Right-wing media bury stories on Senate GOP delaying vote that would gut American health care
Written by Katie Sullivan
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Conservative media outlets buried Senate Republicans’ announcement that they would delay the upcoming vote on their struggling health care bill, instead prominently covering stories about former President Barack Obama’s vacation, the European Union fining Google, and right-wing attacks on CNN.
On June 27, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would delay a vote on its deeply unpopular health care bill. The bill, which would kick 22 million people off of health care, faced opposition from both moderate and far-right Republicans and had no Democratic support, making it unclear if it would pass through the Senate.
After the announcement, right-wing media decided to keep its focus on other stories, as was pointed out on Twitter:
GOP healthcare delay is leading all four national newspaper websites. Meanwhile, among pro-Trump media: CNN, Google and Obama. pic.twitter.com/m9jWDwISUn
— David Uberti (@DavidUberti) June 27, 2017
Fox News leading now with an attack on Obama's “lavish globetrotting”
(squint to see the health care story) pic.twitter.com/oeeZU4k206
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 27, 2017
I have circled https://t.co/coMvrIzJ3S's story on the Senate postponing the health care vote. Keep scrolling, it's there. pic.twitter.com/JWgE4IF00w
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 27, 2017
Meanwhile, at Drudge, the big story is the EU fining Google... pic.twitter.com/9I3IxLFoeS
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 27, 2017
Breitbart's running with an attack on CNN (more on that here: https://t.co/cXoZ2uqsOr) pic.twitter.com/KhlIdASxPz
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 27, 2017
Twitterati didn’t miss the irony of Fox highlighting Obama’s vacation either:
donald trump literally has a three-story penthouse covered in gold https://t.co/4TBV6PFliD pic.twitter.com/rZnFa9R66t
— Caleb Cavarretta (@CalebCavarretta) June 27, 2017