Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Trump threatens Republicans who vote against Obamacare lite
The American Thinker ^ | 03/22/17 | Ed Straker

Posted on 03/22/2017 6:08:54 AM PDT by pgkdan

President Trump, who promised to totally repeal Obamacare, is threatening Republicans with political retribution if they do not support the House bill which would leave the worst elements of Obamacare intact.

The House bill does a few good things -- it eliminates the individual mandate to buy insurance, and relieves employers of the costly burden of providing insurance for their workers. But, mostly, the worst parts of Obamacare stay in effect.

****SNIP****

And President Trump is threatening any Republican who votes against it.

President Trump on Tuesday turned up the pressure on recalcitrant Republicans to support a sweeping bill to overhaul the health care system, threatening wavering lawmakers in his party with political payback if they failed to get behind a measure that has become an early test of his negotiating power.

“I’m going to come after you,” Mr. Trump told Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, a prime holdout and the chairman of the conservative Freedom Caucus.

Trump is threatening primary challenges to those who do not pass this "Son of Obamacare" monstrosity.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; ahca; first100days; notarepeal; repealandreplace; romneycare; ryancare; suckercare; thanksmorons; trump45; trumpcare
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-83 next last
To: pgkdan

“And President Trump is threatening any Republican who votes against it.”

_____________________________________________________

I’m not so worried about the Republicans who vote against it as I am worried about the Democrats who vote for it.

Let this sink in a moment. Why would dems vote for RyanCare?

Because they know - as do conservatives everywhere - that RyanCare will doom the Trump presidency.


41 posted on 03/22/2017 7:14:12 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Starboard

Does this sound like Trump who makes it a point to take the lumps out?
Could the MSM be winding us up to pressure & delegitimize Trump yet again?


42 posted on 03/22/2017 7:15:03 AM PDT by JayGalt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Starboard

Ryan does not = Rand


43 posted on 03/22/2017 7:16:11 AM PDT by JayGalt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: VanDeKoik

Yeah, I think I going to go on something more official than stuff supposedly said in a closed door meeting.

______________________________________________________

Really? You must remember that Trump was making this threat 2 weeks ago. So this is the second time Trump has promised to “get” conservatives.


44 posted on 03/22/2017 7:16:18 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: xzins

Agreed


45 posted on 03/22/2017 7:16:45 AM PDT by JayGalt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Starboard

This is the second time this morning in two separate threads I’ve seen someone confuse Paul Ryan with Rand Paul.

FWIW.


46 posted on 03/22/2017 7:18:57 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: AmericanInTokyo
I will take door #1 as well. Bannon could be drowned out, especially concerning social issues.

Also Trump support(ed) single-payer and the Heritage Foundation came up with the idea of this same type of mandate in the Republican 2.0 version back in the late 1980s to counter single-payer (Of course the individual mandate would replace the employer mandate) so their is that angle.
47 posted on 03/22/2017 7:19:24 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: Jane Long

No, unfortunately it ends the ability of the Christian Healthcare Ministries to act as an insurance vehicle which many were utilizing to avoid Obamacare.


48 posted on 03/22/2017 7:20:56 AM PDT by JayGalt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: RummyChick

R U frickin kidding me...I was just looking into this Christian Insurance alternative?


49 posted on 03/22/2017 7:21:45 AM PDT by magna carta
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk

“Maybe the long journey starts with one small step? If this is the case though, Trump ought to say so.”

I agree that’s the way our national healthcare policy needs to evolve from where it is now. Our federal healthcare policy is extremely complicated and a tweak of a knob can translate into billions of dollars and a lot of unhappy loudmouths.

Trump hasn’t spoken in detail about the current proposal. He’s keeping his distance from the details.

You could say there’s not enough consensus now to have something with wide enough support to become law.

If that’s the case then let the brawl continue. Is Trump handling this properly? I don’t know. We’ll see.


50 posted on 03/22/2017 7:22:44 AM PDT by cymbeline
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: pgkdan

I wish the POTUS had not done this.

I wish he would have saved the arm twisting for the wall or other issues. I don’t think #Winning #MAGA has room for spending enormous political capital on crap like this.

I would love to see President Trump stand by what he campaigned on. He really needs to repeal and replace Obamacare instead of wrapping a tourniquet around it and declaring it in phase 1 of 3 of being fixed while his credibility bleeds through.

JMO


51 posted on 03/22/2017 7:23:12 AM PDT by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud horrible deplorable)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: magna carta

I haven’t personally verified it. Another poster said that is the case.


52 posted on 03/22/2017 7:24:36 AM PDT by RummyChick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: rollo tomasi

I HIGHLY Doubt Ruthless Bannon approved of Gorelick advising on Ethics in the WH.


53 posted on 03/22/2017 7:26:41 AM PDT by RummyChick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Jane Long

No, that isn’t what it means.

Christian Health Ministries act like insurance. They were given an approval under OBamacare..meaning they qualified for the IRS rule.

They were not tax deductible...even for self employed..who can deduct health insurance.


54 posted on 03/22/2017 7:29:27 AM PDT by RummyChick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: JayGalt

unfortunately it ends the ability of the Christian Healthcare Ministries to act as an insurance vehicle which many were utilizing to avoid Obamacare.


Thanks for the info. THAT is outrageous.

Do you have a link? I’ll look for one, but I’d like to contact WH/Congress on this....and would like to be armed with info :)


55 posted on 03/22/2017 7:30:49 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: pgkdan

Originally the republican standard was repeal obamycare. Repeal and replace was a trump plan that started during the primary. This is largly his fault. He won’t accept a clean repeal without “taking care of people”


56 posted on 03/22/2017 7:31:13 AM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pgkdan

Hitch your wagon to Paul Ryan is a sure way to lose-


57 posted on 03/22/2017 7:32:54 AM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Starboard

Laura Ingraham asked a Freedom Caucus member this morning point blank if they were being threatened. He said no.


58 posted on 03/22/2017 7:34:00 AM PDT by dforest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Starboard

You quoted my comment about Senator Paul, but then went into remarks about Paul Ryan.

So, apparently, neither of us is confused. Good.


59 posted on 03/22/2017 7:35:47 AM PDT by browniexyz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: pgkdan

Varney and AB Stoddard having a great discussion, on this, now.

I’ll look for vid, and post, if I find.


60 posted on 03/22/2017 7:35:55 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-83 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson