President Headed To Texas to Push Obamacare (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

DALLAS, TX – President Barack Obama is traveling to Dallas today to push the Affordable Care Act and drum up better PR for his signature law in light of the botched rollout. The president is going there due to the area having the highest population of uninsured people. Obama will meet with canvassers from Dallas Area Interfaith, a group that the White House says is the most active organization in Texas promoting Obamacare. [contextly_sidebar id=”ff5d2ebe2eb0acb47287b4707655b8b0″]

David M. Simas, a White House adviser, said that Mr. Obama will be “calling on folks in Texas to join conservative governors in other states like Ohio and in Michigan, in Arizona, to put politics aside and not deny people health care out of ideology or politics.”

Texas is one of the states that turned down setting up their own online exchange and is relying on the buggy Healthcare.gov website for enrollments. The Republican led legislature is currently blocking the expansion of Medicaid in Texas.

Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is testifying today in front of the U.S. Senate to answer questions about why millions of people are losing their health care plans. The secretary claimed responsibility for fixing the broken health care website while senators took turns chastising her over the botched rollout, with some directly calling for her resignation.

 

 

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

2 comments

Austin Wilhelm November 6, 2013 at 10:52 pm

What a waste of time. He’s not convincing anyone. And it actually is about ideology. I don’t think it’s right to force people into things they don’t want and then penalize them if they don’t enroll and spend their money. I think that’s the main issue libertarians have with it and if that’s not based on ideology, then I don’t know what is.
Before he starts telling the citizens to keep politics out of it, he needs to look in his own city. Congress has split into two very clear and defined halves because they can’t keep politics out of anything. It’s always playing your side and sticking to your stupid, partisan guns. Get real, moron.

Mark Schlager November 7, 2013 at 3:02 am

He better get chased out of the fucking town! Oh, that’s right. The media hires actors to smile and clap in the background. KILL YOUR TV. JOIN THE REVOLUTION.

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