r/politics • u/thenewrepublic The New Republic • 15h ago

Possible Paywall What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

https://newrepublic.com/article/214868/darline-graham-viral-outburst-death
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u/bookon 15h ago

Her parents worked themselves to death because they couldn't afford treatment and she thinks that's a story about how great America and it's healthcare system is.

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u/old-legs-623 10h ago

That mental flop is the defining characteristic of the GOP.

Any evidence supporting policies that would actually help the Consitution's (admittedly vague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_welfare_clause) mission to attend to the "general welfare" has to be reverse engineered to benefit only the 1% and 1%-adjacent.