GIF of the Women Wearing White giving President Trump the thumbs-down 👎👎
Democrats Gave A Literal Thumbs Down To Trump’s Promise To Repeal Obamacare
At President Donald Trump’s first address to the joint session of Congress, Democrats made their opinion of Trump’s plan for the Affordable Care Act crystal clear: boooooo. Democrats gave Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare a big thumbs down during his speech. Yes, a literal one.
“Tonight, I am also calling on this Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare with reforms that expand choice, increase access, lower costs, and at the same time, provide better healthcare.”
“Mandating every American to buy government-approved health insurance was never the right solution for America. The way to make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of health insurance, and that is what we will do.”
Chu and Speier are logical dissenters against this particular issue. Chu is a co-sponsor of a bill that would expand Medicare to “provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents.” Speier, meanwhile, has pushed back against the president’s plan to get rid of Obamacare and instead has called for a chance to pass bipartisan legislation to replace it.
And if you thought the sartorial flood of white surrounding Chu and Speier was a coincidence, it’s not. Members of the House Democratic Women’s Working Group pledged to wear “suffragette white” to the address, a nod to the color of choice from women fighting for the right to vote in the 1900s.
“We wear white to unite against any attempts by the Trump administration to roll back the incredible progress women have made in the last century, and we will continue to support the advancement of all women,” Florida Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel
So as Trump walked around giving his signature thumbs up to lawmakers before and after the speech, there were at least two women in the audience who were doing just the opposite.
Watch Trump’s Speech to Congress:
