"This is a guise to obstruct, as has been happening during the five years President Obama has been President of the United States, and I object with as much fervor as I can."—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, during a Senate debate about the extension of unemployment benefits, in response to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposal "that he would be amenable to vote for an extension if Democrats agreed to a one-year delay of the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act."
Republicans think people aren't entitled to food—and they also think people aren't entitled to healthcare and unemployment benefits.
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