“The problem with Kevin is, well, … Kevin.” (overheard at Little Old Fort this morning.)
Pity poor Kevin Brooks.
When AFP went after him for appearing to reverse his previous opposition to Obamacare by supporting Obamacare expansion under Haslam’s Insure TN proposal, Rep. Brooks hollered to high heaven and offered the following defense:
“I really haven’t had enough time” to decide whether he’s backing fellow Republican Haslam’s proposal, Brooks said.
Brooks said what he has stated are “four very simple things. The current plan is Tennessee unique. It is Tennessee specific. It has no Tennessee tax dollars and the Tennessee Hospital Association has agreed to pay for any additional costs. And I guess that’s what they’re saying I’m trying to get people to vote for it.”
Well, Kev – you are going to need a chiropractor to get yourself out of the knots you twisted yourself into with those “four very simple things.” Let’s take a look at your defense line-by-line and see if we can unravel the truth:
“I really haven’t had enough time to decide.”That would indicate you are undecided, would it not? Yet multiple sources have said you have been actively whipping votes for the administration in favor of the Haslam proposal. That sure doesn’t sound like you are undecided. Claiming to be “undecided” while simultaneously trying to round up votes for Insure TN is dishonest and purposefully misleading.
[Editor’s note: For the uninitiated, as much fun as it sounds to “whip legislators,” what that really means is to solicit, pressure and count votes on behalf of leadership and or the governor.]
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