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posted at 8:31 pm on May 6, 2017 by John Sexton

Friday, Governor Scott Walker visited Appleton, Wisconsin at the request of the citys mayor to help promote tourism. While there, he was confronted by a former Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (and current county executive) Tom Nelson. Nelson attempted to hijack the governors appearance and create a scene over the GOPs Obamacare repeal bill. Rather then pretend Nelsons questions were in good faith, Gov. Walkerreplied, If you want to have a press conference, go ahead.

When Nelson kept pressing the point, Walker suggested hed had his chance to run for congress and that if he wanted to run for Governor he should do that rather than interrupting the event. Heres the exchange:

All of this started yesterday when Gov. Walker said he would consider applying for a waiver under the GOP Obamacare replacement plan. Within hours Walker was clarifyingthat statement. Im waiting to see what gets to the presidents desk, but were not looking to change pre-existing conditions, he told the Journal-Sentinel. Gov. Walker also addressed the issue on Twitter:

If nothing else, consider the clip above an example of just how eager Democrats are to capitalizeon the politics of the GOP bill.

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"Republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable healthcare," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello says in his new ad as he gestures to an ambulance behind him getting crushed by an industrial car crusher. "In Congress I voted for Obamacare, because it was wrong that a million Virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. Now I'm running for governor because it's wrong that most Virginians' income hasn't gone up in 20 years. Together we can stop Donald Trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. And we'll make sure this" -- he turns and points at the now-destroyed ambulance -- "never happens in Virginia."

Released today on YouTube, the ad is, of course, perfectly timed (see "House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act," via The New York Times). It's basically the hyperpopular Hydraulic Press Channel writ large -- with the added dramatic tension of wondering, as you're watching, if a piece of the ambulance getting destroyed will fly out of the crusher and hit Perriello, necessitating another ambulance.

Simon Dumenco, aka Media Guy, is an Ad Age editor-at-large. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco

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"Republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable healthcare," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello says in his new ad as he gestures to an ambulance behind him getting crushed by an industrial car crusher. "In Congress I voted for Obamacare, because it was wrong that a million Virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. Now I'm running for governor because it's wrong that most Virginians' income hasn't gone up in 20 years. Together we can stop Donald Trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. And we'll make sure this" -- he turns and points at the now-destroyed ambulance -- "never happens in Virginia."

Released today on YouTube, the ad is, of course, perfectly timed (see "House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act," via The New York Times). It's basically the hyperpopular Hydraulic Press Channel writ large -- with the added dramatic tension of wondering, as you're watching, if a piece of the ambulance getting destroyed will fly out of the crusher and hit Perriello, necessitating another ambulance.

Simon Dumenco, aka Media Guy, is an Ad Age editor-at-large. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco

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Watch a Virginia Democrat Crush an Ambulance to Make a Point About Republicans and Affordable Healthcare - AdAge.com

Fox News co-host Bob Beckel had a strong message for his fellow Democrats on Wednesday: Enough with the identity politics.

On the The Five, Beckel saidthat Democrats should take responsibility for their 2016 election losses instead of doubling down on identity politics and appealing to special interest groups while ignoring the working class in America.

Let me just say, Im going to anger my Democratic friends, theyre already mad at me about this, Beckel started.

We continue to say were the party of labor, women, minorities you know, LGBT whatever it is, he said. I gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention. I said, Weve got to stop doing that and get back to where we were built which is, helping people who are working people. And they dont identify with that.

And the idea that Republicans would get anybody who is a working person to vote for them is amazing to me, but the Democrats deserve a lot of the responsibility, he continued.

Co-host Greg Gutfield agreed, noting that it was hard to tell the difference between parodies and issues championed by the Democratic Party.

You know how you know your religion which is identity politics is toxic? Its when you cant tell the difference between the real story and the parody, Gutfield said. Like when you think it might be an Onion story it might be a joke but then you find that its actually real that somebody believes this, that somebody says if you serve tacos at a party its cultural appropriation.

Ease up on the identity politics, Maher suggested.

One of the problems the Democrats have is that they obsess about things like Halloween costumes and the name of the Washington Redskins, he said. And theres millions of people in this country who are saying, How about a little bit more of Im going to get your job back?

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Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., argued Thursday that passing a bill to partially repeal Obamacare would result in the deaths of thousands of people.

"Tens of thousands of Americans will die if this bill passes," he said on the House floor. That's a fact."

"This is the cruelest and most immoral thing I've seen the Republican Party do to the American people," he added.

Republicans were on the verge of passing a bill Thursday that would give states the option of waiving some of Obamacare's requirements, after weeks trying to gather enough Republican support.

Cicilline said passing it would show Republicans don't care about millions of people who need to keep Obamacare in place.

"Don't try to tell me that they care about factory, construction workers that will be hurt by this bill," he said. "Don't try to tell me that they care about single moms that won't be able to put food on the table after you pass this bill."

"And don't try to tell me that they care about cancer survivors who are going to pay $140,000 more for health insurance," he added.

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