Craig Bannister was in full Trump stenography mode in an Oct. 18 CNSNews.com blog post:
President Donald Trump is slamming claims by Democrats like Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that Republicans want to eliminate health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
Trump promised that, not only does he totally support pre-existing condition coverage, but all other Republicans do, too – or, they will, when he gets through with them:
“All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and if they don’t, they will after I speak to them. I am in total support. Also, Democrats will destroy your Medicare, and I will keep it healthy and well.”
In fact, Republicans do want to eliminate health care coverage for those with pre-existing conditions — something Bannister refused to report.
The biggest example of this is the lawsuit pushed by attorneys general in 20 states, all of them Republican, aimed at abolishing Obamacare — thus also abolishing coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. Congressional Republicans also voted down a measure to eliminate short-term health plans that don’t cover pre-existing conditions.
Further, Trump’s own actions — including refusing to let Justice Department defend against the GOP attorneys general’s lawsuit and the fact that one of the things he ran on was abolishing Obamacare — show he’s not really serious about preserving pre-existing condition coverage.
In other words, Trump is lying. And Bannister won’t tell you he’s lying.
When it comes to publishing lies and bogus claims, Bannister is having a very bad month. Poor guy.