Pete Buttigieg on 'GMA': Trump's 'hypocrisy needs to be called out,' socialist criticisms 'losing al

[applegrove]

Pete Buttigieg on 'GMA': Trump's 'hypocrisy needs to be called out,' socialist criticisms 'losing all meaning'

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor teased a forthcoming presidential announcement.

By Adam Kelsey at ABC News Apr 4, 2019 8:22 AM

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pete-buttigieg-gma-trumps-hypocrisy-called-socialist-criticisms/story?id=62153669

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"The Affordable Care Act was a conservative idea that Democrats borrowed and they called that 'socialist.' So it's kind of like the boy who cried wolf," Buttigieg continued. "It's lost all power I think, especially for my generation of voters. Folks just want to know whether an idea is a good idea or not and slapping a label on it, especially in a careless way that doesn't make any sense, I don't think it moves the debate."

The mayor further argued, citing polling that on several of the issues with proposed "socialist" solutions, the American public leans further to the left than Congress.

"Let's take universal background checks [for the purchase of firearms], 80-90% of Americans think we ought to do it. Over 80% of Republicans think we ought to do it. And congress can't make it happen," he said. "Comprehensive immigration reform, higher wages, paid family leave, even Medicare-for-all, these are things that command a support of the majority of the American people."

The interview on "Good Morning America" and the announcement of next week's event coincides with the mayor’s emergence from relative obscurity. He’s parlayed a string of high-profile interviews and appearances into a place among the upper-tier of candidates in the Democratic primary.


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[cstanleytech]

1. The reason alot of things that the majority americans support is not happening is because a small

% of the population that has alot of cash is buying the votes to stop it and most of their buying is of politicians that are members of the Republican party.

[crazytown]

2. He's tightening up his answers.

Each time a I read / hear his ‘stock’ replies on the ACA and socialism, I notice he’s polished/sharpened his answers a little more, like an artist working on his craft.

[applegrove]

6. Yes. He is a creative genius sculpting a beautiful country out of the mess

the GOP have made of it.

[progressoid]

3. Ruh roh. He called ACA a conservative idea!

Of course he's right.

But it's interesting that saying that around here brought the wrath of DU down upon people here just a few years ago.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Well, it did come from Mitt Romney! That makes it conservative.

That might be an oversimplification, though.

[crazytown]

5. It was proposed by the Heritage Foundation

As a way of allowing private insurers compete on a level playing field (the exchanges).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Oh, OK. I did not know that. That makes it even more conservative, coming from them.

[progressoid]

8. Even goes as far back as Nixon.

In some ways, Nixon's proposal was even more liberal.

https://khn.org/news/nixon-proposal/

[crazytown]

9. Oh f...

Across the Nation, the average cost of a day of hospital care now exceeds $110.
–The average cost of delivering a baby and providing postnatal care approaches $1,000.
–The average cost of health care for terminal cancer now exceeds $20,000

[progressoid]

10. Yeah. Even adjusted for inflation, that's still a lot less than today.

$110 in 1974 is $564 today.

But in 2017, the average hospital cost was $2129.00 per day.

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/state-indicator/expenses-per-inpatient-day-by-ownership/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D