Beto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg took to the morning shows to question fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s plan to pay for “Medicare for all.”
In Tuesday night’s primary debate, Warren faced several pointed questions about her plan to pay for “Medicare for all,” her universal healthcare proposal that carries an estimated cost of $32.6 trillion over a decade.
In a Wednesday interview on Morning Joe, O’Rourke noted that he has promised to not raise the taxes of middle class families earning $250,000 or less annually, but Warren refused to make the same promise.
Beto O’Rourke joins @Morning_Joe to discuss the #DemDebate last night and discusses how you won’t see a tax increase in his administration.
“Sen. Warren had a hard time giving our fellow Americans that same assurance.”
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— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 16, 2019
“In my case, universal, guaranteed, high-quality healthcare for every single American without a middle class tax hike. In fact, if your family earns $250,000 or less, you will not see a tax increase in my administration. I can answer that question very clearly,” said O’Rourke. “Senator Warren had a hard time giving our fellow Americans that same assurance. In fact, just could not answer that question point blank.”
Buttigieg, in a CNN interview the same day, filed a similar attack against Warren, joking that she’s given better descriptions of her famed selfie lines than of her tax plan to fund “Medicare for all.”
“Last night she was more specific and forthcoming about the number of selfies she’s taken than about how this plan is going to be funded,” Pete Buttigieg says on Elizabeth Warren dodging questions about raising taxes to pay for “Medicare for All” https://t.co/sTEN1ZtRKv pic.twitter.com/gqlvFaNj9J
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“There’s still been no explanation for a multi-trillion dollar hole in this plan. I have a lot of respect for senator Warren, but last night she was more specific and forthcoming about the number of selfies she’s taken than about how this plan is going to be funded,” said Buttigieg. “And that’s a real problem.”
Warren seemed to be the number one target on the debate stage Tuesday night following several first place appearances in nationwide polls.
