Washington, D.C. – Just barely less than a month since Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) viral “We’re all going to die” comment, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has joined her in admitting the Republican agenda is disastrous for the American people. According to Punchbowl News, McConnell said constituents back home will have to “get over” having their health care ripped away from them in order to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
In response, Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse issued a statement:
“Two of the Senate’s top Republicans have said the quiet part out loud: they know their agenda is a disaster and they simply don’t care. Mitch McConnell has told the American people to ‘get over it,’ and Joni Ernst told them how – ‘die.’ Instead of listening to the outrage pouring in from across the country, including from both sides of the aisle, Republicans are doubling down and demolishing our health care system to put more money into the pockets of the ultra-wealthy, no matter how many lives it costs.”