The GOP civil war isn't over: If the AHCA goes down, Trump will seek vengeance

[DonViejo]

FRIDAY, MAR 24, 2017 01:50 PM EDT

The GOP civil war isn’t over: If the AHCA goes down, Trump will seek vengeance

The right-wingers of the House Freedom Caucus are about to learn that Donald Trump doesn’t take betrayal lightly

MATTHEW SHEFFIELD

Whether consciously intended or not, every group effort has its own ethos. For decades, the guiding principle of Donald Trump’s leadership style has been loyalty — to his enterprise and above all to him personally.

The far-right Republicans who comprise the Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives are about to learn this lesson the hard way, once the dust settles on the American Health Care Act, the joint effort of Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan to repeal and replace Obamacare.

At this writing, a vote on the AHCA is scheduled to happen by Friday evening. This is the second time a formal vote has been scheduled by Ryan’s leadership team after the small band of Freedom Caucus rebels managed to scuttle one that was supposed to happen on Thursday.

As administration officials see it, Freedom Caucus members keep trying to shift the goalposts of what they claim to want in the final version of the health care law. Some have pushed the White House to insert provisions that would remove many of the most popular elements of the Affordable Care Act passed by Congress in 2010, including regulations that prohibit insurance companies from refusing customers based on pre-existing medical conditions and a regulation that allows adults under age 26 to remain on their parents’ insurance policies. Ryan and the Trump administration have already added several Freedom Caucus measures to the AHCA package, but these requests are seen as going too far.

Instead of dragging out negotiations with the Freedom Caucus and more moderate Republicans fearful that the AHCA will cause millions of people to lose their health coverage, President Trump has instead directed Ryan to make the Friday vote the last one on the issue.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Freedom caucus wants it so Obama would never get a lick of credit for

helping people.

Do their voters know if they are not rich their rep wants to kill them?

[TDale313]

4. No, obviously not.

Or perhaps I should say they think these policies will hurt Urban (read: minorities) more

[jaysunb]

5. +1 n/t

[TDale313]

2. Probably, but I also think

Trump will be just as happy to move on to other issues if this fails. Yes, he'll hold a grudge- but I'm not sure this was something near and dear to his heart.

[Cary]

3. Fasciam always fails.

The Third Reich was supposed to last a millennium. It lasted a mere 12 years.

Hate, it's just not a good material for a foundation.

[Grizzled Ol Granddad]

6. Probably

But does the damn fool know enough about politics to exact it?

[askyagerz]

7. Yep he's looking for targets by forcing a vote