October 16, 2018 03:33 PM UTC

"Both Ways Brauchler" Runs From Obamacare Repeal

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• by: Colorado Pols

The ad you see above, produced by an independent expenditure committee backing Democratic Attorney General candidate Phil Weiser, received an intense pushback from Republican George Brauchler via social media today:

As ballots land in mailboxes today, @pweiser’s #DarkMoney group pushes out knowingly false ads accusing me of positions I have not taken. I’m looking forward to the Professor denouncing them for their falsity. #copolitics #COAG

— George Brauchler (@GeorgeBrauchler) October 16, 2018

The ad accuses Brauchler of supporting the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, one of the logical consequences of which would be the end of the ACA’s requirement that pre-existing conditions be covered. Brauchler objects strenuously that he hasn’t taken a position on the ACA, but that’s simply not accurate. Here’s what Brauchler himself said about the ACA when he was a candidate for governor–of course no longer online now that he’s running for attorney general:

Coloradans deserve access to patient-centered healthcare and affordable premiums. Obamacare must be repealed to make this happen. [Pols emphasis]

Folks, you can’t have this both ways. If you support repealing the Affordable Care Act, you support repealing the coverage mandate for patients with pre-existing conditions. Any attempt to doublespeak this reality is misleading, as we’ve seen over and over when Republicans in Congress tried and failed to repeal the law. If George Brauchler does not support the lawsuits by Republican state attorneys general to overturn the ACA, that’s something he could easily clarify for the record. It would be a contradiction of everything he has previously said about the Affordable Care Act, but he could do it.

The fact that Brauchler would rather cry foul than clarify tells voters all they need to know.