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Ryan foresees 'bloodbath' if GOP fails to pass healthcare legislation
The Hill ^ | March 12, 2017 | Mallory Shelbourne

Posted on 03/12/2017 9:00:13 AM PDT by yoe

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday said he agrees with President Trump that 2018 will be a "bloodbath" for Republicans if Congress does not pass legislation repealing and replacing ObamaCare.

“I do believe that if we don't keep our word to the people who sent us here, yeah,” Ryan told CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” when asked if he agreed with Trump’s reported comments about the 2018 midterm elections.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: healthcare; obamatrumpcare; ryan; therewillbeblood; trump; trumpcare; trumpsaidthat
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

And I’m increasingly convinced that Ryan gave Trump a private threat: ‘If you want tax cuts, you best do your darnest to sell my healthcare bill.’

Probably an implied threat, but that’s what I think is going on.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This is my conclusion also.This is Trump’s first real test. Is he for the people or NOT?


161 posted on 03/13/2017 11:30:13 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: yoe

There will definitely be a bloodbath if they pass Ryancare. Trump better wake the hell up and remember what we sent him to the White House for: complete repeal of Obamacare. No repeal and replace, just REPEAL.


162 posted on 03/13/2017 12:02:44 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: yoe

So, at some point, DJT must inform the legislature regarding the definition of REPEAL!

NOT simply “replace”.


163 posted on 03/13/2017 12:49:16 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Sasparilla

re a Bloodbath. As Dracula once said, “What’s wrong with that”?


164 posted on 03/13/2017 11:10:27 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

He is Boehner’s boy—Boehner still supping at the trough and drinking it too, more golf with the across the aisle crowd. And the real US People? Forget them.

Ryan is a weasel, and it is apparent he is playing a game- poorly. The Establishment, left and right— pays well and all these jacka@@es know this, and that is what they are doing.


165 posted on 03/14/2017 10:30:20 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: ZULU

Ryan-— the new millenial Bob Michel minority whiner who can continue to fake out people, he thinks and keep in his “place” and stay friends with the utterly destroyed minority party. This is who he his, as well as a stooge of the insurance geeks industry of toll collectors and liars who NEVER pay up lifetime coverages.


166 posted on 03/14/2017 10:33:50 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Ryan sets the schedule this year — tax cuts are next on the House docket. If Trump fails to jump through his hoops, then Ryan will try to sabotage tax cuts.


It's not like DJT to leave himself vulnerable or dependent upon the persuasiveness of House Speaker Paul Ryan, so I've been thinking all along that POTUS must be holding his own Plan B in his pocket in the event that his bowling parties with GOP senators and public events like the planned one in Tennessee this week do not give him the results he seeks.

President Trump knows that Tax Cuts are a must for this year!


167 posted on 03/14/2017 2:17:12 PM PDT by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY! JOIN Club 300!)
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To: DoughtyOne

You provide very interesting perspectives on this thread, D1.

I keep envisioning where we would be without lawyers in the mix. In that case, neighborhood GPs could take care of their neighbors, in many cases, like in the old days. They could dispense medicines according to practical considerations including costs, and, of course, THE PLACEBO EFFECT IS REAL ... meaning that a lot of medicine is the personal trust and involvement.

Or at least that used to be the case.

I think we must all understand here, that as long as the government is involved, costs will continue to expand to soak up every dollar and more, no matter what the taxpayers provide.

Socialism is a bottomless pit.


168 posted on 03/14/2017 9:09:48 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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To: onyx

I don’t want to speculate too much on what Trump might be doing in a public post because some wacko reporters assumed I was GW Bush while others assumed I was Rush Limbaugh, but I’ll say this publicly — you’re a smart cookie.

And if Trump were working on amendments or his own plan — he would:

1. Try not to ruffle Ryan’s feathers — wait until the guy fully realizes he blew it.

2. Get DOJ lawyers working their tails off.

3. A listening campaign with disgruntled conservatives [with intel quietly passed on to DOJ lawyers.]

Don’t forget — Trump didn’t have his Attorney General until recently, and it was only last weekend when Sessions cleaned house. Without the DOJ, you can’t overhaul such massive legislation.


169 posted on 03/15/2017 5:41:09 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Progressive Trickle Up policy: reward cronies, punish everyone else. 'Stimulus' shell game.)
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To: Disestablishmentarian

As for health care, I agree that the federal government should stay as far away from it as it possibly can.

When it comes to a national policy on drug approvals, we need a national entity to run the approval process.

That does not necessarily have to be a government program.

An industry group might run that process well, but then you’d have the pharmaceutical folks pretty much running the show.

A commission or some such, would be made up of industry insiders. In a way that makes sense, because they understand the dynamics of bringing new drugs to market.

If you bring on people from the other public sector, you run the risk of getting Leftists involved. Of course that’s the same problem with the government oversight too.

People trash the FDA, and at times for good cause too.

I’m not sure what the resolution to this is. Getting it out of the government’s hands could be a better way to go.

If there’s a way to screw this up though, the Left will be sure to be there to help.


170 posted on 03/15/2017 1:07:16 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: Disestablishmentarian

Thanks for the mention of the interesting perspectives.


171 posted on 03/15/2017 1:07:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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