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Trump says time to 'let ObamaCare fail' after health bill stalls
Fox News ^ | July 18, 2017 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 07/18/2017 1:18:48 PM PDT by Hadean

President Trump said Tuesday he's prepared “let ObamaCare fail” after the collapse of Senate Republicans' latest health care bill, indicating he's willing to move on to tax reform and other issues – and deal with an Affordable Care Act fix down the road.

“I think we're probably in that position where we'll just let ObamaCare fail,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We're not going to own it. I'm not going to own it. I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We'll let ObamaCare fail, and then the Democrats are going to come to us."

He spoke after two more Republican senators came out late Monday against the Senate bill, effectively killing its chances in its current form. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to call a vote on a bill to repeal ObamaCare now and replace it later, but on Tuesday afternoon left the door open to working with Democrats if that fails. 

The White House focused its ire Tuesday on Democratic lawmakers, suggesting they'll regret their opposition.  "The failure of ObamaCare rests solely on the shoulder of the Democrats. They pushed it through, and they need to own the failure of it," Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. 

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; aca; ahca; braking; obamacare; repealandreplace; trumpobamacare
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To: WVMnteer; All
"What are President Trump’s guiding principles?"

With all due respect, since Trump has sworn to protect and defend the Constitution, the references I mention are his guiding principles, whether he understands that at this point in time or not.

41 posted on 07/18/2017 2:23:31 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Amendment10

Well, he’s 71. He has time to learn and adopt them.


42 posted on 07/18/2017 2:24:48 PM PDT by WVMnteer
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To: WVMnteer; All
"He has time to learn and adopt them."

And still have plenty of time left in the day.

43 posted on 07/18/2017 2:29:49 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: VictoryGal
You ask me, we need to primary all the squishes. Give President Trump a Congress that will actually stand up for Conservative values!

Agreed. The current crop are just plain worthless.

44 posted on 07/18/2017 2:30:16 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: Hadean

That is what I’ve been arguing. Actually, letting Obamacare fail was Trump’s first instinct. He said early on that he told Paul Ryan the BEST thing they could do politically was let Obamacare fail. It was a great idea because then they wouldn’t own the problems with it and the public would uniformly want it fixed. Instead, Trump took Paul Ryan’s advice and started with Obamacare when he wanted to start with taxes. The Republicans failed to deliver. Six months down the drain. In my opinion, he should have started with infrastructure (which would be bipartisan), then went to taxes, and when that was done, do Obamacare.


45 posted on 07/18/2017 2:35:50 PM PDT by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-beating-russia-narrative.html)
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To: Pinkbell

Is there anything even remotely resembling an infrastructure bill at this point?

Also, is there any actual need for an infrastructure bill? It would be very weird for the biggest legislative victory for this Republican Congress is massive renovations to JFK, LAX and O’Hare.


46 posted on 07/18/2017 2:44:37 PM PDT by WVMnteer
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To: snarkytart

They must stop funding it, it wasn’t meant to be funded.


47 posted on 07/18/2017 2:50:02 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Gen.Blather

That sounds a lot like Lincoln’s adage that the best way to get rid of a bad law is to strictly enforce it.


48 posted on 07/18/2017 2:52:39 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: CincyRichieRich

The president’s pen can stop them.


49 posted on 07/18/2017 2:55:03 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: grumpygresh

It is just that simple.


50 posted on 07/18/2017 3:09:06 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Southnsoul
I would expect a repeal would include a transition period.

As long as the date of the repeal is final, I have no problem with allowing a transition.

51 posted on 07/18/2017 3:10:21 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: WVMnteer

Trump thinks so. He ran on it. It might have been better to open with something bipartisan. That said, he wanted to start with tax reform, and he should have.


52 posted on 07/18/2017 3:22:24 PM PDT by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-beating-russia-narrative.html)
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To: ZULU

see 6


53 posted on 07/18/2017 3:24:03 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Hadean

O care was gonna fail all on its own.

That’s on 0, no-one else.


54 posted on 07/18/2017 4:02:33 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Hadean

They should NEVER have said “Repeal and replace” just REPEAL..there was NOTHING to have to replace in the first place..we have had health care in this country for over 200 years, people from all over the world come here for good quality health care, can it use some tweaking, of course no system is perfect, but its sure of a lot better than single payer BS, just ask Charlie Gard, whenever anyone tells you that single payer is the way to go tell them to read about Charlie Gard


55 posted on 07/18/2017 4:18:15 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Eddie01

Yep. RepubliCLOWNs


56 posted on 07/18/2017 4:58:05 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: Alberta's Child

He wants Obamacare repealed and replaced with a decent plan. He is not a healthcare expert nor a legislator. The GOP congresume had 6 freaken years to create a repacement.


57 posted on 07/18/2017 5:01:14 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: WVMnteer

i still remember the post-inauguration video interview of Ryan where he SINCERELY guaranteed, no sweat, that obamacare would be repealed and the new tax reform bill would passed in the first 100 days of trump’s presidency.

talk about your lying piece of shit ...


58 posted on 07/18/2017 5:24:05 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ZULU
I get that -- and I'm fine with it.

He has no idea what "a decent plan" is, though ... and that's where he's been all over the map. All he probably knows is that it has to meet these three non-negotiable terms that Americans all seem to want in their health care plans:

1. They have to cover everyone.

2. They have to cover everything.

3. They can't cost much money.

In other words, there is no way to fix this problem because it's impossible to do all three of these things.

59 posted on 07/18/2017 5:37:10 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Hadean
Trump is taking the easy way out. ANYBODY can say and do what he is proposing. What he should do is eliminate every single bureaucratic regulation that has been put in place to support Obamacare. And then exempt all insurance companies and all 50 states, and all taxpayers from the legislation....the same way obammy exempted people he wanted exempt.

That is how you kill Obamacare. Then he can tell the senate to take a flying leap.

60 posted on 07/18/2017 5:41:53 PM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God)
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