Posted on 03/24/2017 1:41:29 PM PDT by drewh
Bannon Tells Trump: ‘Keep a Sh*t List’ of Republicans Who Opposed You
Trumpcare is in trouble and if it fails, Steve Bannon has pledged to remember who defied the White House.
If TrumpCare dies, the White House won’t forget who killed it — and plans on keeping a “sh*t list” of Republicans who stood in their way.
According to multiple Trump administration officials speaking to The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity to talk freely, the president is angry that his first big legislative push is crumbling before his eyes—and his chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon is advising him to take names and keep a hit list of Republicans who worked for Trumpcare’s defeat.
“[Bannon] has told the president to keep a sh*t list on this,” one official told The Daily Beast. “He wants a running tally of [the Republicans] who want to sink this…Not sure if I’d call it an ‘enemies list,’ per se, but I wouldn’t want to be on it.”
One aide described it as a proposed “sh*t list” for Republicans not sufficiently loyal. Courses of action stemming from any related tally is yet to be determined, but the idea and message is that “we’ll remember you.”
Two senior Trump administration officials with direct knowledge of the process told The Daily Beast that Bannon and Trump have taken a “you’re either with us or against us” approach at this point, and that Bannon wants the tally of “against” versus “with us” mounted in his so-called West Wing “war room.”
“Burn the boats,” Bannon (in his typical, pugnacious style) advised Trump, according to one official involved. Burning one’s boats is a reference to when military commanders in hostile territories order his or her troops to destroy their own ships, so that they have to win or die trying.
Sources also said that others including Mick Mulvaney, Trump's director of the Office of Management and Budget and co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, endorsed the idea of the running list, and that Trump agreed with the idea.
Emails to the White House and Bannon seeking comment were not immediately returned.
Freedom Caucus members, of course, are no strangers to barely-veiled threats from Trumpworld, and have remained undeterred this week by earlier attempts. On Tuesday, when Trump made his high-profile visit to Capitol Hill to try to rally Republicans to get behind his and Ryan’s plan, Trump specifically called out Rep. Mark Meadows, chairman of the Freedom Caucus, several times. According to those in the room, the president made it clear that he expected Meadows’ vote and support when push comes to shove. (As of Friday late morning, Meadows is saying he’s not budging yet.)
“Mark, I’m coming after you,” Trump said, only half-jokingly, on Tuesday.
Freedom Caucus aides said they were similarly unperturbed on Friday. One simply responded to The Daily Beast’s question regarding potentially getting on Trump and Bannon’s “sh*t list” with one word: “Meh.”
“From day 1 in this fight, conservatives have been far more focused on keeping their promises and doing what’s best for their constituents versus any hypothetical political challenges,” another conservative congressional aide said. “That remains unchanged.”
Republican House members jumping ship on the AHCA, both in the hardline-right and so-called “moderate” camps, are hardly alone in their buyer’s remorse. On Thursday night, The New York Times reported that Trump himself has told four people close to him that he regrets going along with Speaker Ryan’s plan.
Bannon, for his part, is hardly pleased with the bill as it stands. According to Trump administration officials, Bannon himself hates the current AHCA—“he thinks it’s a piece of shit…and he told me as such,” one source described bluntly. “But, I mean, he's not going against [the president].”
If Trumpcare/Ryancare goes down in flames, a great share of the blame will inevitably be shoveled onto Speaker Ryan and House GOP leadership—a Republican leadership that just two short years ago Bannon was calling out as “all cunts.”
all RINO’s everwhere are the enemy. the worst kind...
“and let the market fill the void.”
We don’t have a free market in the healthcare sector. We have a cartel of thieving hospital administrators, greedy quacks and gangs of shyster lawyers to protect them from free market reforms.
Until people know what it costs for healthcare - to the penny - in order to make informed healthcare decisions, the theft and chaos will continue.
As far as I’m concerned, every hospital should be required to fly the Jolly Rogers skull and bone flag at the entrance to these shyster/quack hospitals, until proven otherwise.
Ok. Thx
“Become a Democrat then.”
Nope...I’m happy right where I am...somebody has to save the country from the Socialists and the Freedom Caucus and their unrealistic goals.
Here’s a few facts for you: As much as I would like to...
We will never completely get government out of health care
We will never completely get all the illegal aliens out of the country
We will never completely stop illegal drugs into the country
We will never completely overturn Roe v Wade
The longer you fight battles with unrealistic goals and results the more days like today you will see.
If you have already surrendered on all those fronts, what are you saving?
“Become a Democrat then”
BTW...you don’t own the Republican Party and you don’t get to tell other people what to think and how to represent themselves. The sooner you understand that, the happier you will be :)
I hope this is true and not more fake news. Quislings must be dealt with.
I was thinking you might be happier as a Democrat since you want to keep illegal aliens, government control of healthcare, abortion, etc.
“If you have already surrendered on all those fronts, what are you saving?”
Here’s a dirty little secret for you Lurkinanloomin, if, over next 2 years, you removed all 11 million illegal aliens from the country, you would send the US into a recession. And don’t think Trump doesn’t know this.
Here’s another one...Bannon is not the soulmate of the Freedom Caucus ... for example: he would much rather use much of the money we spend overseas on providing a healthcare safety net for low income Americans (not illegals, but citizens)
You could be right. I don’t know about him in this position.
As I said, he wouldn’t have been my pick. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he was Ryan’s inside man.
“I was thinking you might be happier as a Democrat since you want to keep illegal aliens, government control of healthcare, abortion, etc.”
Typical left winger and ultra right winger answer...twist everything I said 180 degrees to fit your foolish and lazy answer.
I’m retired so I’m on Medicare.
Here’s a few facts for you: As much as I would like to...
We will never completely get government out of health care
We will never completely get all the illegal aliens out of the country
We will never completely stop illegal drugs into the country
We will never completely overturn Roe v Wade
The longer you fight battles with unrealistic goals and results the more days like today you will see.
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You said it.
I’m retired so I’m on Medicare.
I’ve also purchase a Plan F policy.
I have signed up for Part D as well.
LOL
You guys are a riot.
“You said it.”
What part of “As much as I would like to” don’t you understand??? I’m speaking in English..having trouble with that?
Seems so.
“I’m retired so I’m on Medicare”
So is my wife and me...isn’t Medicare a government run healthcare plan?
As much as you would like to, but are not willing to fight for it is surrender.
“As much as you would like to, but are not willing to fight for it is surrender.”
Spare me the war narratives, ok? What battles have you fought lately? I was behind Trump from day one and still am 100%...which is more the I can say for many people here.
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