Town halls turn testy! GOP's plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act created tension at town hall meetings Tuesday — the co-hosts weigh in. pic.twitter.com/qdiL61snaF
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It was Jedediah Bila vs. her co-hosts this morning on "The View," as yet another battle erupted over Obamacare.
The conversation turned heated when the ladies discussed recent protests at town halls over GOP plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Bila applauded the "power to the people" sentiment these protests were generating, while Sunny Hostin said she was among those who couldn't grasp the "notion that Obamacare was a bad thing."
"If Obamacare was really popular, Hillary Clinton would be president right now," Bila interjected. "That's one of the key reasons. For a lot of people, their premiums went up."
When Joy said most of the people who voted for Trump "didn't know that Obamacare was the Affordable Care Act," Bila took offense. "You can't paint all Trump voters as stupid," she shot back.
The biggest gripe about Obamacare that Jedediah witnessed: "a lot of people were forced to get insurance that didn't want to. They're paying for something they didn't want."
That's what set Whoopi off.
"I'm sorry, this BS about not wanting ... it's like immunization. There's a lot of stuff I don't want," she said.
Tensions continued to flare between Hostin and Bila, before they all agreed town halls are where lawmakers should be held accountable.
Whoopi ended the segment with a message to those claiming protestors are getting paid to speak out against Republicans.
"All those folks who keep saying that people are paid to go do this. People are not paid to this," she said, "people are pissed off and you have to recognize it."
