Cancer Patient Who Trump Blocked On Twitter Speaks Out | The Beat With Ari Melber

>>> WE'RE BACK WITH BREAKING NEWS.
THE U.S. SENATE IS POISED TO REJECT EFFORTS TO BASICALLY DO
ANYTHING ON OBAMACARE. WE CAN SHOW YOU THE SCENE AT
U.S. SENATE TODAY, LONG LINES TO PROTEST THE FIRST AND ONLY
HEARING ON THAT LAST DITCH REPUBLICAN BILL TO REPEAL
OBAMACARE. SUSAN COLLINS WITHIN THE LAST
TEN MINUTES ANNOUNCING HER DECISION AGAINST THE BILL WHICH
WOULD SEEM TO DOOM IT AS WE WERE REPORTING MOMENTS AGO.
PROTESTS SHOWING THAT DEBATE IS NOT JUST POLITICS AND REAL
PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT. LAURA PACKARD, ELF EMPLOYED
CONSULTANT ON A BASIC PLAN THROUGH OBAMACARE EXCHANGE.
RACKED UP OVER -- ONLY PAID $250 BECAUSE OF INSURANCE.
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWITTER ACCOUNT BLOCKED PACKARD
AFTER SHE MADE APPEAL TO HIM ABOUT HER CONDITION AND HEALTH
CARE BILL. PRESIDENT BASICALLY ANNOUNCING
HE WANTS TO DISAPPEAR PACKARD'S MESSAGE FROM HIS ACCOUNT.
SHE POSTED A NEW RESPONSE. >> I KNOW I DON'T LOOK SO GOOD.
I'VE BEEN UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY SINCE MAY AND TAKES
A LOT OUT OF US. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR AND
SEE US. WE NEED THE PROTECTIONS OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SO PEOPLE WITH PRPREEXISTING CONDITIONS WL
BE COVERED. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO STAND UP FOR
US, RATHER THAN SHUTTING US OUT. >> MANY SHARING IT ONLINE.
BUT BLOCKING PACKARD, TRUMP DRAWN CRITICISM AND LEGAL
CHALLENGE THAT BLOCKING HER SAYS BREAKING THE LAW.
LAURA PACKARD, JOINING LONG LIST OF OTHERS BLOCKED BY PRESIDENT.
FACING THIS LAWSUIT. MISS PACKARD, THANKS FOR JOINING
ME TODAY. HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M DOING WELL. JUST FINISHED UP 11th CHEMO
MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO AGO. GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> PRESIDENT BLOCKED YOU. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO HIM?
>> WELL, I FIND IT BOTH FUNNY AND REALLY SCARY, WHAT'S GOING
ON IN OUR COUNTRY. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO THE
PRESIDENT AND ALSO TO MY SENATOR, SENATOR HELLER, IS THAT
32 MILLION PEOPLE WILL LOSE HEALTH INSURANCE IF THIS LATEST
VERSION PASSES. ALL OF US WITH PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS ARE AT RISK. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT
ANYBODY PLANS FOR. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T WAKE UP
EXPECTING TO HAVE CANCER. IT CAME AS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO
MEMENT BUT ANYBODY THAT HAS A BODY IS AT RISK FOR VARIOUS
DECEASES OR EVEN A BAD CAR ACCIDENT ON THE WAY TO WORK.
THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY NEEDS AND DESERVES AFFORDABLE
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE. >> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS AS YOU
WELL KNOW SINCE YOU SAT DOWN AT TOP OF THE HOUR TO JOIN ME TODAY
TALKING ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. SUSAN COLLINS ANNOUNCED SHE'S
GOING TO VOTE AGAINST TRUMP CARE 2.0.
BRINGS TO THREE REPUBLICAN NO VOTES AND WOULD APPEAR TO SAVE
OBAMACARE, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS FIGHT.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE NEWS?
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT NEWS AND I'M GLAD THAT SENATOR COLLINS IS
LISTENING TO PEOPLE IN MAINE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
ANY GIVEN SENATOR IS NOT JUST VOTING FOR THEIR STATE BUT FOR
ALL OF US. I'M THRILLED.
I'M NOT SURE I TRUST THAT NEWS YET BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THIS
HAPPEN BEFORE IN THE HOUSE, WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
DEFEATED, THEN IT CAME BACK AGAIN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BILL IS LIKE CANCER, YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT
LICKED, THEN IT COMES BACK. BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONTINUING
TO FIGHT FOR THIS RIGHT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th.
>> TOTALLY HEAR YOU ON THAT. I WANT TO READ TO YOU SOMETHING
FROM THE FIRST AMENDMENT CENTER AT COLUMBIA THAT WE MENTIONED IS
SUING THE PRESIDENT OVER THIS. THEY HAVE THE VIEW QUOTE THE
PRESIDENT IS VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT BLOCKING PEOPLE FROM
PUBLIC FORUM BECAUSE OF CRITICISM OF HIS POLICIES.
IF FIRST AMENDMENT MEANS ANYTHING, PERSON CAN'T BE
SILENCED BY PUBLIC OFFICIAL BECAUSE DISAGREES WITH WHAT SHE
HAS TO SAY. WONDER YOUR VIEW OF THAT.
