Arizona’s Brewer Labeled ’Traitor’ as She Pushes Medicaid
By Amanda J. Crawford - May 23, 2013 9:27 PM ET
Arizona (STOAZ1)’s Republican Governor Jan Brewer has been known nationally as one of the most outspoken foes of President Barack Obama -- a Fox News regular, border hawk and states’ rights advocate who once wagged her finger in the chief executive’s face on a Phoenix-area tarmac.
Now, Brewer, 68, is being called a traitor by members of her own party and heralded by advocates for the poor as she digs in for one of the toughest fights of her political career: expanding her state’s Medicaid program under Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
The proposal, which passed the Senate in an amendment to a budget bill last week and faces an uncertain future in the House, has pitted Brewer against Republican legislative leaders and given new relevance to the state’s beleaguered Democrats.
“I think the governor has a little bit of a moral streak in her,” said Tim Schmaltz, coordinator of the Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition, in the Senate lobby last week as lawmakers debated the proposal on the floor.
He ticked off past battles with Brewer. “All of that was really bad,” he said and laughed. “We’re just very grateful, frankly, that the governor had a conversion of heart, both economically and morally.”
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