GOP SEN.
DEAN HELLER FROM NEVADA HAD A TOWN HALL.
HE WAS ASKED A QUESTION DURING THE TOWN HALL FROM SOMEONE
WHO HAS STAGE IV CANCER.
SHE IS VERY MUCH CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT SENATORS ARE
STILL TRYING TO GO AFTER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IN
THEIR TAX BILL.
IF YOU CAN RECALL THE TAX BILL INCLUDES A PORTION THAT
INDICATES THEY WILL DO AWAY WITH THE MANDATE, WHICH WOULD
THIS MEMBER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND MAKE PREMIUMS EXPENSIVE.
SO THE WOMAN IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE ACA IS KEEPING
HER ALIVE.
SHE TWEETED THIS.
TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT HOW SHE WAS TREATED.
>> AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING FOR ME TO
LOSE MY HEALTH CARE, WITHOUT IT I WILL DIE.
>>I'M NOT QUITE SURE WE DO THAT, ELIMINATING THE TAX AND THE
RELATED PROVISION WITHIN OBAMA CARE WAS THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.
90,000 PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF NEVADA HAVE TO PAY TAX
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD OBAMA CARE.
>>SECURITY ESCORTED HER OUT.
SHE WASN'T POSING A THREAT, OR DIDN'T EVEN GET ROWDY.
IT APPARENTLY DID NOT SIT WELL WITH HIM OR SECURITY SO
THEY ESCORTED HER OUT.
>> WHEN I READ THE HEADLINE I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE
DISRUPTIVE.
I ALWAYS HAVE MIXED FEELINGS.
I FEEL YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR CASE BUT LET THE OTHER SIDE SPEAK.
I EXPECTED THE VIDEO TO SHOW THAT SHE WAS CAUSING A
DISRUPTION.
I THOUGHT IF YOU HAVE STAGE IV CANCER, I AM NOT SURE I WOULD
REMOVE YOU EVEN IF YOU WERE, BUT I CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND IT.
SHE ADDED THE MOST BENIGN COMMENT I HAVE EVER SEEN
AND THEY REMOVED HER.
>>THE MISTAKE SHE MADE WAS THINKING THAT TALKING ABOUT
HER HEALTH CONDITION AND WHAT WOULD LIKELY HAPPEN TO HER
IF THE ACA WAS DISMANTLED WOULD LEAD TO ANY SORT OF EMPATHY
FROM SOMEONE LIKE SEN.
HELLER.
I AM NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL OF HER.
BUT EMPATHY JUST DOESN'T EXIST WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
AND CERTAINLY WITH SOME OF OUR LAWMAKERS.
EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS STAGE IV HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA, SHE IS
ALREADY UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY.
SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT HER HEALTH AND FUTURE AND THE
ABILITY TO PAY FOR HEALTHCARE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE GOP.
THAT IS THE MOST DEVASTATING PART.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO VOTE ON LEGISLATION THAT DETERMINES OUR
FATE AND THEY HAVE NO EMPATHY FOR US, THEY DON'T CARE IF WE
ARE SICK OR POOR, THEY WILL TURN AROUND AND CLAIM THAT THEY ARE
PRO-LIFE AND THAT WE SHOULD DISMANTLE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
BECAUSE WE NEED TO SAVE ZYGOTES.
WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE SIMPLY STATING
WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE DURING A TOWN HALL WHICH IS WHAT A
TOWN HALL IS FOR, IT IS A MATTER WE NEED TO ESCORT THEM OUT.
IT MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO HAVE TO BE CONFRONTED BY
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> THIS IS HOW FASCISM BEGINS, DISSENT IS NOT ALLOWED.
DOESN'T MATTER HOW POLITE YOU ARE OR YOUR CONDITION,
DISSENT IS NOT ALLOWED.
ANA IS RIGHT.
WHY ARE WE DOING TOWN HALLS IF DISSENT IS NOT ALLOWED?
WHAT IS THE POINT?
FOR ALL OF US TO SHOW UP AND CHEERLEAD?
>> WHERE ARE THE FREE SPEECH ADVOCATES?
ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT
ARE WHINING AND CRYING CONSTANTLY?
THIS IS A FREE
SPEECH ISSUE, THIS IS A TOWN HALL AND WAS ESCORTED OUT
IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE ADS COMMENTARY TO A QUESTION
THAT I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR SEN.
HELLER TO HEAR.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST SNOWFLAKES IN THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW WHO CAN'T HANDLE ANYTHING THAT MAKES
THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
I HAVE SAID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, COLLEGE CAMPUSES NEED
TO ALLOW SPEAKERS REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.
FOR SOME REASON THERE SEEMS TO BE A DOUBLE STANDARD WHEN
IT COMES TO THAT ISSUE AND WHEN IT COMES TO LIBERALS
VIOLATING FREE SPEECH.
CONSERVATIVES ARE UP IN ARMS AROUND ABOUT IT, BUT IN
THIS CASE THIS IS A WOMAN WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT HER HEALTH,
STATED HER CONCERNS, GETS ESCORTED OUT AS A RESULT.
>>THAT CLIP LASTED LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.
THAT STATEMENT, IT IS
NOT LIKE ñ IT WAS LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AND SHE WAS DONE.
AND SEN.
HELLER KNEW ABOUT HER SITUATION BECAUSE HE HAD THE QUESTION
FROM HER ALREADY.
AND HE DIDN'T STOP THEM.
HE IS SMILING AND TALKING TO HER AS SHE WAS BEING ESCORTED OUT.
HE CAN EASILY SAY LET HER BE.
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE PROVIDING BETTER HEALTHCARE WITH YOUR
PROPOSALS WHY DON'T YOU SAY LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY YOU WILL
BE IN BETTER SHAPE WITH OUR HEALTHCARE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT ANSWER BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DEATH
PANELS.
INSTEAD SHE GOT COVERED AND NOW SHE MIGHT NOT BE COVERED
ANYMORE.
IS UNCOMFORTABLE THAT IN REALITY HE CHOSE HIS DONORS PROFITS
OVER HER LIFE.
PLEASE REMOVE HER FROM THE BUILDING, IT IS RUINING THE
GOOD AIR FOR THE ELITES.
THE SENATOR IS AN ELITE, YOU CAN'T QUESTION IT.