Dismayed Trump voters tweet about losing their Obamacare benefits

Obamacare is popular — not just with President Obama’s supporters, but with many of Donald Trump’s as well. And they really don’t want it repealed.

This past week, Senate Republicans narrowly passed through a resolution calling for the repeal of six key components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). House Republicans have been instructed to bring forward a repeal bill by January 27 — one week after Trump is officially sworn in as president. it appears that President-elect Trump and both houses of Congress are poised to undo Obama’s signature healthcare reform legislation within Trump’s first 100 days as president.

However, some of Trump’s supporters were particularly alarmed about the possibility of losing their health insurance. Their tweets all have a connecting theme of shock and surprise that the coverage they depend on, which was made possible by Obamacare, could be taken away by the man they voted for:

@realDonaldTrump asking as a concerned mom but PLEASE dont repeal https://t.co/gTkdVKkwtm act my sick daughter NEEDS the low cost ins.

— Terrie Bearden (@cclcdirector) November 11, 2016

@realDonaldTrump how can you get rid of ACA without any replacement? I voted for you and have expensive preexisting conditions.

— Lee (@DraftCats) January 12, 2017

@realDonaldTrump I voted for you. Why aren't Republicans fighting harder to keep pre-existing conditions?

— Bob Klosak (@bobklosak) January 12, 2017

@realDonaldTrump You d-bag. Your making America great again by killing affordable healthcare? Regretting that I voted for you already.

— Ultimate Privacy (@ultprivacy) January 13, 2017

@realDonaldTrump Say It AINT SO, Repealing the 26 year old rule and pre existing condition. I voted for you you said you were keeping laws

— Flippy (@flippy0001) January 12, 2017

Some tweets were later deleted, although liberal blog GOPocalypse managed to save them for posterity prior to their deletion. Twitter user Joy Ryman-Snow tweeted, “@realDonaldTrump I voted for you. I have Crohn’s and private insurance. I’m 61. I must have pre existing conditions in my insurance plan.” Twitter user @jenworkmail38 tweeted at the person she voted for on November 8, saying “So back to a choice between rent & insurance again now that I know I have serious health issues? Voted for you, now worried.”

DJ Khaled has a message for anyone who depends on Obamacare for their health coverage who voted for Trump:

Tom Cahill is a writer for US Uncut based in the Pacific Northwest. He specializes in coverage of political, economic, and environmental news. You can contact him via email at [email protected], or follow him on Facebook.