'In the clutch they choked': Wall Street Journal scorches Trump and GOP's health care 'debacle'

[DonViejo]

TOM BOGGIONI
25 MAR 2017 AT 10:32 ET

In a blistering editorial, the Wall Street Journal pointed the finger at the multiple culprits within the Republican Party who “choked” when given a chance to finally replace the Affordable Care Act after seven years of trying to undermine it.

With House Speaker Paul Ryan(R-WI) unable to successfully pressure rebellious Republicans to back his bill, and President Donald Trump washing his hands and saying he was moving on to tax reform, the Journal called the collapse of the GOP bill a “debacle.”

“House Republicans pulled their health-care bill shortly before a vote on Friday, and for once the media dirge is right about a GOP defeat. This is a major blow to the Trump Presidency, the GOP majority in Congress, and especially to the cause of reforming and limiting government,” the editorial stated before adding, “Republicans have campaigned for more than seven years on repealing and replacing ObamaCare, and they finally have a President ready to sign it. In the clutch they choked.”

The Journal noted that the GOP hardliners known as the Freedom Caucus had a major hand in destroying the bill, writing, “When one of their demands was met, they dug in and made another until they exceeded what the rest of the GOP conference could concede. You can’t have a good-faith negotiation when one party doesn’t know how to say yes—or won’t.”

“There will be no such repeal in this Congress, and probably not in any other. Republicans run the government and that means they are responsible for what happens in health care,” the editorial continued before getting to the root of the problem.

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[Girard442]

1. They ran afoul of the reality that there are two Republican Parties now.

The right wing and the batshit-crazy right wing. They are distinctly different and they hate each other. Lotsa luck trying to legislate in that environment.

[JTFrog]

3. Soon they will only be the The Putin Party if they don't pull their heads out of their asses. nt

[dalton99a]

2. Yep, leightweight chocker

[Justice]

4. Freedom Caucus wants to blow up govt

Not interested in compromise. Until and unless GOP starts to work with Dems they will find themselves in this humiliating place over and over.

[beachbum bob]

5. trumpcare had no chance of being passed in the house

its all theater for their sucker supporters


you don't pass legislation that pisses off 100 million voters with 2018 coming

[brer cat]

6. *This*

They can't replace it with anything that would remotely work. Most of their base wants the bragging rights that they got rid of it, but they don't want the consequences.