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Jimbo101

(776 posts)
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:14 PM Jul 2017

Trump Threatens to Dump Price If Health Bill Fails

Political Wire

The Daily Beast

President Trump threatened to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if Congress does not repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Daily Beast reports.

Said Trump at an event for Boy Scouts: “Are you gonna get the votes? He better get them. He better get them. Oh, he better, otherwise I’ll say, ‘Tom, you’re fired.’ I’ll get somebody.”
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phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
3. Christ. Its not the job of the HHS secretary to get bills pushed through Congress.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:22 PM
Jul 2017

Just looking at it objectively, its yet another example of how Trump doesn't understand how a god damn thing works.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
6. I can't understand who thought having him make a political speech
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:26 PM
Jul 2017

To a bunch of Boy Scouts at a national Jamboree was a good idea!

It's like he has no concept about appropriate context and speaking to your audience. You'd think that his handlers would have prepared a more appropriate speech but this crap was more warmed over campaign nonsense.

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