Breaking: Trumpcare Fails Bigly - GOP Withdraws Bill
And there we have it, folks. Several sources are now reporting that the Trumpcare bill is dead in the water.
BREAKING: Trump suggested pulling House healthcare bill and House Speaker Ryan has agreed - networks. https://t.co/oa0NEKRNdP
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 24, 2017
President Trump just called me. Still on phone.”We just pulled it,” he tells me.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 24, 2017
WATCH: @ABC News Special Report: Pres. Trump directs Speaker Ryan to pull GOP health care bill ahead of vote. https://t.co/1CdA2eS2qw pic.twitter.com/adMRoTTIO2
— ABC News (@ABC) March 24, 2017
The GOP health care bill is not going to come up again, at least in near future, @costareports says Trump told him
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 24, 2017
So Donald Trump’s first really consequential piece of legislation has failed utterly to gain the support of his own party, not to mention the vehement opposition from most of the US public. This bill’s approval rating was hovering at around 17% in the latest polls, because people know that it’s a grotesque parody of anything approaching real health care, basically a huge handout to the super-rich paid for by the poor and the elderly, and an inhuman effort to strip vital services from the people who need it most. In other words, the usual Republican intent.
The self-described master of deal-making has completely failed to push through one of his signature campaign promises. Are we tired of losing yet, Donald?
The real winners, though, are the 24 million people who won’t be afraid of losing their health insurance now.
Trump, meanwhile, is trying to blame this on the Democratic Party and President Obama, because of course he is.
TRUMP tells me in interview this is now the Democrats’ fault, and that he anticipates that when Obama “explodes” they will be ready to deal
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 24, 2017
And now, House Republicans are totally giving up on this absurdly inhuman disaster of a bill too:
UPDATE: Some House Republicans say they are done with Obamacare replacement bill. https://t.co/grTfQdAixI
— Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) March 24, 2017
