“….the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth General Assembly, hereby insist that each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation endeavor with “manly firmness” and resolve to totally and completely repeal the Affordable Care Act….”

Claire is really ticked.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) [file photo].

From the office of Senator Claire McCaskill (D):

McCaskill on ‘manly firmness’

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today issued the following reaction to a Missouri State Legislature resolution calling for the Missouri Congressional delegation to “endeavor with ‘manly firmness’ and resolve to totally and completely repeal” and not replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act-a law that is providing health insurance to more than 200,000 Missourians, and has barred insurance companies from denying coverage because of a preexisting condition, dropping coverage for a person after becoming sick, or discriminating based on whether a patient is male or female:

“I don’t think you prove your manhood by kicking folks off their health coverage and once again letting insurance companies discriminate against women and sick people.”

McCaskill also reiterated her commitment to protecting Medicare from elected officials who believe, as the Missouri State Representative who authored this resolution has stated, that the federal government has “no business in health care, anyway…”

It is estimated that a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act would strip more than 200,000 Missourians of health insurance coverage, and-according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office-would raise the national deficit by billions of dollars.

[emphasis in original]

That left a mark.

Joni Ernst (r) ain’t got nothin’ on Claire.

Previously:

HR 99: Are those instructions good for Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) and Rep. Ann Wagner (r)? (January 20, 2015)

HR 99: Because words mean nothing? (February 10, 2015)