Johnson Tries To Walk Back Vow To End Obamacare

The Hill reports:

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is disputing Democrats’ assertion that he wants to repeal ObamaCare after Vice President Harris’s campaign seized on comments he made at a campaign stop this week. “Despite the dishonest characterizations from the Harris campaign, the audio and transcript make clear that I offered no such promise to end ObamaCare, and in fact acknowledged that the policy is ‘deeply ingrained’ in our health care system,” Johnson said in a statement to The Hill.

The Harris campaign blasted Johnson’s comments in a release Tuesday, arguing it showed a Republican plan to get rid of ObamaCare. “Health care is on the ballot this November. Speaker Mike Johnson is making it clear – if Donald Trump wins, he and his Project 2025 allies in Congress will make sure there is ‘no Obamacare,’” Harris campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said in a statement.

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Vice President Kamala Harris calls out House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent comments about the Affordable Care Act that he is attempting to walk back. At a recent event in Pennsylvania, an attendee asked Johnson, “No Obamacare?” In response, Johnson said “No Obamacare,” while… pic.twitter.com/oUC5O3BXFl

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