Could the Georgia special election kill TrumpCare?

If Ossoff wins, it might spark panic among Republicans who are up for re-election

Jon Ossoff, Democratic candidate for Congress from Georgia.
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As you've surely heard, there will be a special runoff election for Georgia's 6th Congressional District on Tuesday. The candidates are Democrat Jon Ossoff, a young center-left squish, and Republican Karen Handel, a right-wing weirdo most famous for nearly wrecking the Komen breast cancer charity with an attack on Planned Parenthood.

The background for the election is, of course, President Trump and the ongoing Republican attempt to blitz TrumpCare through the Senate — with no debate, no hearings, no markups, and not even a text of the draft bill released. (Apparently they are considering a plan to further shorten the process by introducing a blank "bill" to use up required debate time, and then attach the entire TrumpCare text as an amendment at the last second.)

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.