Vice President Kamala Harris is vowing to protect health care access and U.S. manufacturing jobs following House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) admissions that Republicans are considering repealing major laws if they take power and Donald Trump wins the presidential election.
“Health care reform’s going to be a big part of the agenda,” Johnson said Monday at an event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, per NBC News. “When I say we’re going to have a very aggressive first 100 days agenda, we got a lot of things still on the table.”
When asked a follow-up question about the Affordable Care Act, the law establishing the program widely known as Obamacare, Johnson confirmed there would be “no more Obamacare” under a second Trump term. On Friday, he also floated repealing the CHIPS Act, which provided for major investments in electronics manufacturing, when a student journalist asked him about it, before reportedly apologizing and claiming he misheard the question.
Harris sharply…
