President-elect Donald Trump told Republicans in a series of tweets Wednesday morning to “be careful!” and make sure that Democrats take ownership of any failures of the Affordable Care Act, as the GOP takes its first steps towards repealing the healthcare law.
“Republicans must be careful in that the Dems own the failed ObamaCare disaster,” Trump tweeted, apparently warning Republicans to avoid acting in undue haste that might lead to poor optics. “Dems are to blame for the mess. It will fall of its own weight – be careful!”
Republicans must be careful in that the Dems own the failed ObamaCare disaster, with its poor coverage and massive premium increases……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
like the 116% hike in Arizona. Also, deductibles are so high that it is practically useless. Don’t let the Schumer clowns out of this web…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
massive increases of ObamaCare will take place this year and Dems are to blame for the mess. It will fall of its own weight – be careful!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2017
House Republicans on Tuesday introduced and approved new chamber rules that included a special glide path for their efforts to dismantle Obamacare. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) also introduced a budget resolution to kick-start the budget reconciliation process Republican lawmakers will likely use to scrap major parts of the bill and avoid a Democratic filibuster.
Trump similarly chided Republicans via Twitter on Tuesday after members of Congress approved a rules change in a closed-door meeting that would have gutted an independent House ethics watchdog (an outpouring of constituent anger led to a swift reversal of that rules change). While he didn’t appear to take issue with the House GOP’s position on the watchdog, which he described as “unfair” in the tweets, Trump wrote that “weakening” the Office of Congressional Ethics shouldn’t be as big of a priority for the incoming Congress as an issue like healthcare.
Democrats need to fight this and fight this hard. They need to find people who were saved by having ObamaCare.
Find a couple dozen children who got insurance on their parents at 25, and then got really sick or hurt and were able to get help.
Find a cancer victim who couldn’t get insurance, but is in remission now because of ObamaCare.
There are 30 million more people with health insurance thanks to ObamaCare, and it can’t be that hard to find a half dozen or so who benefited greatly in every Congressional District.
If they want to blame Obamacare failure on Democrats, as Trump says it will it will fail under its own weight, why do anything? Leave it alone to fail under its own weight.
Donald Trump issuing warnings to be careful?
We are now one step closer to having seen everything.
The moment a single Democrat votes with Republicans on any bill to scuttle the ACA the entire effort at sabotage becomes “bipartisan”. It’ll be used in TV ads and news interviews to paint the effort at “reform” or “replace” as something both Democrats and Republicans want. Unfortunately I don’t think recruiting one or more Democrat defections will be a major challenge for the GOP.
Is that a current picture of Trump? Terrifying–he looks like he’s halfway between Jack Napier and The Joker.
This is the first time I’ve really gauged how he’s physically deteriorating in real time.