The above-named Alfie Evans was the subject of a curious work of analysis in the Washington Post on April 28. The headline: “How Alfie Evans Became the Latest Weapon in the Conservative Attack on Universal Health Care.” The piece, by Ben Zdencanovic, purports to explain that conservatives have long misrepresented data in an effort to discredit nationalized health care and in particular Britain’s National Health Service. Leave the writer’s argument aside, though. What was remarkable about the piece was the lede: “This week, U.S. conservatives seized on the case of Alfie Evans, a 2-year-old British child who died Saturday from a progressive neurodegenerative disease that had destroyed most of his brain.”
Who are these “U.S. conservatives,” we wondered? In the 1,100-word piece, we counted exactly two: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.
