July 31, 2012 11:04 PM UTC

Perlmutter politicizes Aurora shootings to push Obamacare

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• by: ArapaGOP

Kelly Maher at Revealing Politics:

Colorado Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter Monday night cited the July 20 mass killing in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater as one justification for passing President Obama’s Affordable Care Act in 2010.

The health care overhaul law, deemed “Obamacare,” by conservatives will “stop the discrimination against people with prior illnesses or injuries – or, say, some of the folks who were shot in the theater,” Perlmutter said during the meeting, conducted via Facebook and over a teleconference.

“They would be uninsurable now that they’ve had that wound, but under the Affordable Care Act they can’t be discriminated against starting in 2014.”

I didn’t know that a gunshot wound left one uninsurable. In fact, I’m not sure that’s even true. But is this the way to sell your precious health care reform? Capitalizing on tragedy?

I await your excuses, liberals.