Now or Never: A Nearly Impotent President Trump Delivers Ultimatum to Republicans on Repealing Popular ObamaCare
Donald Trump Has Failed at the Very Promise Central to His Campaign
This is where we are right now.
An impotent President Donald Trump, whose approval rating is just 37%, whose team is under counterintelligence investigation for collusion with Russia, who has been wholly unable to fulfill the very core tenet of his claim to be qualified to run the nation, is now threatening a very unpopular Republican Congress to vote and repeal an increasingly popular health care plan that has saved lives and given millions of Americans access to health care.
President Trump, via his Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Chief White House Strategist Steve Bannon, has told the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, and House Republican leadership they must vote on a devastatingly dangerous bill that will repeal and “replace” ObamaCare on Friday, or else.
According to AOL News poll:
57% prefer Obamacare
30% prefer #TrumpcareIn case you were wondering whose side the American people are on…
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 23, 2017
The “or else”?
If they don’t pass the bill, the American Health Care Act, on Friday, he will not sign any other ObamaCare repeal and replace legislation.
House GOP members tell NBC that they were told in meeting that Trump will leave Obamacare in place, go on to other issues if vote fails Fri.
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) March 23, 2017
This is the “Art of the Deal”?
The President has just given House Republicans the out they need.
The vast majority of Americans do not want ObamaCare repealed. They like it tweaked, but they’d rather it just be left alone, thank you very much.
Two months in to his presidency and Donald Trump has failed at the very promise central to his campaign: he would “repeal and replace” ObamaCare on Day One.
Here’s Trump “negotiating”:
Disastrous #Obamacare has led to higher costs & fewer options. It will only continue to get worse! We must #RepealANDReplace. #PassTheBill
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 24, 2017
Here’s former President Barack Obama’s Chief Strategist weighing in:
Interesting to watch the Art of the Deal at work.https://t.co/hGXp5AGjjk NYTimes:
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 23, 2017
Others:
Democratic Congressman:
BREAKING: TrumpCare vote in House just delayed due to lack of support. So much for Trump’s Art of the Deal. He’s a FAILURE already #Resist
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) March 23, 2017
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes:
Btw, I think losing the vote, cutting their losses and leaving Obamacare in place is by far the best political option for the GOP.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 23, 2017
Former HUD Official:
It’s almost as if there’s a race to repeal Obamacare and confirm Trump’s Supreme Court justice before the indictments begin
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) March 23, 2017
Former Secretary of Labor:
He’s not replacing Obamacare with something “terrific,†as he promised. His bill would cause 24 million people to lose health coverage.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 24, 2017
Others:
Seriously, the Republicans tried to repeal Obamacare over *50 times* and nobody ever thought what might happen if they ever succeeded?
— Jordan Uhl (@JordanUhl) March 24, 2017
Thankfully Obamacare is NOT truly collapsing under its own weight because Trumpcare truly is.
— Touré (@Toure) March 23, 2017
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