Democrat State Representative Dan Schoen (54A) posted a ridiculous tweet today, and the tweet and Schoen’s responses pretty much sum up the current state of the MNSure debate.
First, Schoen’s tweet:
@MNsure had technical glitches & so did UPS this holiday season. Anyone advocating to get rid ofUPS instead of make it better? #mnleg
— Danny Schoen (@danschoen54a)
Leaving aside the flagrant dot rule violation, Schoen’s tweet trying to conflate a relatively minor issue at a private shipping company with the utter failure of the Democrat’s government takeover of the American healthcare system is typical of the lashing out and deflection we are seeing from Democrats in Minnesota and nationally these days.
Schoen is immediately called on his ridiculous comparison by Republican Senator Branden Petersen, and then employs the classic “deny I just said what I said” strategy.
@Sen_B_Petersen no, just the idea of solutions to a problem. Ours work hard & together to improve. Yours: shut down?
— Danny Schoen (@danschoen54a)
After denying that he had just made the comparison that he made, Schoen then moves into the next Democrat talking point, which is that Republican’s aren’t providing enough solutions to the mess that Democrats created.
Next, Schoen responds with another classic Democrat strategy, invoking the “REPUBLICANS WANT YOU TO DIE OF CANCER” line.
@repmattdean @jakeloesch and now those who need the chemotherapy won’t be denied coverage unless we go backwards in time. Keep fixing.
— Danny Schoen (@danschoen54a)
If you have been paying attention to the MNSure / Obamacare debate recently, you’ll recognize this pattern.
For clarity, it goes like this:
Republican: “Gee this MNSure / Obamacare thing really isn’t working out that well…”
Democrat: “WHY DO YOU WANT KIDS TO DIE FROM CANCER YOU MONSTER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?”
Republican: “um…”
Democrat (interrupting): “WHY AREN’T YOU PROVIDING ANY SOLUTIONS?!?!?!??!?”
Republican: “Well, I think we could…”
Democrat: “WHEN YOU WERE IN CHARGE ONLY THE ONE PERCENT HAD HEALTH CARE AND PEOPLE WERE DYING IN THE STREETS!!!”
Republican: “Well, that’s not true, and actually, many people have had their plans canceled under your plan, which is causing real pain for working fami…”
Democrat: “WHY DO YOU HATE CHILDREN AND WANT THEM TO DIE FROM CANCER?!?!?!?!?”
Rinse, repeat
It’s a common pattern, but it’s rare that we see it employed as completely yet succinctly as Representative Schoen did.
If only some Republicans had told anyone that MNSure and Obamacare would be a disaster, maybe this could all have been avoided.
Too bad we were all too busy killing people with cancer.