SO MUCH ATTENTION ON TWITTER, PRESIDENT USES IT TOO MUCH, USES
IT TO PICK FIGHTS. YOU WERE USING TO TO TRY TO SAY
SOMETHING TO HIM AND WERE BLOCKED.
DO YOU VIEW THIS AS VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH RIGHTS THE WAY THE
PRESIDENT IS BLOCK YOU? >> I THINK AS LONG AS PRESIDENT
USES HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT AS PART OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED
STATES, MAKING OFFICIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS AND SO ON, THEN
BLOCKING CITIZENS IS REMOVING OUR ACCESS TO A PART OF THIS
GOVERNMENT. SO I THINK THAT NOT ONLY DOES IT
SHOW IMMATURITY AND STRANGE CHOICES, TO BE SPENDING YOUR
TIME PLAYING ON TWITTER WHEN TERRIBLE HURRICANE IS
DEMOLISHING PUERTO RICO AND NORTH KOREA IS THREATENING US
ALL, IT'S EXTREMELY POOR CHOICE OF HIS TIME TO SPEND HOURS ON
TWITTER TALKING ABOUT THE NFL OR WHATEVER.
BUT APART FROM THAT, AS U.S. CITIZENS, WE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS
TO HIS MESSAGE. BLOCKING PEOPLE BECAUSE HE'S
HAVING A BAD HAIR DAY OR WHATEVER, I THINK, IS WRONG.
>> IT'S FASCINATING TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE, AND YOU MAKE IT SO
CLEARLY. STAY WITH ME.
BRING IN NERA TANDEN, WORKED WITH BARACK OBAMA ON HEALTH CARE
AND HILLARY CLINTON. AND THE NATION'S JOHN WALSH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WATCHING ALL OF THIS AND IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO SAY TO LAURA? >> I THINK LAURA'S VOICE IS
EXACTLY WHAT THIS DEBATE IS ABOUT.
IDEA THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM HER
OR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS NOT WANT TO HEAR HER VOICE IS INSANE
ABOUT THE SITUATION. BILL DOES HARM TO HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM OF AMERICA AND TO PEOPLE. CBO FOUND THAT MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE WILL LOSE COVERAGE AND LAURA'S VOICE IS ABSOLUTELY THE
VOICE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SENATE SHOULD HEAR FROM.
IDEA HE BLOCKS HER IS PART OF THE REASON WE'RE IN THIS
SITUATION. THOSE VOICES NOT HEARD
SUFFICIENTLY. >> THE PRESIDENT IS SUCH A
WHINEY LITTLE MAN AND I SALUTE LAURA FOR HER EFFORT TO SPEAK SO
CALMLY AND WITH SUCH INFORMATION TO TRY TO EDUCATE HIM, EVEN IF
HE CAN'T BE EDUCATED. I'M HAPPY THAT SENATOR COLLINS
HAS COME OUT TONIGHT BUT I FEEL THE WAY LAURA DOES, THIS BILL IS
LIKE CANCER. WE'VE SEEN IT, SAW IT IN THE
HOUSE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SENATOR MER
COULD YOUSKI MAKE IT CLEAR HE'S A NO.
DON'T TRUST RAND PAUL. MADE A LOT OF NOISE LAST TIME
AROUND AND THEN VOTED FOR IT. I DON'T FEEL PARTICULARLY SAFE
YET. ALSO ADD, LAURA'S SENATOR DEAN
HELLER IS NOT ONLY A VOICE OR VOTE FOR THE BILL, HE PUT HIS
NAME ON THIS BILL. THEY NAMED IT, WE DON'T SAY
WHOLE NAME BUT IT'S THE GRAHAM/CASSIDY/HELLER/JOHNSON,
FOR RON JOHNSON, GETTING DEAN HELLER'S BUY-IN WAS SO IMPORTANT
TO SENATOR GRAHAM. THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO OVER
WELL FOR HIM. >> LAURA --
>> I HAVE A WORD TO SAY ABOUT THAT TOO.
>> GO AHEAD. >> I FEEL EXTREMELY LET DOWN.
WE KNOW HE KNOWS THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
HE CAME OUT AND DID THE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH GOVERNOR
SANDOVAL A FEW MONTHS AGO AND TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THIS
BILL WOULD BE BAD FOR NEVADA. WE KNOW HE KNOWS IT, WHY IS HE
NOW PUTTING HIS NAME ON IT AND TRYING TO TAKE INSURANCE FROM 32
MILLION AMERICANS AND PUT ALL OF US WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS
AT RISK? DOESN'T SEEM TO BE LISTENING TO
PEOPLE OF NEVADA. >> LAURA, READING ABOUT AND
WATCHING YOU ONLINE AND WORK YOU'VE DONE IN SHARING YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AND STORY, IT'S INCREDIBLY DIGNIFIED AND
COURAGEOUS, GLAD YOU MADE TIME TO JOIN US ON BUSY NEWS DAY.
GIVEN THE LAWSUIT AND WIDER QUESTION OF WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT IS ABUSING HIS POWER AND CONTROL OVER GOVERNMENT
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