Good morning folks,
Governor Christie’s handling of “BridgeGate” dominated the news yesterday, but another major scandal involving at least one Democratic Senator rocked the press in Colorado.
Yesterday we highlighted a breaking story that revealed Democratic Senator Mark Udall and his staff indeed tried to pressure the Colorado Division of Insurance to cook the books and revisehealth insurance cancellations resulting from ObamaCare. In contrast to Governor Christie, Mark Udall shockingly defended the bullying tactics used by his office. The Denver Post reported last night that internal emails reveal that workers at the Colorado’s Division of Insurance “felt intimidated” by Udall’s office.
If a traffic jam is worthy of dominating the national news for days, then a Senator trying to bully officials into lying to the five million people of his state about their health care seems equally as significant. In fact, strategist Dick Wadhams said that the bullying incident was worse than news of Governor Christie’s aides in New Jersey. “For [Udall's] staff to try to bully the state Division of Insurance staff to essentially falsify their numbers is absolutely reprehensible. He ought to come clean. He ought to fire his staffers. … Mark Udall needs to prove that he was not involved directly in this scandal.” Instead, Udall is so out of touch that he actually defended the bullying on Thursday. In fact, Udall actually admitted in an interview that he directed his staff to act this way.
The Denver Post reports that Tim Griesmer, campaign manager for Weld County Republican District Attorney Ken Buck, recalled Udall’s broken promise thatColoradans could keep their health plan if they liked it. “That turned out to not be true. Now we learn that his staff tried to pressure the Colorado Division of Insurance to change the number of people who had their health plan cancelled,” Griesmer said. Owen Hill, another Republican running for Senate, was equally outraged and took to Facebook. “Looks like Mark Udall tried to ‘cook the books’ when it came to how Coloradans and their families were harmed by ObamaCare. This is, quite honestly, embarrassing and irresponsible,” he wrote. State Rep. Amy Stephens, called Udall’s actions “appalling and shameful.”
It is unknown if other Democratic Senators feeling ObamaCare pressure acted in similar fashion, but it won’t take long for Freedom of Information Act Requests to reveal the truth. ObamaCareGate continues to grow in light of Udall’s startling admonition that he is responsible for the pressure and bullying of state officials.
Seize the day,
http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2014/01/10/scandal-senator-mark-udall-embroiled-in-obamacare-scandal/
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