Governor McAuliffe Should Heed Candidate McAuliffe

To begin with, please just watch the first 25 seconds of the video above. More and more and more times Terry McAuliffe promised us that there would never be a government shutdown in Virginia (his words) over Medicaid Expansion. Farther, he promised us as well that (at 0:50) a government shutdown would never happen under his administration. This must stop. The bullying, the hostage taking and the brinksmanship going on now over Medicaid Expansion has to stop. Virginia's budget must be decoupled from it and the threats associated with it. It is time for Governor McAuliffe to start listening to Candidate McAuliffe.

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Governor McAuliffe Changed his Tune on Shut Down

"Stop using 
the threat of a government shutdown as a bargaining chip in other negotiations, including over the health care 
law."

- Terry McAuliffe's Letter to Congress (September 24, 2013)

Oh the times, how they change. Now he is threatening to hold Virginia's budget hostage simply to further expand Obamacare in Virginia. He is holding hostage the funding for our schools, teachers, firefighters, police officers, and local governments. Today's top opinion in the Richmond Times-Dispatch very clearly lays out exactly what is at stake here. 

Governor McAuliffe is perfectly willing to shut down Virginia's government if the mess that is Obamacare is not included in the budget. Sound a bit partisan? Sound hypocritical at all? It should. 

Governor McAuliffe needs to decouple the further expansion of Obamacare to ensure funding for schools, teachers, firefighters, police officers, and local governments.

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