Trump Tweets: ‘Perhaps’ Just Let Obamacare ‘Crash & Burn!’

President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing event for the "Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017" in the East Room of the White House, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing event for the "Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017" in the East Room of the White House, Friday, June 23, 2017, i... President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing event for the "Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017" in the East Room of the White House, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Monday undercut Senate Republicans’ attempts to corral enough votes to pass their bill repealing Obamacare.

“Republican Senators are working very hard to get there, with no help from the Democrats. Not easy!” he tweeted.

Trump suggested they could just give up and just let the legislation “crash & burn” instead.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pushed last week for a vote on the bill by the July 4 holiday, a prospect which may be imperiled by opposition from four conservative senators and a number of moderates who have pushed for a delay.

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  1. Did the ‘hippie doctor’ give Trump his mystery ‘health’ injection this morning?
    But, I smell a cave…

  2. Republican Senators are working very hard to get there, with no help from the Democrats.

    You means dems couldn’t crash the secret meetings held by 13 republican senators? And where was all the help from the other republicans?

  3. By having the Senate Repeal fail, Donnie can continue further orchestrating the “crash and burn” of ACA, and still blame President Obama for it. And his clueless base will eat it up, right until Granny gets kicked out of her nursing home.

  4. What a despicable excuse for a human being. He promoting the idea of letting people suffer.

  5. Naugahyde Noriega: ”Just let OCare crash & burn!”

    “Some men petulant, criminally-insane, trust-fund manbabies just want to watch the world burn.”

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