If it wasn't already a myth perpetuated by a bunch of people who like to pretend slavery never happened, yesterday would have been the final nail in the coffin of "American Exceptionalism." In a craven bit of reverse–Robin Hooding, House Republicans voted to take health care away from millions of Americans so that they could give rich people a tax cut. And they did it despite the fact that they didn't wait for a CBO score to find out what exactly the effects of this bill would be. And though some call it the AHCA, we all know it's really called Trumpcare, so of course Donald Trump himself showed up to take a victory lap at a press conference yesterday.

It's hard to feel patriotic about a country that just told a bunch of people that being a victim of sexual assault or domestic violence or even having depression will now be among a lengthy list of pre-existing conditions that insurance companies can charge you more for having. But as shameful and embarrassing as that is, and it's downright disgusting, the truly humiliating thing that happened yesterday was when Trump sat for the press with the Australian prime minister and talked about Trumpcare passing. In bragging about the bill and how it will bring down premiums (IT WON'T!), he turned to the prime minister and said, "You have better health care than we do." Australia has single-payer, universal health care.

Trump doesn't even know what's in his bill, or even what single payer is. Look, a government of morally bankrupt politicians fucking over people is terrible, but the only thing worse than that is a government of morally bankrupt politicians fucking over people while also not bothering to learn what it is the bills they're working on do. This nation elected these people to show up and make decisions on our behalf. The least these assholes can do is understand what they're voting on or signing. But these assholes didn't even bother. Watch this video and tell me you believe all these people read the bill?

No way in hell. None of these people know what they're talking about. All I know is that I wish we had Australia's health-care system here. And Bernie Sanders clearly agrees.

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