Pat Roberts is a Republican Senator from the state of Kansas, and he was asked on Thursday by a reporter from Talking Points Memo if he was worried that the proposed Trumpcare bill would eliminate regulations in Obamacare which mandate coverage for things such as emergency room visits, prescription drugs, and preventative services, including mammograms and colonoscopies. The reporter, Alice Ollstein, said Roberts gave a sarcastic reply:
I asked Sen. Roberts if he supports scrapping Essential Health Benefits. "I wouldn't want to lose my mammograms," he snarked. #AHCA
— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) March 23, 2017
Roberts later issued an apology on Twitter for his crass remark:
I deeply regret my comments on a very important topic. Mammograms are essential to women's health & I never intended to indicate otherwise.
— Pat Roberts (@SenPatRoberts) March 23, 2017
But his retreat was far too late for many on social media, especially survivors of breast cancer, and they let the clueless 80-year-old Kansas Senator have it:
.@SenPatRoberts do I not have a right to life? Or is it only when I'm a fetus. Healthcare is life. #Obamacare saved mine. Save #ACA.
— XENI (@xeni) March 23, 2017
You regret getting caught. No one says that by accident. You're not worthy of the honor of representing US citizens.
— Racheline Maltese (@racheline_m) March 23, 2017
Yes, you did. All you regret is that people are holding you accountable for your ugly words. (p.s. men get breast cancer too)
— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) March 23, 2017
A mammogram literally saved my mothers life. Senator Roberts can fuck off. https://t.co/75fUcukuSR
— Serephita (@serephita) March 23, 2017
Mocking mammograms?
I got a mammogram 7 years ago, after a planned parenthood visit, that led to a lumpectomy. Don't mock what saved me.— Jill Terlaak (@geofeminina) March 23, 2017
I hope you get kidney stones
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) March 23, 2017
Is there a form I can submit to stop paying for your healthcare?
— andyyy (@aczaj) March 23, 2017
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