Republicans in some key races around the country have come up with a new strategy for defending their voting records on health care. They are telling true stories about their family members and untrue stories about GOP legislation.
The latest to try it is Mike Bishop , a two-term Michigan congressman who represents a relatively conservative district stretching from the Detroit exurbs to Lansing. In 2016, President Donald Trump won it by 7 percentage points. Bishops winning margin was more than twice as big.
But 2018 is shaping up as a more difficult year for Republicans and this time Bishop is running against Elissa Slotkin , a former intelligence officer who did three tours in Iraq and later served in the Obama administration. The Cook Political Report calls the race a toss-up. So does FiveThirtyEight.com . And if Slotkin wins in Michigans 8th District, a big reason will be Bishops longtime support for repealing the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).
In May 2017, after the House voted narrowly to pass its version of repeal legistlation, the GOP caucus held a celebratory event with Trump at the White House. Slotkin has said frequently that seeing Bishop smiling and beaming in the Rose Garden is what convinced her to run because she remembers what happened to her mother a breast cancer survivor who lost her job, wasnt able to get insurance and then struggled to pay for care after a diagnosis of Stage 4 ovarian cancer.
One new Slotkin ad includes a video of her mother giving a toast at Slotkins wedding, which the couple moved to an earlier date so that Slotkins mom could be there. When I saw Congressman Bishop at the White House... something inside me broke, Slotkin says in the spot. Mr. Bishop, thats dereliction of duty, and its a fireable offense.
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