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.
Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead! Demand another vote before voting on any other bill!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017
Don't give up Republican Senators, the World is watching: Repeal & Replace…and go to 51 votes (nuke option), get Cross State Lines & more.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2017
“The World is watching,” Trump tweeted.
And half are laughing and half are horrified.
I’m both.
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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.
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.
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.