A Timeline of Fisher’s Obamacare Lies

A Timeline of Fisher’s Obamacare Lies

By

James Scott Trimm

2013 Jonathan Stickland fights an amendment that would have expanded Medicaid in Texas through Obamacare while Scott Fisher pushed a resolution thru the JPS board asking the Texas Legislature to expand Medicaid in Texas through Obamacare.

Fast Forward to 2016:

Jan. 15th 2016 - Fisher's first campaign finance report shows that TEXAPAC, a pro-Obamacare PAC, was Fisher's single largest contributor, bankrolling more than 10% of his total funding. 

Feb. 2nd 2016 - Empower Texans publishes minutes from JPS Network board meeting which state concerning "Resolution... Supporting Medicaid Expansion for Texas." "Mr. Fisher made a motion to approve a revised resolution.... supporting adequate compensation for uninsured patients... The motion passed unanimously." <click here>

Feb. 2nd 2016 - Fisher tweets ""I have fought Obamacare at every turn and will continue to do so in the Texas House,”

Feb. 5th 2016 - On Facebooks Fisher says in part "I totally opposed the resolution, introduced an anti-Obamacare resolution and that resolution was the "revised resolution" that passed unanimously."

Feb. 6th 2016 - Empower Texans publishes the actual revised resolution proving not only that Fisher lied about the resolution containing "anti-Obamacare" language, but also confirming that the resoltion encouraged the State Legislature to expand medicaid.

Feb. 8th 2016 - Dede Giesenschlag Miller, Administrative Assistant at Metroplex Chapel where Fisher serves as pastor suggests the Resolution released by JPS is Photoshopped lie. <click here>

Feb. 9th 2016 (afternoon) - At the Tarrant Star Republican Women Club candidate forum, Stickland confronts Fisher face to face with a copy of the actual resolution.  Fisher says nothing.

Feb. 9th 2016 (evening) At 6:51 PM Fisher is asked by a voter on Facebook "Why do they continue to say you pushed for it [Obamacare]? This is very confusing to the average voter." and at 6:53 PM Fisher responds "Because TRUTH does not matter to them! Tell a lie, tell it often, and hope it sticks...total desperation, "Hail Mary" pass."

Feb. 10th 2016 - Star-Telegram endorses Fisher and defends his 2013 support for Obamacare as "reasonable." <click here>

Feb. 11th 2016 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram repeats Fisher's Feb. 2nd Tweet "I have fought Obamacare at every turn and will continue to do so in the Texas House,” ignoring the fact that this has already been proven to be a lie.

"Pastor" Scott Fisher has lied!  There is no anti-Obamacare language in his 2013 Revised Resolution, in fact the resolution asks the state "...to seek all possible options to adequately fund uncompensated and uninsured care for indigent Texans..." and opens by stating "Whereas, the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] would add more that a million Texans living near or below the poverty line to Medicaid coverage,... "