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Elizabeth Warren says ‘this isn’t funny’ when audience laughs at healthcare debate

Don’t make her come down there

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Claire Goforth

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It didn’t take long for tonight’s Democratic presidential debate to hone in on healthcare, one of the most important issues facing Americans.

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Sen. Elizabeth “got a plan for that” Warren (D-Mass.) jumped into the fray as former Maryland congressman John Delaney traded barbs with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) about Sanders’ promise of Medicare for All. After she told Delaney to “stop using Republican talking points,” the moderator cut her off and lobbed a healthcare question at her.

Warren began a story about a man with ALS who struggle to pay his medical bills. When a ripple of laughter ran through the audience, Warren hushed them, saying, “This isn’t funny.”

Before the class bell rang, the moment became a meme.

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For many, the former law professor hushing the audience called the classroom to mind.

“‘This isn’t funny’ – Elizabeth Warren on the personal cost of America’s health care system as my spine literally stiffened to attention because the professor demanded the classes attention,” journalist Matt Laslo tweeted.

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For others, Warren’s scold hit much, much closer to home.

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Warren herself will probably laugh at some of the memes later, but healthcare reform is one subject that will definitely not give her the giggles.

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