With the realization that the Unaffordable Care Act is quickly sucking the life out of America, both President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have come to the conclusion that without support in the Senate for a Repeal & Replace method, the best way to proceed is now a full-out Repeal of Obamacare.
In a press conference recently, House Speaker Paul Ryan had some very effective statistics on the Obamacare disaster, ones that don’t normally come to light in the night Fake News Industrial Complex. Which really goes to show how one-sided this argument has been for decades. Listen to Ryan’s comments in this 1:49 clip:
Trump realized that the McCains, the Grahams, and the Murkowskis were not going to stand up for the American people and what was right, but rather were going to bow to the Leftist purveyors of fake news, consistently worried about their image with the Lefties. He tweeted his thoughts:
We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans. Most Republicans were loyal, terrific & worked really hard. We will return!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2017
As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2017
Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC), who heads the Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives, spoke out in support of the straight-out Repeal of the Unaffordable Care Act.
House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) is joining with President Donald J. Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in pushing for Congress to send a clean repeal of Obamacare to President Trump’s desk now, and work on the replacement later.
Meadows, who is making the call in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, joins them as both Trump and McConnell called for clean repeal of Obamacare to go to Trump now and a replacement later after the Senate health bill failed late Monday. When Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Mike Lee (R-UT) came out against the bill—joining Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Susan Collins (R-ME)—Trump and McConnell called for clean repeal of Obamacare now then a bipartisan replacement plan later.
Vice President Mike Pence in addressing the National Retail Federation (NRF) also addressed the Repeal effort, quoting from Trump’s own tweets in order to get across his own personal message that Obamacare was no longer going to be propped up with funding that resembled dirty bandages and sagging band-aids.
For his part, Trump believes that if we Repeal the act, the Democrats will come around to the table in order to be involved in a solution. I think he’s being a bit too enthusiastic. I don’t believe that Democrats will work with Trump or the Republicans even if the lives of Americans depended on it (and they do).
Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2017
Despite having said before this was not his preferred path.And as ABC reports, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called for a vote to repeal Obamacare with a two-year delay.
“Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful,” McConnell said in a statement.
McConnell said that “in the coming days,” the Senate would vote on “a repeal of Obamacare with a two-year delay to provide for a stable transition period to a patient-centered health care system that gives Americans access to quality, affordable care.”
The lack of support from within his own party left the majority leader with few options to make good on what has been a top Republican priority since the law was passed in 2010.
Conservatives, obviously, are in support of this move, as The Hill reports…“Clean repeal now!” tweeted Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
“Time for full repeal of #Obamacare–let’s put the same thing on President Trump’s desk that we put on President Obama’s desk,” added Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
Then there’s the laid-up McCain who is getting cozy with his more comfortable surroundings…not a hospital bed (even though that’s where he was tweeting from). His more comfortable surroundings are speaking from a Leftist point-of-view. This guy can talk all he wants about bipartisanship in a country where the Unaffordable Healthcare Act is wreaking havoc on Americans, while he himself benefits from the Cadillac healthcare plan that’s taking very good care of him and his family.
In contrast, other Republicans called for working with Democrats on a new plan.
“The Congress must now return to regular order, hold hearings, receive input from members of both parties, and heed the recommendations of our nation’s governors so that we can produce a bill that finally provides Americans with access to quality and affordable health care,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in a statement… from his hospital bed?
Some Republicans have raised the idea of a bipartisan bill to stabilize ObamaCare markets, which could include funding for key payments to insurers known as cost-sharing reductions, as well as possibly funding to bring down premiums for high-cost enrollees, known as “reinsurance.”
But conservative Republicans, including No. 2 Senate Republican John Cornyn (Texas), have objected to the idea of a stabilization bill as simply throwing more money at the health law.
Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) put forward a third approach on Monday night, touting a bill he recently proposed with Cassidy to give states a chunk of money and let them decide whether to keep much of ObamaCare or try something new.
That approach has been attacked from both the left and right.
No kidding. When McCain and Graham finally decide to quit and stop wasting Americans’ time in putting this trash forward, perhaps we’ll be able to celebrate that, while they’re still continuing to draw millions from our coffers, at least they’ll be retired and we won’t have to listen to their useless RINO babble anymore.
Repeal it McConnell! Do you job or we Kentuckians will replace you!
I love how you didn’t mention it would cost every working American about half his/her salary in federal taxes. But good try. 50% tax rate like Canada. Plus, name one program our government runs that doesn’t have enormous amounts of wasteful spending or isn’t riddled with fraud? I’ll wait.
Chalk N Wesley Roland-Campbell maybe you should re-read my post , i know you republican voters are not the brightest light bulb just look at the idiot you have in the White House and BTW Canada doesn’t pay 50% taxes you fucking idiot
Lowlife$#%&!@*heads on parade
Bob that is dumber than a pile of s**t