Trump threatens GOP: Back health bill or get primaried

Washington Examiner ^ | March 10, 2017 | David M. Drucker

[stockpirate]

Levin said theycan repeal Obamacre that they are misleading us.

I say we primary anyone who votes for this pig

[Girlene]

He’s getting poor advice. He will regret this.

[Rainier1789]

Obamacare, Trump, and the eGOP start with fallacy that “insurance” is supposed to cover pre-existing conditions.

It’s time to educate people about the meaning of insurance, sell insurance across state lines, make the true healthcare costs more transparent and competitive, stop mandating coverage of e.g. contraception and elective surgery for transsexuals, and reform malpractice lawsuit abuse.

[DanZ]

This will play out. I’ll be watching. Some folks are going to be upset, whichever way it goes.

Obamacare passed - Some folks were upset - Oh. Well.

The question for you - G'ment run health care - is this something you are looking forward to?

Or will you just be watching?

[Owen]

I don’t think you guys understand Trump.

Trump is not a conservative. He’s a populist. Of all the people in the US he wants to make happy, it ain’t ruby red Texas. Or ruby red Alabama.

It’s just barely pink Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

THOSE people don’t care all that much about the horror of government in healthcare. They DO care that their premiums went up. They don’t care about this supposed imperative of pure conservatism that lets insurance companies exclude pre-ex conditions. They DO care about that and don’t want that. They aren’t hard core conservatives. They are just people who’ve been screwed.

So there ain’t gonna be some philosophical ooooh I must be conservative plan that doesn’t have some premium subsidy in it. Or some prohibition of excluding pre-ex conditions. The voters that he flipped don’t want that purity.

Trump is not a conservative. He’s a populist. You all knew this all along. He spared you from Hillary. It’s time to thank him.

[DoughtyOne]

Well DanZ, if you give it some thought perhaps you can figure that our for yourself.

[Billyv]

Fake news. The RINOs will be primaried.

[DanZ]

Well DanZ, if you give it some thought perhaps you can figure that our for yourself.

I see that answering SIMPLE questions is not your thing - Maybe you just drank too muck of that cool-aid

[dadfly]

Trump attack the conservative wing of the gop for ryancare? alienate millions of conservatives who voted for him?

doesn’t make any sense, it’s incoherent and a stupid political strategy, given that d.c.’s knives are all out for him. but one thing he needs to do is to fire Dr. Price, he’s a gope, imo.

[wardaddy]

Trump is tin ear on this or getting bad advice

Yeah they might get primaried but not for what he thinks

[wardaddy]

Washington Examiner is not usually enemy press

[Alberta's Child]

THOSE people don’t care all that much about the horror of government in healthcare. They DO care that their premiums went up. They don’t care about this supposed imperative of pure conservatism that lets insurance companies exclude pre-ex conditions. They DO care about that and don’t want that. They aren’t hard core conservatives. They are just people who’ve been screwed.

That's fine, and I don't disagree with what you've posted here.

Here's the problem, though:

The RyanCare bill that has been released will not do a damn thing to FIX any of the things that are screwing these people.

[wardaddy]

I see freepers are going to be typical and go all Bush about Trump

In the Bush era it was verboten here to criticize him much and the Harper packs would get sicced on ya

(Is howlin still alive?)

If Trump is wrong then he’s frigging wrong

I don’t like this bill and people I do like don’t like it much either

[wardaddy]

24 posts before someone who knows their ass from their hat posts the truth

Thank you

[wardaddy]

Aria you’re smart

Washington examiner is a decent rag

And Trump is pushing this bill

Disappointing

His first fail

[wardaddy]

What’s this phases crap

It’s just a teaser

The republicans are liberals

Th democrats are leftists

End of story

What’s coming will make all things new like HE once said

But it’ll be like a Zetas warning video on liveleak

In the millions

We tried to stop it

I hope HE comes back first....it’d make sense before this cataclysm

[citizen]

It’s about time these guys got the facts. I get that they are committed but there are legislative realities to be dealth with. We voted for the president and it’s time to be a team player.

I don’t expect McConnell to attempt to blow up the senate rule re budget reconciliation. I don’t even know if the parliamentarian would rule to allow a rule change. Without a rule change there is no way to do what the Freedom Caucus is demanding.

I urge them to get right with the president. I side firmly with the president and advise to pass the current plan in the House. It will then be amended when it goes to the Senate for reconciliation and also, whatever finally passes can be improved in later bills over the rest of the president’s first term.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

You are dreaming this bill was written by K-street we will NEVER SEE phase 2&3 Trump will be a one term POTUS and LYIN RYAN will be GLOATING the BASTARD will have done what he PLANNED all along defeat Trump!!!

[mrsmith]

The bill isn’t final- Trump is negotiating with conservatives. He’ll give them some changes in the bill, and force the RINOs to go along.
Major changes don’t seem possible though.

[laplata]

“I don’t think you guys understand Trump.
Trump is not a conservative. He’s a populist”.

You are exactly right. Some people don’t realize that yet.