Posted on 03/17/2017 7:50:03 AM PDT by davikkm
Donald Trump has stated that Obamacare was “meant to explode” and the media go into a frenzy of defensive positions and the now expected ridicule of “Trump’s Paranoia”. But the MSM have either very short or very selective memories. Back in 2013, Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid was predicting that not only was the whole thing going to collapse, but also that it was meant to by design.
As reported in the Las Vegas Sun at the time:
Reid said he thinks the country has to “work our way past” insurance-based health care during a Friday night appearance on Vegas PBS’ program “Nevada Week in Review.”
“What we’ve done with Obamacare is have a step in the right direction, but we’re far from having something that’s going to work forever,” Reid said.
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Why is anybody in the Media still talking to Dirty Harry? Who cares what he says? He was one of the nastiest politicians ever.
Ryan is eager to hang Obamacare around Trump’s neck just in time for it to collapse at re-election time.
Yes, Trump is doomed #1,236.
Any small “fix” and Trump will own it. Let the whole thing implode!
The comment is from 2013, in a rare moment of candor from Reid.
To the “if he changes it he owns it crowd” do you really think the media will give him a pass if the system collapses and he does nothing?
He could be giving Ryan enough rope to hang himself.
There was an article in the Boston Globe speculating that Trump is playing Ryan.
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