At a speech at President Reagan’s alma mater on Thursday, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker challenged his GOP rivals on Obamacare. Walker highlighted his own Obamacare alternative, promising he would send it to Congress on Day One. Observing that members of Congress “need a little incentive to get that repeal passed,” Walker said he would also take executive action that same day to end the lawless congressional carve-out, thereby giving members of Congress and their staffs “a sense of urgency” by making them live under Obamacare just like everyone else.
Walker then said the following:
“I’m proud of the fact that [I’m] the only major candidate that actually has a plan to repeal Obamacare. You see, between now and Wednesday, I’m going to challenge the candidates, all the other major candidates who are going to be on the stage with me at President Ronald Reagan’s library. I’m going to challenge all of those major candidates to say, you know, it’s great to tell people you want to repeal Obamacare, but talk’s cheap. Where’s your plan? Have the courage to tell people what your plan is, because you cannot repeal Obamacare unless you’ve got a plan to do it. We’ve got a plan, and our plan starts on Day One, the very first day we’re in office.”
Walker went on to list two other core elements of Barack Obama’s presidency that he would undo on Day One—“terminate the bad deal with Iran” and “end the unlawful executive action” on illegal immigration.
You can watch the whole speech here.
