Missed The Memo? Trump Says House Will Vote On O’Care Repeal Bill Today

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks to the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.... President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks to the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon said that the House would vote later in the day on the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, amid reports that the vote would not take place until Friday at the earliest as leaders scrambled to secure enough votes for its passage.

“Today the House is voting to repeal and replace the disaster known as Obamacare,” Trump said in a listening session with truckers and CEOs. “We’ll see what happens. It’s going to be a very close vote.”

He said that the vote will be close “not because Obamacare is good” but because of “politics.”

“It’s no good. Everybody knows it’s no good,” Trump said. “It’s only politics, because we have a great bill. And I think we have a very good chance.”

Several outlets reported Thursday that the vote had been delayed by at least a day:

Trump, amid the furor, spent his afternoon honking the horn of an 18-wheeler truck parked on the White House lawn.

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