Trump lost 10 GOP health care votes after personally visiting Congress for "hard sell": NBC News

[Miles Archer]

Source: Raw Story

The number of Republican lawmakers who said they were leaning against voting for the GOP-sponsored health care bill increased yesterday after President Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill to push the plan.

Prior to Trump’s Tuesday visit to Congress to make a “hard sell” to Republicans, NBC News counted 17 GOP lawmakers who either opposed or leaned strongly against the bill, which is also being championed by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI).

Trump warned members of his party at the meeting to get on board or risk losing in 2018 midterms.

The president’s argument, however, did not prove persuasive.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-lost-10-gop-health-care-votes-after-personally-visiting-congress-for-hard-sell-nbc-news/

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[ailsagirl]

1. UGH-- would YOU say yes to this clod?

[riversedge]

12. Trump is looking more floppy -physically, as the days pass IMHO

[ailsagirl]

25. To me, he seems rather dazed. But it's hard to say what's going on in that pea brain

[NCjack]

32. He is in bad need of a golden shower. (Expect him to take a trip to Russia soon.) nt

[ailsagirl]

34. Yuck!!

[Miles Archer]

14. I posted a Scarborough clip earlier today...

...he premise was that Republicans are "no longer afraid of Trump," and that he came to this conclusion by speaking with some of them personally.

He said that the tweets, specifically the "tapp" tweets, killed what was left of his credibility.

If they vote for RyanCare, it's a bloodbath in 2018. No one affected by the changes will even consider voting Republican. Maybe a crazy few who will believe it when Kellyanne Conway says that we wouldn't be in this situation if Obama hadn't screwed it up first.

If they don't for RyanCare, it's a bloodbath in 2018. All of the red hats yelling "You lied, you were gonna get rid of Obamacare!"

So you have a Republican house yelling "FULL STEAM AHEAD" without the necessary votes, and a President whose Art of the Deal days are over.

Sad!

Not really.

[get the red out]

2. Why cave to a traitor?

House Members have two year terms, they probably figure they will surely outlast him.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. What I want to know is how many, who specifically in the GOP who is against this bill

is against it because it doesnt do ENOUGH harm to poor people?

I wish we could have a site dedicated to that.

[get the red out]

5. Probably many

The tea baggers for sure.

[Miles Archer]

11. It's in the article...I was obeying the 4 paragraph rule

NBC News said following Republicans were preparing to vote against their party’s health care bill.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)
Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI)
Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA)
Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID)
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Rep. Tom Garrett (R-VA)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtin (R-FL)
Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV)
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Rep. John Katko (R-NY)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC)
Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR)
Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA)
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH)
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA)
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD)

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Thank you. Is their beef that it still provides too much help for the poor?

I think so, I think they are against it because ANY help for ANYBODY that can be connected in ANYWAY to Obama, is no good.

How do these people

never mind

[Miles Archer]

15. Yeah, unfortunately, most of what I have been reading indicates they feel it is "not enough."

They really are on board with Ryan on gutting Medicaid and Medicare.

What they don't like is that they somehow want the language tarted up so that the less inquisitive out there won't see the word "genocide" on the page.

Make no mistake, this is not a case of "compassionate conservatism."

[Eliot Rosewater]

19. I hope their voters find out what they want and that it includes their Medicare and Soc Sec

while I expect them to literally kill me, I do want to watch the destruction play out first.

[duhneece]

22. I had little hope that Tea Party love Rep Steve Pearce

...would appear that, but I had to look ....thanks for letting us know. I posted on his Face Book page and got one more dig in.
Our Indivisible group went to a mock Town Hall in Las Cruces, a real Town Hall in Las Cruces and a real Town Hall in Ruidoso. Our group got most of the 40 questions, but he lied (so surprised), he pivoted, he segued ....actually quite well.

New Mexico gives a one-of-a-kind (no other state has anything like this) freedom to our Land Commissioner, who wants to steal/transfer all of our National Forests, National Parks, National Monuments, BLM to folks who want to buy them, to our (very poor) state which will sell them to oil industry and those giant for-rich-only hunting preserves (think where Scalia died, where Cheney shot friend). Our Land Commissioner is on the short list for BLM national position and our Tea Party Rep Steve Pearce for our Land Commissioner.

For all who have loved hiking, hunting, camping, bird watching, picnicking, fishing or even just driving through forests instead of oil pumps...keep up the activism by calling YOUR Reps and Senators.

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. It's bad when you have lost Louie Gohmert......

Keep talking, you orange dufus...keep talking to them.

[Ms. Toad]

33. The two from Ohio are in the not enough catagory. n/t

[drray23]

31. Freedom caucus members are

About 29 of them will vote against it because it does not go far enough... then you have a dozen or so moderates who won't vote for it because it goes too far..
This bill is doa.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. world greatest negotiator

(smirk) (giggle)

[Friend or Foe]

6. Damn

He can't even negotiate to have his wife in the same area code as him.

Gotta love all this winning!

[Fast Walker 52]

10. I'm tired of all this winning!!!

[CountAllVotes]

7. Chump should stay in Dump Tower

permanently.

Every time he shows his ugly face more people run as fast as they can to get away from this traitorous freak!

Impeach this awhole TODAY, not tomorrow!!

[Eliot Rosewater]

18. I get a kick out of us citizens who think the Russians would spend decades

and hundreds of millions or BILLIONS of dollars planting deep cover agents here in all kinds of places, including media, politics, election precinct captains, etc and then on November 9 2016 leave it up to the VOTERS


silly us, of course not...they stole this motherfucker big time

[lunasun]

8. Art of the Deal . He knows how to do it bigly

[Marthe48]

9. blowharder

ha-ha-ha They are screwed either way. Well done trump-pence-ryan-koch-mcconnell. I hope we can undo gosuck on the S.C. Such a smarmy little bastard.

[C_U_L8R]

16. Trump the chump stumps and schlumps, bigly.

So sad.

[mackdaddy]

17. They probably do not think that Trumpee will make it to the midterms either.

Kind of an empty threat if he is already gone like last years rotted Jack-o-lantern.

[ButSeeYa]

21. Me, still awaiting a bigly win...

[link:|

[colsohlibgal]

23. What A Colossal Jerk

For the life of me I cannot figure how non White Nationalist people decided this rude oaf and serial liar was fit for this office.....because in no way is he.

Buyer's remorse has to be picking up steam daily.

If we have an extended future history you wonder what people will make of all this.

[Docreed2003]

26. Who knew that people would be turned off by a blowhard asshole??

[Miles Archer]

27. Pigeons come home to roost

Throughout the primaries and the general election, many pundits pointed out that there is a "system" in Washington.

They also said that while Trump could go out to his "rallies" and be the "Celebrity Apprentice Presidential Candidate," if he ever landed his ass in Washington, he's find out quickly that the "system" didn't play by his rules.

Being the ultimate narcissist, this news of his "dealmaking" gone south must be driving him up the wall today.

[Docreed2003]

30. Excellent points...and I'm loving every minute of it...

Here's hoping the "ultimate meltdown" occurs live so we can all watch the show!

[RKP5637]

28. Look at me! I'm the healthiest person on earth! You should be lucky to look as good as me!

This guy is the biggest flaming asshole I think I've ever seen in presidential circles. How he got elected is incredible. We truly are living in Idiocracy!

[RKP5637]

29. As the world laughs at the US and this damn fool elected! n/t

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

35. Perhaps they are not as dumb as Trump thinks