Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion Trump’s health-care stance is so bad that his voters can’t believe he holds it

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October 1, 2020 at 4:54 p.m. EDT
President Trump throws hats to supporters after speaking at a campaign rally at Duluth International Airport in Minnesota on Wednesday. (Alex Brandon/AP)

At the debate this week, President Trump was crystal-clear about his intention to wipe out the Affordable Care Act. He said: “We do want to get rid of it.”

But, in addition to promising to wipe out the ACA’s actually existing protections for people with preexisting conditions, he also promised to replace them with some other nonexistent plan that would do the same thing. “We will protect people,” he said.