Rep. Justin Amash (MI-03)

It’s recess week for our elected representatives and many are back in their districts to face their constituents at town hall events. Republican Rep. Justin Amash, a member of the House Freedom Caucus (a.k.a the tea party) who refused to get on board with the Republican efforts to take away insurance from 24 million people because the plan wasn’t conservative enough (!!) did take the unusual step of telling a town hall audience the truth about Trumpcare, that it puts the most vulnerable at risk. Listen to this short clip:

x Whoa: @justinamash admits during town hall that #Trumpcare Ã¢ÂÂput the sickest and most vulnerable at risk.Ã¢ÂÂ pic.twitter.com/WnPvck0X0N Ã¢ÂÂ CAP Action (@CAPAction) April 11, 2017

Amash also noted the hasty plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with Paul Ryan’s plan would’ve suffered an embarrassing defeat had it come to a vote: