With the House GOP leadership's new healthcare bill facing a growing tide of conservative backlash Tuesday, its top proponents fought back with a catchphrase of their own.
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Republican leadership has a new catchphrase to fight back against criticism of its Obamacare replacement
House GOP leaders are now referring to their bill as "Obamacare gone" to fight back on conservative attacks that is it "Obamacare-lite."
Rep. Kevin Brady.
The bill, the American Health Care Act, has already come under siege from conservative members of the GOP and a large number of right-leaning groups. The chief criticism stems from the belief that the AHCA does not go far enough to repeal its predecessor, the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, instead keeping things like tax credits for people to buy insurance.
The Cato Institute and the Club for Growth are among conservative groups that have criticized the bill, while Sen. Rand Paul has referred to it as "Obamacare Lite."
To push back, GOP leaders in the House of Reprsentatives and the White House have seemingly tested out a catchphrase for their plan: "Obamacare gone."
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Rep. Kevin Brady, the chair of the Ways and Means Committee and an architect of the AHCA, used the phrase during a press conference.
"This is Obamacare gone," Brady said. "This is the first and most important step to giving relief to Americans from this terrible law."
Vice President Mike Pence also used a variation of the line, saying in a radio interview that the bill meant "Obamacare done."
The AHCA's initial rollout has faced a large wall of resistance, with Democrats roundly rejecting the bill along with the strong conservative pushback. The bill will still need to be marked up by the House committees before making it to the full floor for a vote.
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