Two years ago today, Senate Republicans introduced a proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s coverage requirement as part of their corporate tax giveaway, laying the foundation for the toxic GOP lawsuit that threatens to end health protections millions of Texans rely on. Senator John Cornyn voted for this tax giveaway, helping spark the dangerous lawsuit that could end critical health care protections including pre-existing conditions coverage, maternity care, and allowing kids to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26.
“Senator Cornyn is known as ‘repeal’s top salesman,’ and for good reason — he used his tax taw to undermine and attack health care protections and made the lawsuit in court today to eliminate pre-existing conditions coverage possible,” said DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss. “Instead of working to protect his constituents’ care, Cornyn has refused to take a stand on the toxic lawsuit he helped bring about, making clear why Texans can’t afford his reckless health care agenda.”
Known as health care repeal’s “top salesman,” Senator Cornyn helped pass the tax giveaway that has triggered a reckless lawsuit that could gut health protections for millions of Texans. Instead of working to protect his constituents’ care, Cornyn has said he “[supports] having the courts make the decision” about whether millions of Texans should lose the coverage protections they rely on — revealing why he and vulnerable Senate Republicans have resorted to pushing sham bills that “don’t actually protect sick people” and trying to hide the fallout from this harmful lawsuit until after next year’s election.
The DSCC has been “laser focused” on holding Senator Cornyn accountable for his role in the GOP’s anti-health care lawsuit, running digital ads spotlighting his consistent failure to protect Texans’ care.
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