Rep. David Brat (R-VA) said Thursday that he wants to “get to yes” on House Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, though he previously voted against the legislation in committee.
“We all want to get to yes, we want to see a very successful Trump agenda, we want to make it happen,” Brat said on Fox News. “But when you’re negotiating one-sixth of the U.S. economy, our promise to our constituents was we’re going to repeal, for six years. It wasn’t repeal and replace. It was we’re going to repeal. And that’s not happening.”
He said that the House may vote on the bill late Thursday evening. A vote on the bill has not yet been officially scheduled.
“I think there may be a vote very late tonight if we get some good news in writing, right? It’s trust but verify up here,” Brat said.
Brat, along with two other Republicans, joined every single Democrat member of the House Budget Committee last week to oppose the bill, which narrowly made it through the committee vote despite the opposition.
Perfect name for a GOPer.
So, we know Trump lost by over 3 million votes.
So, we know that for the House and the Senate, even though the Democrats are in the minority they obtained over 12 million more votes than all the Republicans in congress…the Republicn majority comes purely from rigged gerrymandering of the districts in states like Texas. But the congress has 12 million more votes for Democrats than for Republicans.
And yet the Democrats are getting zero input or consideration under the Paul Ryan - Paul Manafort (Trump) Healthcare bill. It’s really Putin’s healthcare bill bcause Putin wants to destroy the US Democracy which means taking away rights to the bottom 90% of Americans…especially taking away healthcare rights.
Anyone taking bets ?
Does Dave Brat a) Folds or b) Collects the Koch’s check?
I am willing to bet for “a”, because that put’s him more in alignment with his voters who “want to give Trump a chance” and because the bill will likely get killed in the Senate anyways, so there won’t be any surprises for the aforementioned Trump voters that demand the repeal of ACA.
A Republican with a PHD in economics…every person that works for a living should quake in their boots when this human farce opens his mouth.
I think b) he takes the Check - cause then he sticks it to those irritating protestors who Got in His Grill, oops I mean he gets to keep his campaign promise, and he gets the cash.