‘I’m Not Going to Own It’: Trump Refuses to Take Responsibility for Failure to Repeal ObamaCare
‘We’ll Let Obamacare Fail and Then the Democrats Are Going to Come to Us’ Trump Says
President Donald Trump wants nothing to do with the failure of the Republican bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare. The Senate bill died Monday overnight. Hours later Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced in light of the bill’s failure the Senate would vote for a total repeal bill to be enacted two years later, allowing lawmakers to maybe create a new “replacement.”
Just before sitting down to lunch with Republican Senators Tuesday afternoon, in a meeting expected to be “explosive,” Trump told reporters on-camera, “I’m not going to own it,” referring to the repeal and replace failure.
Remarks from Trump moments ago: “Let Obamacare fail. It’ll be a lot easier.” “We’re not going to own it. I’m not going to own it.” pic.twitter.com/tq2l0sUdWW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 18, 2017
“I’m not going to own it,” the President said. “I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We’ll let Obamacare fail and then the Democrats are going to come to us.”
Trump also took a strong swipe at Democrats, calling them “obstructionists” who have “no ideas” and “no thought process.”
Threatening to “let Obamacare fail” literally means the president is threatening to let Americans die, as studies show thousands will die each year if ObamaCare is repealed.
Will Trump’s plan to tke no responsibility work?
“There are two big problems with this conceptually,” Vox reports. “One is that it’s simply very unlikely an incumbent president can convince voters to not blame him for bad things that are happening. That’s simply not how politics works — 59 percent of people tell a Kaiser Family Foundation poll that they’ll blame Republicans. The other is that huge swathes of Obamacare — notably Medicaid expansion but also the exchanges in blue states with high population density and a political establishment that wants to make them work (think Oregon or Massachusetts) — are definitely not failing.”
Here’s a longer clip:
Trump: “Let Obamacare fail… I’m not going to own it†(This would hurt millions of poor/sick people who depend on it) https://t.co/MbxVKqgnkK
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 18, 2017
Some responses via Twitter:
TRUMAN: “The buck stops here”
EISENHOWER: “If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone”
TRUMP:”I’m not going to own it”
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) July 18, 2017
And now says “I’m not going to own it.” Sorry, Mr. President, but you’re leading the country. You own everything that happens on your watch. https://t.co/7lUz2kAcfM
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 18, 2017
From “I alone can fix it” to “I’m not going to own it” in one year. https://t.co/Avxv5v7fy9
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) July 18, 2017
Reagan: Our country is built on compassion for others
Bush 41: A kinder, gentler nation
Trump: Let Obamacare fail. I’m not going to own it https://t.co/zWVwE3SVbo— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) July 18, 2017
Trump in 2016: “We will immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare – and nobody can do that like me.”
Trump today: “I’m not going to own it.â€
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) July 18, 2017
“I’m not going to own it” would be the best possible title for his autobiography.
— MarkVH80 (@MarkVH80) July 18, 2017
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