{"id":3034,"date":"2018-09-04T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/04\/watch-booker-the-right-to-health-care-is-fundamental\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:17:11","slug":"watch-booker-the-right-to-health-care-is-fundamental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-booker-the-right-to-health-care-is-fundamental\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Booker: The Right To Health Care Is \u2018Fundamental\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Senator Booker talked about the threat Kavanaugh poses to Americans with pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037081022964350978&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536181943985000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEA_yuAJsCdDBj2eGElzQeQN64ztw\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037081022964350978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/qMyWSEATv0fVeY9ic6-X2M7IC8FR_n-cO94w_IZRFJdwQBE6e9eOTRT7w_U5c-V0d8qIpLODm1f0-afcqu45QKHuLKr25ocOvRyWigc-Za461XatDoqD7lB2b8trwa18_QdCue_7.jpg\" style=\"border:none;\" width=\"507\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037081022964350978&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536181943985000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEA_yuAJsCdDBj2eGElzQeQN64ztw\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1037081022964350978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator Booker<\/a>: &ldquo;Well, knowing your record, it is right that these Americans, so many of them with pre-existing conditions, are asking whether the Supreme Court will be an institution that affirms and protects the rights of people with access to health care. Some &#8212; many people who rightfully believe when they read our founding documents that talk about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness &#8212; that health care, they they believe, is fundamental.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said his judicial appointments would rule against the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\">&ldquo;If I win the presidency, my judicial appointments will do the right thing unlike Bush&#39;s appointee John Roberts on Obamacare.&rdquo; &#8211;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/614472830969880576&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536181943985000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFguupnunAIjTUVQvhFp0IpHYAjIg\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/614472830969880576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Trump<\/a>, 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Booker talked about the threat Kavanaugh poses to Americans with pre-existing conditions. &nbsp; &nbsp; Senator Booker: &ldquo;Well, knowing your record, it is right that these Americans, so many of them with pre-existing conditions, are asking whether the Supreme Court will be an institution that affirms and protects the rights of people with access to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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