Obama Applauds Jimmy Kimmel For Sharing Story About Son's Heart Surgery

function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Former President Barack Obama applauded late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for sharing the story of his newborn sons heart surgeryon Monday night.Kimmel discussed his son, born last week, on his show to issue a passionate plea to Congress to make sure all Americans have access to health care. He also criticized President Donald Trump for proposing a$6 billion cut in funding for the National Institutes of Health.If your baby is going to die and it doesnt have to, it shouldnt matter how much money you make, Kimmel said. I think thats something that whether youre a Republican or Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right'We need to make sure that the people who are supposed to represent us ' the people who are meeting about this right now in Washington ' understand that very clearly, he continued. Lets stop with the nonsense. This isnt football. There are no teams. We are the team. Its the United States. Dont let their partisan squabbles divide us on something every decent person wants.Obama thanked Kimmel for making the argument, saying kids like Kimmels son are exactly why we fought so hard for the ACA.Well said, Jimmy. That's exactly why we fought so hard for the ACA, and why we need to protect it for kids like Billy. And congratulations! https://t.co/77F8rZrD3P Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 2, 2017 type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=58f8abebe4b0cb086d7e673d,590811f6e4b05c397681f094,59089878e4b02655f840cd43 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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