Republicans personify the word "cruelty"

As House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said while lobbying his Republican colleagues to support the American Health Care Act (aka TRUMPCARE), “This is who we are. This will define us.”

And he was absolutely right about that!

The passage of this bill by the House defines Republicans as cruel lawmakers who will work tirelessly and stop at nothing to take money and benefits from the neediest Americans in order to enrich themselves and other wealthy Americans.

This is nothing new for Republicans, it has been the goal of all their “legislation,” but their bill really shows how cruel and heartless they are. This bill takes about $1 trillion from federal and state health care programs and turns it into $594 billion in tax cuts for corporations and millionaires. Their cuts to Medicaid even mean that schools will have less to cover services to children with disabilities. Their targets are, as always, children, elderly and disabled Americans. This is who they are.

Most galling was how these people celebrated their cruelty. To watch our congresswoman, Claudia Tenney giddily whoop and cheer in the Rose Garden behind President Trump and Speaker Ryan was sickening.

We’re counting the days until November 6, 2018.