Trump ATTACKS Paul Ryan And Republicans Saying He'll Allow OBAMACARE To Stay If Repeal FAILS To PASS
March 24, 2017
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Donald Trump went after Paul Ryan and Republicans, threatening them, saying that he will leave obamacare in place and move on if the Republicans don't get the American Health Care Act passed through the House of Representatives. Trump threatens to leave ObamaCare in place if repeal bill fails. Trump ATTACKS Paul Ryan. Trump DESTROYS Paul Ryan. Trump RIPS Paul Ryan. Trump SHREDS Paul Ryan. Trump DESTROYS Republicans. Trump SHREDS Republicans. Trump ATTACKS Republicans. Trump RIPS Republicans. President Trump warned House Republicans on Thursday that he will leave ObamaCare in place unless they approve legislation to repeal and replace it. Trump officials meeting with the House GOP conference said Trump is done negotiating over the legislation, which was set to come up for a vote Thursday but was delayed. Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, a former member of the House Freedom Caucus that has been negotiating with Trump, told the GOP conference that Trump wants a vote on Friday during a dramatic closed-door meeting, according to a GOP source in the room. If the vote fails, Trump will move on to other priorities and ObamaCare will stay as the law of the land, Mulvaney said. The developments set up a likely vote on the measure Friday afternoon. Dozens of Republicans have vowed to oppose the bill, putting them into a direct confrontation with their president. With all of the House's Democrats expected to vote against the bill, the GOP can only afford 22 defections. The House will be voting on a modified bill. A managers amendment to be released Thursday night that would repeal ObamaCare's essential health benefits, which require insurers to offer coverage in certain areas. Conservatives have demanded this change, saying it will lower premium costs. Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) confirmed the Trump administration's message after the meeting. Trump is done negotiating, he said. "We have to have a vote tomorrow. He expects it to pass, but he's moving on if for some reason it didn't," Collins said. The congressman also summarized Mulvaney's message, saying the administration was determined to get a vote. "If for any reason it's down, we're just going to move forward with additional parts of our agenda," Collins said Mulvaney told the House GOP. "This is our moment in time. The president is insisting on a vote tomorrow one way or the other," Collins said, quoting Mulvaney. "If it doesn't pass, we're moving beyond healthcare." House GOP leaders postponed a much-anticipated vote Thursday on legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act amid a Republican revolt that raised doubts about the fate of the measure as well as President Trump’s self-proclaimed negotiating skills. After initially vowing to continue talks through the night, a frustrated White House told a group of GOP lawmakers meeting in the Capitol basement Thursday evening that negotiations were “done” and a vote would take place Friday. If the bill is defeated, Trump threatened to simply leave the current healthcare law in place and move on to other issues, according to a message delivered by the president’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, according to Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.). It remained unclear whether Trump’s extraordinary ultimatum was real or a pressure tactic designed to bring unruly Republicans in line. Despite personal appeals from the president and a flurry of last-minute negotiations with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), wary GOP lawmakers remained unconvinced, leaving leaders shy of the votes needed to advance the legislation. Conservatives argued the bill did not go far enough in dismantling the healthcare law known as Obamacare and were pushing to remove a key provision of the current law that requires health plans to cover a basic set of benefits. Centrist Republicans, including many from districts that Trump lost in the November election, were worried about projections that 24 million more people would be without health coverage under the GOP.
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