“The irony is that the Freedom Caucus, which is very pro-life and against Planned Parenthood, allows P.P. to continue if they stop this plan!”This is the realm of tortured logic, not irony. At best, he could argue that it was hypocritical. The intent of AHCA was not to shut down PP, but to repeal the ACA; the PP shutdown is a sweetener placed in there to gain the support of the FC.
This is the sort of stuff you get from having a half-wit in the Oval Office.
However, Steve Bannon's speech to the FC was predictably ironic:
"Guys, look. This is not a discussion. This is not a debate. You have no choice but to vote for this bill."Bannon's intent was to get members of the FC to vote for the AHCA; instead, he completely turned off the fence-sitters who then proceeded to announce that they would vote against the AHCA.
Also, it shows just how weak Donald and Paul Ryan are, that they can't corral various factions within GOP, unlike Obama and Pelosi back in 2009 and 2010.
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