By Stacy M. Brown

Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent

Republican power in this country has chosen cruelty as policy. It is not an accident. It is not a mistake. It is a decision.

The decision now is to rip out the federal subsidies that have made the Affordable Care Act more than a slogan and turn it back into a luxury item for the rich. Years of quiet sabotage and loud lies are coming to their natural endpoint. They are preparing to take health care from tens of millions of people and call it freedom.

This is not only about money. It is about a man who walked into the White House vowing to erase the work of the first Black president. From the birther lies to the nightly chants about “repeal and replace,” Donald Trump built his political life around tearing down Barack Obama.

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