I’m disgusted by some here siding with Ryan, PeRINO, Geraldo, Bill Kristol, and the rest of the GOPe hacks while they slam the Freedom Caucus.
Unsurprisingly, you totally miss the big picture.
The bill was a steaming pile no doubt. But it was FAR preferably to torpedoing the Trump agenda before it even got out of port. The Dems and RINOs will now only be emboldened to nuke every single aspect of it. Trump can’t successfully fight both flanks of his own party, the Dems AND MSM. Not going to happen.
This was the very first time in the Trump admin the bullets start to fly with Dems. The cut and run “conservatives” headed for the hills. Took their ball and went home. What fighters. I guess 8 years of being a doormat wasn’t enough. They want another 4 at least.
I would hope not!
If the success of the Trump agenda actually depended on the success of a "steaming pile" (in your own words), then the Republican Party and White House leadership is filled with rank amateurs.
This is exactly the mindset that brought about disastrous midterm elections for the Democrats in 1994 and 2010.
This is simply not true.
There wasn't even a consensus among Republicans in the House and Senate on this bill. For all the talk about how the GOP leadership in the House felt obligated to tailor their bill around the lack of a veto-proof GOP majority in the Senate, the reality is that the House couldn't even come up with a bill that would have gotten 50 Republican votes in the Senate.
Why do you think the Democrats gave such muted opposition to the House bill? They were hoping beyond their wildest dreams that the Republicans would pass a "TrumpCare" bill that would destroy them in the 2018 midterm elections.