After two more Republican senators on Monday night came out against the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, solidifying the legislation’s demise, President Donald Trump called for Congress to pass a clean repeal of Obamacare and come up with a replacement with Democrats later.
Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2017
Trump also endorsed that strategy after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delayed consideration of the Senate bill at the end of June when it failed to earn enough support to proceed.
McConnell announced late Monday night that he will try to bring the House repeal bill to the floor and allow Senators to vote on an amendment repealing Obamacare with a two-year delay.
Good thing an experienced poltician like Donald can show McConnell how to do it…
McTurtle is now going through the motions to run out the clock. He knows it won’t fly – it only flew in 2015, because they all knew it was a no-lose, no-cost, posturing-only situation because Obama wasn’t going to sign it.
If McTurtle doesn’t do this, then he’ll have Drumpfie breathing down his neck. Because, of course, the Dems are going to be all for this, just like Drumpfie says. Until they aren’t.
Lordy, what I wouldn’t give to have a grown-up in the WH again. Sigh.
Sequester worked goodly. This will too.
I think the aftershocks of a conservative Senator calling McConnell a liar (Thanks, Alice!) have yet to finish.
I’m sure that “repeal and delay” will prove to be even more popular with the public than the highly regarded “repeal and replace”.