The GOP-controlled Senate passed an Insulin bill yesterday…
…but apparently they didn’t give House Majority Leader Ryan “Uncle Tom” Winkler the adulation he so craves:
My son has Type 1 diabetes. It was poor form to express myself as I did, and for that I am sorry. But after months in which Senate Republicans blocked the emergency insulin bill, it was also poor form of them to claim credit alone after we are all on the edge of a deal.
— Ryan Winkler (@_RyanWinkler) April 7, 2020
And what is he, er, “apologizing” for?
This little outburst:
Looks like Majority Leader @_RyanWinkler didn’t like our message today on Insulin. “Character is what you do (when you think) no one is watching.” #mnleg #Insulin4All pic.twitter.com/V7siWMZu53
— Minnesota Senate Republicans (@mnsrc) April 7, 2020
He’s flipping off Senator, and Doctor, Scott Jenson – on of the most moderate Republicans there is, BTW.
This is what half your neighbors voted for.
Blaming the GOP, is standard operating procedure for Winkler and his ilk. There are two sides to this story. Paul Gazelka laid out the issue on the other conservative station’s morning show and two Democrat legislators told me off the cuff that they dropped the ball on the deal, my money is on the GOP’s version as the truth. What it boiled down to was adding an amendment, specifically addressing the insulin, but senior Democrat leadership, who had already received a verbal approval on the budget from Wally, didn’t want to upset the apple cart by adding that in and having to go back to Wally. This boggles the mind, because Wally is their guy and they were afraid to go talk to him?
These are your leaders. Conduct yourselves accordingly, ladies and gentlemen.
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