Internet Ruthlessly Mocks Trump for Warning that Democrats Will 'Obliterate Obamacare'

Internet Ruthlessly Mocks Trump for Warning that Democrats Will 'Obliterate Obamacare'
Matthew Chapman
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 AlterNet
November 06, 2018

At one of his final pre-midterm rallies in Missouri, President Donald Trump made an utterly bizarre claim: Democrats are coming for your ... Obamacare.

"One of their very first projects will be a socialist takeover of American health care, you know what's happening, and your taxes are going to triple, maybe quadruple," he said. "You're not going to be happy, I know you well. The Democrat plan would obliterate Obamacare, it will also — which is good, but will leave the bad parts behind."

Even Trump seemed to realize halfway into that rant the absurdity of claiming Democrats will "obliterate Obamacare" — the party's landmark accomplishment that he and Republicans have spent years sabotaging and trying to repeal.

And in no time, social media exploded with mockery and disbelief at the president:

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