President Trump Just Called for ObamaCare to Fail, Which Would Kill Tens of Thousands of Americans Every Year
Despite Having Control of House, Senate, and Being President, Trump ‘Blames’ Democrats for His ObamaCare Repeal Failure
President Donald Trump, unable to take responsibility or blame for anything, has just blamed Democrats — and a few Republicans — for the failure of the Senate to pass a bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare. The Republicans’ attempts collapsed late Monday night, when two more Republican Senators announced they could not support the GOP legislation because it didn’t go far enough.
President Barack Obama spent over a year touring the nation to sell the Affordable Care Act, but President Trump has barely lifted a finger leaving almost all the work to the Republican majority in the House and Senate.Â
Early Tuesday morning, as he always does President Trump took to Twitter to try to revise the events of there past twelve hours.
“We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans. Most Republicans were loyal, terrific & worked really hard. We will return!” Trump tweeted.Â
As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2017
Of course, it should go without saying, but Democrats worked very hard to protect ObamaCare. The majority of the nation supports the law and wants Congress to improve it, not repeal it. In fact, less than one in four Americans want ObamaCare repealed.
And then, stunningly unconscious of the human cost to his latest “solution,” Trump again announced, “As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!”
As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2017
Letting ObamaCare fail, not that it is about to, would throw an additional 32 million people off health care. It would skyrocket the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars. Forced to obtain employer-sponsored health care coverage, it would force countless small business owners to shut down and their employees out of work. People who are semi-retired would also be forced into the employment marketplace, skyrocketing unemployment.Â
That’s just for starters.
Studies show that tens of thousands of people would die.Â
“Nearly 36,000 people could die every year, year after year, if the incoming president signs legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act,” ThinkProgress reported in December.
In January, President-elect Trump promised universal health care, health care coverage for all, regardless of cost:
Some responses via Twitter:
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Idiot. https://t.co/Wx9W0cx4BQ
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 18, 2017
Trump didn’t “always say” let Obamacare fail. He said he’d repeal and replace immediately. “Nobody can do that like me” pic.twitter.com/Kd0K3aVqOg
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 18, 2017
Throughout the campaign, his campaign’s website promised repeal and replace would be “one of my first acts” https://t.co/SN0b9k6JgS pic.twitter.com/r16pBuARvM
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 18, 2017
Other things that Trump has “always said”: We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of winning.
— Rob Szczerba (@RJSzczerba) July 18, 2017
Like, not ONLY do they deny that he’s getting removed from office, they still think he’s gonna replace Obamacare AND build the wall!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) July 18, 2017
You haven’t always said that. You said you’d repeal and replace Obamacare on Day One
— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) July 18, 2017
You genuinely don’t understand politics. Democrats aren’t supposed to blindly support you. That’s not how this works
— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) July 18, 2017
Now 22 million people get to keep their coverage. Not a failure!
— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) July 18, 2017
This excuse that bigger govt is bad is a ploy for Reps to pass legislation that benefits big business & rich people at the cost of the poor.
— Anirvan Ghosh (@anirvanghosh) July 18, 2017
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