{"id":23143,"date":"2017-06-22T12:34:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23143"},"modified":"2017-06-22T12:34:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:34:05","slug":"cartoon-its-no-longer-about-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23143","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: It&#8217;s No Longer About Obamacare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/medicaid-1000.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/medicaid-1000-590x567.png\" alt=\"medicaid-1000\" width=\"590\" height=\"567\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/medicaid-1000-590x567.png 590w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/medicaid-1000-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/medicaid-1000-768x738.png 768w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/medicaid-1000-940x903.png 940w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/medicaid-1000.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these cartoons, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/barry\">support them on Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Transcript of cartoon.<\/p>\n<p>This cartoon has a single panel, which shows Mitch McConnell, holding an axe, standing next to a huge tree that he&#8217;s clearly been chopping down; the tree is labeled &#8220;Medicaid.&#8221; Next to the tree is a tiny baby tree that he&#8217;s not chopping down, labeled &#8220;Obamacare.&#8221; In the branches of the Medicaid tree, there are countless tiny people looking terrified.<\/p>\n<p>MCCONNELL: What&#8217;s the fuss? We&#8217;re <em>only <\/em>repealing Obamacare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. Transcript of cartoon. This cartoon has a single panel, which shows Mitch McConnell, holding an axe, standing next to a huge tree that he&#8217;s clearly been chopping down; the tree &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23143\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,102,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartooning-comics","category-conservative-zaniness-right-wingers-etc","category-health-care-and-related-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23145,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23143\/revisions\/23145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}