‘Unfathomable Cruelty’: Pelosi Rips Trump Campaign’s Call to Axe Obamacare

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is criticizing President Donald Trump’s administration for its late-night call for the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) widely referred to as Obamacare.

The top Democratic lawmaker released a statement on Thursday evening deeply scrutinizing the president’s call to end Obamacare, an act that also serves as one of former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s signature achievements.

“President Trump and the Republicans’ campaign to rip away the protections and benefits of the Affordable Care Act in the middle of the coronavirus crisis is an act of unfathomable cruelty,” she wrote.

Pelosi went on to highlight the number of Americans that would be negatively impacted by Trump’s decision.

According to Pelosi, more than a third of Americans — approximately 130 million with pre-existing conditions — would lose access to affordable 🏥Health Care. An additional 23 million would also be in jeopardy of losing healthcare, in its entirety.

“If President Trump gets his way, 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions will lose the ACA’s lifesaving protections and 23 million Americans will lose their health coverage entirely,” she said.

Pelosi continued,” There is no legal justification and no moral excuse for the Trump Administration’s disastrous efforts to take away Americans’