Posted on 07/20/2017 6:24:22 AM PDT by pgkdan
For seven years the Republican Party has promised to repeal Obamacare. For seven years it campaigned for our votes and our support with that promise. And yet, even though it controls Congress and the White House, Obamacare is still the law of the land.
As it now stands, the Senate does not have the votes to rid the nation of the scourge to our health care system known as Obamacare.
The question is, why?
Are the liberal Republicans who control the Senate liars, backstabbers or just incompetent?
“Many conservatives are justifiably frustrated with the obstinance of their more liberal colleagues, but both wings of the Republican Party must continue working toward their longstanding promise of repealing and replacing Obamacare,” Heritage Action said in a statement.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) delivered a stern warning to his fellow Republicans Tuesday on my nationally syndicated talk show.
“If we do not repeal the Affordable Care Act after campaigning on it for seven years, the American people will find someone else to represent them — and they should,” Meadows told me.
“It is incumbent on us to get things done. The people back home, they don’t understand why we didn’t have a bill on the president’s desk by January 20th. And quite frankly, neither do I,” he said.
Meadows said President Trump is not to blame for the inaction on Obamacare.
“It’s not the president’s fault. The president is all in on this,” he said. “A lot of Republicans forgot what they promised to the American people. We’ve got to remember those campaign promises.”
So who is to blame?
“The disconnect is when we allow those in the upper chamber to put forth legislation that would be supported primarily by those in the opposite party,” he said. “Given the choice between a Republican who votes like a Democrat and a Democrat who votes like a Democrat, the American people will pick the one who votes their own constituency every time.”
That’s a diplomatic way of saying Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is obstructing President Trump’s agenda.
“This administration is growing weary of no results,” Meadows said. “I’m growing weary of no results. If this leader is not willing to change the rules — if there’s another leader willing to do that — I’m supportive of that.”
In other words, if the Republican leadership will not advance President Trump’s agenda, then it’s time for some new Republican leadership. And if they fail to make those changes, the Republicans may very well be the minority party in 2018.
Prepare to clean the House and Senate.
All the more reason to put it on record. I don’t really understand this cowardice of not putting bills to a vote even if you know they will fail, put everything on record.
I agree 100%.
2018 will be house cleaning time...primary RINOs...3rd party endorsements, too...A Trump Party...
Yep
What’s not to understand? They don’t want to go on record because they plan on running on repealing Obamacare again, saying they would have voted for it if given the chance. And yes, they do think we’re that stupid.
These three terms are not mutually exclusive.
Undocumented democrats describes all of the Never Trumpsters and a large % of our Congressional Rinos.
Primaries coming up pretty soon .......time to find a real group of conservatives to replace those three POS polidiots . As well as many others in both political parties ....
POS polidiots and mediots!
I’ve called em Presstitutes and Polidiots ....... Canceled all my media subscriptions and sat TV so I don’t get busted for soliciting media whores......
Well..... Duh.
There should have been an ‘all of the above’ choice.
Nehlen lost big last time. Let’s get some new blood. Paranoia says that Nehlen is there to take a dive.
The Framers bequeathed Article V for this very situation, a government that recognizes no limits.
Even a regular exchange of politicians, sending new ones to corrupt institutions merely guarantees a new batch of corrupt politicians.
Elections alone cannot restore free government. It is long past time to get out of the rut, the emotional prison of the Uniparty system.
Article V.
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