Brat, Jordan and Meadows - even Gohmert killed the populist revolution today. The dream of a glorious 8 year run is over. Like the Confederacy we all just died of a theory. Even the genius of Trump couldn’t save them from themselves. But 109 FReepers will declare victory when the rest of the world knows it’s over.
“But 109 FReepers will declare victory when the rest of the world knows it’s over.”
Conservative Treehouse reminds us how bad this loss is...
Moving forward, any tax legislation will now have to keep the $1 to $2 trillion ObamaCare spending in place; ultimately meaning far less room for comprehensive tax reform. Again, the intransigent CONservative caucus just dealt a blow to tax cuts – this is “disappointing” to the Trump economic agenda and will ultimately mean lesser job growth.
I would also add the Wall and the Infrastructure Bill that will be much harder to get through.
I read earlier in the process that this was the reason they went with health care first...so they could realize the savings.
I bet you were one of those guys who was always saying that Trump had no chance to get elected!
Just like "the rest of the world knew it was over" for Trump on the morning of Tuesday, November 8, 2016?
Rumors of Donald Trump's political demise have been greatly exaggerated—repeatedly—for about two years straight now.
This wishful thinking has been propagated primarily by the Democrats and Media (but I repeat myself); but there is also a contingent of the bitter—whose preferred candidate didn't win—who can barely conceal their glee whenever there is a setback for the President.
So the second-guessing will continue as the armchair quarterbacks hold forth—from their incredibly well-informed vantage points—on this lengthy 3D chess match...