House Republicans released the American Health Care Act, the replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), this week.
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Prominent conservative groups, representatives, and senators took a stand against their own party’s actions. The House Republicans’ American Health Care Act, which contains many parts of Obamacare that Republicans spent years campaigning against, has been dubbed “Obamacare 2.0,” “Obamacare-lite” and “RyanCare.”
So naturally, House Speaker Paul Ryan led a PowerPoint presentation to convince otherwise.
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And just like that, the internet had some jokes:
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/839882512511946752
I left a meeting to make this pic.twitter.com/mcS7cnAySy
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) March 9, 2017
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 9, 2017
Some anticipated the “Saturday Night Live” skit that was sure to come:
Only been watching this Paul Ryan PowerPoint presentation for 2 minutes, and I can already tell it'll be an even more hilarious SNL skit.
— BCP (@b_c_p_source) March 9, 2017
Others thought they saw a little bit of only Michael Scott in Ryan:
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) March 9, 2017
And there were some jokes about a new career for Ryan:
Professor Ryan! I have a question… #Trumpcare pic.twitter.com/JQ6roA3YkW
— Jon Street (@JonStreet) March 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/DianneG/status/839882099842777091
(H/T The Hill)