Trump To GOPers: Keep Pushing For ACA Repeal Unless You’re ‘Total Quitters’

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 19, 2017, during a meeting with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump on Saturday and Sunday urged Republican senators to keep working on a bill to repeal Obamacare, after their last attempt failed in a dramatic vote early Friday morning.

“Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead!” Trump tweeted Saturday.

He told Senate Republicans on Sunday not to “give up.”

“The World is watching,” Trump tweeted.

He urged lawmakers to abolish the filibuster rule, though the Republican-controlled senate only needs 51 votes to pass a health care bill via reconciliation.

Trump spent the days after Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and John McCain (R-AZ) voted against the latest Republican repeal bill pushing for Republicans to try again with a combination of capslock, mockery and threats.

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  1. “The World is watching,” Trump tweeted.

    And half are laughing and half are horrified.

    I’m both.

  2. déclassé: adjective: 1. fallen or lowered in class, rank or social position 2. of inferior status

  3. Trump’s obsession with this reveals a disordered mind. Why doesn’t he urge Republican Senators to work with Democratic Senators? Hmm, that never crossed his mind.

  4. As my fellow Post subscribers come to the board today, I’m asking this: The Post has a “Trump berates senators for failure on social media” story but no mention of the subsidy threat. If you have seen ANY story on the Post today that takes El Bufon’s threat to end the subsidies seriously, please post a link for me. If the WaPo waits 'til the Gong Shows end to even report it, the subsidy story isn’t worth taking seriously.

    Bullies make empty threats.
    In the unlikely event that Trump “clarifies”, I’m sure it will be reported.

  5. Avatar for ajm ajm says:

    If McCain, Murkowski and Collins are not quitters, repeal and replace is dead for some considerable amount of time. And there may be more Senators who are feeling the heat from the home folks. And most of the Senators knew the bill as written was a complete disaster.

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