New York Times : Trump Blames Democrats as Major Push to Repeal Health Law Fails

[Stuart G]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/politics/health-care-affordable-care-act.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0


WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders, facing a revolt among conservatives and moderates in their ranks, pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor Friday afternoon in a spectacular defeat for President Trump on the first legislative showdown of his presidency.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan conceded, “We’re going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.”

Mr. Ryan had rushed to the White House shortly after noon to tell Mr. Trump he did not have the votes for a repeal bill that had been promised for seven years — since the day President Barack Obama signed his landmark health care act into law.

Mr. Trump, in a telephone interview moments after the bill was pulled, blamed Democrats and predicted that they would seek a deal within a year, he asserted, after “Obamacare explodes” because of high premiums.

[C_U_L8R]

1. They forgot to put ROFLMAO on that headline

What a joke.

[Stuart G]

3. Wait a moment...I am rolling on the floor ...laughing ...

What a waste of time....!!!!!!!

[Happyhippychick]

2. That's fair. Democrats do control the House.

Oh whoops. My bad. The republicans do.

#TrumpcareFAIL
#That makes2
#Muslimbanwasfirstone

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Democracy only sucks when they don't vote your way.

[tanyev]

5. LOL. GOPers could hold every seat in the House except one and anything that went wrong

would still be blamed on that lone Democrat.