Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defended Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., from Jimmy Kimmel’s criticism on Wednesday after the late-night host accused Cassidy of lying about healthcare reform “right to my face”
“I bet you he never called Sen. Cassidy and said would you please set this straight? I bet he looked at some liberal talking point, bought it hook, line, and sinker, and went after Bill Cassidy without talking to him, and I think that’s unfair,” Graham said on Fox News.
Graham said his and Cassidy’s shared bill “requires pre-existing illnesses to be covered in the block grant,” the main point for Kimmel, who made a plea earlier this year to not deny anyone with a pre-existing condition health coverage after his newborn son was diagnosed with a heart condition.
“[Cassidy] said he would only support a healthcare bill that made sure a child like mine would get the health coverage he needs, no matter how much money his parents make,” Kimmel said in a seven-minute monologue on his show Tuesday night, and said Cassidy was “not very honest” with him.
Cassidy said on CNN Wednesday morning that Kimmel does not fully understand the protections included in the bill, and insisted that it protects “those with pre-existing conditions.”
