[Right-wing Librarian]

My husband just replayed this from the link on YouTube.

The mandate Mr.Trump is talking about is mandating INSURANCE COMPANIES, to ensure they accept people with pre-existing conditions.

To hear what was actually said, replay this clip from 19:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag5VucakQq4

[OldSaltUSN]

Wrong. Cooper asked about the universal mandated, and HE connected it to a question inferred of how, if there is no universal mandate guaranteeing that everyone is covered, would pre-existing conditions be covered.

Trumps response was to deflect the question about pre-existing coverage by disputing Coopers premise, i.e. he's actually for the universal mandate.

Then he went off into some campaign blather about large crowds, as he normally does when pinned down about specifics.

Check the transcripts.

"Repealed and there's no mandate for everybody to have insurance" - Cooper is talking about the universal mandate for everyone to buy coverage.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

To hear what was actually said, replay this clip from 19:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag5VucakQq4?

Doesn't help.

CNN: "If Obamacare is repealed and there's no incentive for everyone to have insurance why would insurance companies provide insurance for people with pre-existing conditions?"

Trump: "Well, I like the mandate."

THE mandate.

Period.

End of story.

The context changes NOTHING.