Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) took goal at former President Trump for making an attempt to take credit score for decrease costs of insulin over the weekend.
Clyburn responded to the previous president’s Reality Social put up on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” slamming him for making an attempt to take credit score for the decreased price of insulin in a Saturday put up on the social platform.
“Donald Trump is now saying he, not Joe Biden, decreased the price of insulin. How are you going to be so daring along with your lies? If this man did not do a single factor, however the push to cut back, the truth is, remove the Reasonably priced Care Act? The truth is, he used that as his purpose for being in opposition to John McCain and mimic him for having forged the deciding vote, to not remove the Reasonably priced Care Act,” Clyburn stated.
President Biden has touted the Inflation Discount Act (IRA) as one in all his core achievements for decreasing drug costs, together with the $35 cap on insulin for these with Medicare. Biden’s marketing campaign has sought to attract a distinction with Trump on drug costs, warning late final yr that the costs may spike if Trump secures a second time period.
Ammar Moussa, a Biden marketing campaign spokesperson, wrote that Trump “failed” to cap insulin prices in a put up on the social media platform X. He was responding to Trump’s Reality Social put up that stated Biden “had NOTHING to do” with the low costs.
“That is how you already know Donald Trump has a vulnerability. Trump promised to cap insulin prices. He failed. President Biden took on huge pharma, labored throughout the aisle and capped insulin costs for tens of millions of Individuals,” Moussa wrote.
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