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Kimmel targets Labrador quote

(Talk show host Jimmy) Kimmel also highlighted a highly criticized comment made by Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, last week at a town hall. Labrador said no one has died because they don’t have access to health care, prompting boos from the crowd. After the clip played on his show, Kimmel said, “that’s not a garbage man, that’s a Congressman we have.” Labrador has since tried to further explain the statement, saying while it “wasn’t very elegant,” he was trying to explain that all hospitals are required to provide emergency treatment/Kate Irby, McClatchy (via Idaho Statesman). Full story here. 



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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