Posted on 03/28/2017 9:21:49 AM PDT by Coronal
President Donald Trump continued to nurse a grudge against the Freedom Caucus as he lashed out against the ultra-right wing of the Republican Party on Twitter Monday, while also promising cooperation from the Democrats on health care.
Earlier Monday, White House spokesman Sean Spicer suggested Trump might turn to members of the Democratic Party to overhaul Obamacare and the U.S. president seconded that notion on Twitter Monday night.
Trump said the Freedom Caucus of the GOP, known as a particularly right-wing segment of Republican lawmakers, snatched “defeat from the jaws of victory” after Trump-backed health care legislation was pulled off the table on Friday in an embarrassing moment for the party.
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But he trusts Ryan - proven liar and backstabber? My representative, Dave Brat, says that Trump did not meet FC’s demands at any stage; he merely offered to take a little crap off the crap sandwich.
I have supported Trump from the time he announced his candidacy and still do. However, he seems to have a fatal flaw - an inability to distinguish between friend and foe. I hope that I am wrong and that this is a one time slip.
What were their initial demands???
Note to Trump: The Democrats don’t have the votes in the House or the Senate. Wake up and quit biting the hands that put you in office.
What were their initial demands??? And what more did they ask for???
NYT is saying that Republicans are meeting behind closed doors to draft a compromise bill with the Freedom Caucus involved and the moderates in the GOP involved.
Great but they better work quick. The lazy bums in Congress are only working 12 days next month. POTUS wants to use some savings from Ryancare in his tax reform bill. This is all connected.
Hey onyx, how’s Louie the cutie pie he is!!! LYIN RYAN had this bill done with NO INPUT for anyone but his DONOR BUDDIES until he made it public!!! SHAMEFUL to air ALL the dirty laundry instead of negotiating with ALL factions of party BEFORE going public, he did a HUGE dis service to the party AND our POTUS!!! I think Trump is standing by LYIN RYAN because of Pence and Rience!!! Our POTUS needs to wake up RYAN is NOT on Trumps side!!!
If true, it was a childish, irresponsible stunt and the burn will last a long time.
Do we have a record of the negotiations or some reliable source?
It doesn't appear Poe actually said the FC moved the goal posts, but perhaps worse, the FC has not yet clearly denied it.
In any event, it appears Trump is needlessly burning an important bridge.
You are wise.
If the FC was so great, why did they nominate & re-nominate Ryan, a known neverTrumper and Obama fluffer?
If the FC was on the up and up, why wasn’t all this bullsh!t hashed out behind closed doors before it “EVER GOT TO THE POINT OF RYANCARE 2.0”? They had 6-7 years to get their crap together...
Notice none of these neo-jerk defenders of the ‘Ryan Caucus’ will answer that question.
Trump is extremely tone deaf to think conservatives are the problem. Wow. He got elected BY conservatives; not mushy moderates.
what the hell is he thinking?
that’s a bald faced lie.
Very well said.
I agree with you. This is how Trump operates.
The FC will either fall in line, fall apart, or become unneeded. Opposing him on his first legislative item has him interested in making a statement for the next 4 years about working together within the party.
While I admire nearly all of the members of the FC and I don’t necessarily love the Trump-Ryan bill, I completely understand what Trump is doing politically.
Basically, he’s lighting up their phones and putting pressure on them politically. I expect this will work, too. Trump could get most of these guys out in a primary with his sway now. Not saying it’s right, but this is not the minor leagues.
I don't know about Drudge, but I do know he's losing some of the people who put him in the White House.
The Freedom Caucus is one of the few groups who fight damaging liberal policies....from both Dem and Repubs.
Even a non-politician should understand it's really stupid to flame HFC when they may be the only ones willing to stop the "soft coup" in process, (aka Russia, Russia, Russia) that was pre-planned to get Trump impeached.
WRONG.
But hey, keep supporting Trump in trashing the only people who MIGHT come to his aid when Dems and Rinos try to impeach him over the pre-planned, fake Russia, Russia Russia propaganda.
“Sorry, not buying this BS Trump is calling a “beautiful thing!””
I noticed you avoided answering any of my questions. What’s the matter ...found yourself in a box!! Where’s your free market plan that will take care of all people that lost their employer based plans??
Tell me ...what happens 30 days after the Freedom Caucus repeals ObamaCare...what IS your plan??
Dave Brat’s phones are lit up with constituents thanking him.
If President Trump tries to primary my Congressman that I worked hard to elect to get rid of the weasel Eric Cantor, he will become my political opponent.
He also promised to lock her up. That ain't happening either.
“Dave Brat’s phones are lit up with constituents thanking him.”
I’m sure Brat’s district is as far to the right as Pelosi’s district is far to the left...doesn’t mean a damn thing that his phones are lit up.
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