Yesterday, Senator Cory Gardner (R-Yuma) signed a letter from four Republican Senators expressing opposition to any healthcare legislation that would attempt to gut Medicaid, which is a key component in any serious GOP repeal-and-destroy legislation. This was an interesting move from Gardner, given that he voted in late 2015 to gut Medicaid, but attempting to be all things to all people is how Gardner rolls.
Today, Vice President Mike Pence spoke to Senate leaders to convey that he and President Trump fully support the House Republican healthcare plan. Guess who showed up to the press conference?
VP Pence joins Senate GOPs as initial ACA repeal proposal hits problems with conservatives pic.twitter.com/A2MDrTV6QZ
— Todd Zwillich (@toddzwillich) March 7, 2017
Yup, that’s Sen. Gardner just to the left of the podium behind Pence. From the look on his face, Gardner must have been anxious that he might not have time to make it over to the press conference denouncing the House Republican plan.
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Gardner is completely unprepared for this sort of situation. Quick! To the Beauprez phone.
Cory is really struggling. He's never been this far off message.
<sigh>
Time to call again.
Gardner has a new telephone town hall scheduled for tomorrow,Wed. March 8 at 7:10 pm. HomeContact MePress ReleasesVideos
Dear ____
I want to invite you to join my live telephone town hall call tomorrow, Wednesday, March 8 at 7:10pm MST. You can register for the event by clicking here or by texting SENGARDNER to 828282.
On the call, you’ll have the opportunity to ask me questions directly. If you can’t be on the call, you can stream the audio by clicking here.
If you signed up for his email list, you got the email.