which is called planned parenthood. here s paul ryan explaining why it s good and compassionate to get rid of the only source of healthcare for lots and lots of women. take a listen. do you believe in providing more choice except for planned parenthood. there s a long-standing principle we ve all believed in. by the way, this is for pro choice, pro life people. we don t want to commit taxpayer funding for abortion and planned parenthood is the largest abortion provider, so we don t want to effectively commit taxpayer money to an organization providing abortions, but we want to make sure that people get their coverage. that s why there s no conflict by making sure that these dollars go to federal community health centers. tara? i mean, it s shameful because planned parenthood is located in many areas or planned parenthood clinics are located in many areas where people have little or no access to healthcare, little or no access to preventative health services. and one of the most
creates jobs that he didn t create. jennifer ruben and david corn are sticking with us and so is jonathan. thank you very much, tara. donald trump s feeble attempt to wipe away conflicts of interest, that s next.
on friday. repeal and replacing going great. and just a couple hours after that bizarre scene at trump tower, steve harvey, i mean steve harvey? anyway. the house representatives took another step toward gutting the aca with no senate filibuster in sight, but we have yet to see an actual healthcare replacement plan from the republicans. so the question remains, will that currently unknown proposal measure up to the aca if it ever materializes which has given over 26 million formerly uninsured americans access to hethcare joining me the washington post s jennifer ruben, msnbc analyst david corn and tara dowd. i want to play paul ryan on thursday during a rather self-serving town hall in which he tried to explain that it s kindly to take away your health insurance. let s listen to his exchange with a former republican voter
know what, if you re going to take money away from planned parenthood, are you going to spend money building clinics because these people do not have access. i doubt it. if they want to do that they need to art putting the chips on the table. if they want to take something away, what are they going to give back. they don t want to. right. this is the bottom line. they ve had years and years now to come up with a plan. they don t want to. they don t care. what obama did initially was take the one kind of conservative plan out there from mitt romney, use it and that still wasn t good enough. we have to go. tara, quickly, donald trump didn t run on this. you are the person who knows him best on this panel. will donald trump sit still and allow his own supporters to lose their healthcare, very quickly? i think what donald trump is going to do is they may lose it temporarily. he s going to put something back in place that will be very similar to what already exists and then he
line by choosing to get political about obama care. john nichols and ruth connip join me. lindsey graham s response to criticism to his attacks on susan rice, but republicans still have some explaining to do. bob shrum and tara dowd will join me on that. and ohio secretary of state is hatching a new scheme to rig future elections for republicans. nina turner, state senator from ohio, will join me. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. we re coming right back. the way it cleans. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. oral-b power brushes oscillate, rotate and even pulsate to gently loosen and break up that sticky plaque with more brush movements than manual brushes and even up to 50% more than leading sonic technology brushes for a superior clean. oral-b power brushes. go to oralb.com for the latest offers.