“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.
It would redefine his legacy.
Right now, he’s set to go down in history for dividing the nation, being twice impeached, having 34 felonies, weaponizing cruelty as policy, and egomania.
Passing Medicare For All as “Trump-Care” would change the conversation to, “Sure, he divided the nation, was twice impeached, was a convicted felon, weaponized cruelty as a matter of policy, and was an egomaniac, but we have him to thank for finally getting us universal healthcare.”
It’s really a no-brainer.
Without the Civil Rights Act of 1965, LBJ would have just been the guy who helped introduce oil money into national politics, literally stole his way into the senate, lucked into becoming President, and ramped up the Vietnam War. So there is a precedent.
Edit: forgot to add that while in the Senate he led the fight against civil rights, ironically enough.
Don’t forget the penis! That’s mostly what I know of him.
Johnson & his Johnson(+bunghole)