Colbert: 22 Million People Put End to End Would Reach Canada Where They Could Get Health Care

COLBERT: “So, come hell or high water, the vote will happen this week.”
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TAPPER: “Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell this afternoon announced that he is delaying a vote that was supposed to happen this week until after the 4th of July recess.”
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COLBERT: “Or, it can wait until after the barbecue. Because I’ll tell you, one thing I will pass is this delicious potato salad. Thank you. Now, there are a lot of good reasons not to have the vote this week, okay. McConnell would have lost. And that’s it. Here’s the deal, Republicans, who were already nervous, ran for the exits after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office announced yesterday that under the GOP plan 22 million people would lose their health coverage. 22! That’s a big number. That’s a big number. I admit. To put that number into perspective, if you laid 22 million people end to end, it would reach Canada, where they could get health care. And — just — just — just from their Prime Minister. His smile heals.”