad bill through the House.
- The Trumpcare process is foundering. Brian Beutler argues that Republicans’ difficulties stem from a deceitful, years-long Obamacare repeal campaign, which continues to this day.