Katrina vanden Heuvel: The ‘Cruel Hypocrisy’ of the Republican Party

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The ‘Cruel Hypocrisy’ of the Republican Party

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The ‘Cruel Hypocrisy’ of the Republican Party

With upcoming elections in 2014, our political system needs deep structural reforms.

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House Republicans, led by Tea Party members, have now voted to repeal Obamacare forty times. In the wake of the most recent vote, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke on MSNBC's The Ed Show about the Tea Party's attempts to sabotage government, the importance of the upcoming 2014 elections and the need for deep structural reforms.

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