“Mitch and Nancy,” of course, refers to Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who is set to become speaker of the House again when Democrats take back control of the chamber in January. While McConnell has long shared in Trump’s hope of an ACA repeal, Pelosi, the California Democrat who served as speaker when Democrats controlled the House from 2007 through 2010, had some choice words about the latest attempt to get the law overturned.

Here is the full text of Pelosi’s statement on the court ruling:

Tonight’s district court ruling exposes the monstrous endgame of Republicans’ all-out assault on people with pre-existing conditions and Americans’ access to affordable health care.

The GOP Congress tried and failed to destroy the Affordable Care Act and protections for pre-existing conditions.  Then, in the midterm election, the American people delivered a record-breaking margin of almost 10 million votes against House Republicans’ vile assault on health care.  Now, the district court ruling in Republicans’ lawsuit seeks to subvert the will of the American people and sow chaos in the final day of HealthCare.gov open enrollment.

While the district court’s absurd ruling will be immediately appealed, Republicans are fully responsible for this cruel decision and for the fear they have struck into millions of families across America who are now in danger of losing their health coverage.  When House Democrats take the gavel, the House of Representatives will move swiftly to formally intervene in the appeals process to uphold the life-saving protections for people with pre-existing conditions and reject Republicans’ effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act.

Proponents of the ACA applauded both the sentiment and the powerful turn of phrase.

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