After the Senate’s latest effort to repeal Obamacare failed early Friday morning, President Donald Trump proposed simply letting the Affordable Care Act “implode” before working up replacement legislation.
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017
The Senate GOP’s effort to pass a “skinny repeal” bill came to a halt Friday morning when Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) joined Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in opposing a vote on the legislation. Republican leaders pitched the “skinny repeal” bill as a vehicle to creating a conference committee with the House to hammer out a comprehensive deal, but that strategy hit a last-minute snag Friday when McCain and a few other senators questioned whether the House would go to conference or just rush to pass the bare-bones bill.
Trump’s proposal to let Obamacare “implode” is not a new one. He has offered several different strategies for replacing the health care law as Congress has struggled to come up with a bill that enough lawmakers can agree on. He’s now circled back to letting Obamacare fail.
As you said from the beginning? Mr President, it would be a miracle if you made a policy statement before breakfast that you didn’t reverse before dinner.
Obamacare will implode only if it is sabotaged.
Trump: “I don’t have the brains or balls to fix ACA.”
This ass is naturally evil, isn’t he?
Donnie, is it always this soft?
Threaten the Alaskans again, genius. Got your legs cut off at the knees, didn’t you? You’re dealing with people your own size now, tough guy, people who know how to play this game. People who know how to deal. Here’s the best advice you’re ever going to get: You have one card to play, and that’s resignation. Play it. Because it may be too late even for that.