{"id":502,"date":"2017-03-24T18:27:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T23:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=502"},"modified":"2017-03-24T18:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T23:27:41","slug":"trump-and-ryan-fail-to-pass-repeal-and-replace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/502","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Ryan Fail To Pass Repeal and Replace…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ACA remains the law for the foreseeable future. Speaker Paul Ryan’s bill did not have the votes to pass, primarily due to the curmudgeon conservatives that felt the bill did not go far enough to hurt the less fortunate.<\/p>\n

In spite\u00a0of Mr. Art of the\u00a0Trump’s arm twisting and threats that members who failed to support the bill would lose their seats in 2018 Ryan couldn’t muster the votes. Realizing his failure<\/em> <\/strong>Trump told the Speaker to pull the bill keeping in character blamed democrats for it failing.<\/p>\n

Trump further said democrats would come to him when\u00a0the ACA\u00a0explodes. Presumably on their knees.<\/p>\n

ABC<\/strong> <\/a>– House Republican leaders decided to pull their Obamacare replacement bill at the last minute at the request of President Donald Trump — capping a rocky series of weeks since the controversial measure was introduced and an order from the president for legislators to put their cards on the table today.<\/p>\n

A GOP aide tells ABC News that Trump called Speaker of the House Paul Ryan at 3 p.m. to tell him to pull the bill. The next House votes are scheduled for Monday, so no further votes are expected in the House for the day or the week.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got to do better and we will,” Ryan said at a hastily arranged press conference this afternoon. “This is a setback no two ways about it,” but GOP leadership is emerging from the day “motivated to step up our game and deliver our promises.”<\/p>\n

Ryan said they pulled the bill because they couldn’t get enough “yes” votes for the bill to succeed on the floor. He said “I’m really proud of the bill we produced,” but later in his speech called it a “fundamentally flawed” piece of legislation.<\/p>\n

“Obamacare is the law of the land,” Ryan said. It’s going to remain the law of the land until it’s replaced… And, so, yeah, we’re going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.”<\/p>\n

The Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, has been in effect since President Obama signed it in 2010. Republicans have vowed to get rid of the bill since then.<\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called today’s developments a “victory for the American people.”<\/p>\n

Trump blamed the failure on the Democrats, and said in a press conference that they will come to him when Obamacare “explodes.”<\/p>\n

“It’s imploding and soon will explode and it’s not going to be pretty,” Trump said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This failure was a good thing for the American people, especially the 24 million that would have lost health coverage.<\/p>\n

Trump failed to guide his party to finding a workable replacement for the ACA that would\u00a0ensure everyone would have heath insurance coverage. His promise\u00a0that everyone\u00a0would be covered was a lie and he knew it at the time he said it.<\/p>\n

Trump’s credibility just keeps sinking lower and lower. So does the respect people have for him. If they ever had any to begin with.<\/p>\n

Continue reading BENEATG THE FOLD<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ACA remains the law for the foreseeable future. Speaker Paul Ryan’s bill did not have the votes to pass, primarily due to the curmudgeon conservatives that felt the bill did not go far enough to hurt the less fortunate. In spite\u00a0of Mr. Art of the\u00a0Trump’s arm twisting and threats that members who failed to … Continue reading Trump and Ryan Fail To Pass Repeal and Replace…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-healthcare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-86","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":516,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/516","url_meta":{"origin":502,"position":0},"title":"Trump Surrogate Judge Jeanine Pirro Wants Ryan To Go…","author":"Les","date":"March 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Judge Jeanine Pirro, another Trump surrogate blasted Speaker Ryan on her Justice With Judge Jeanine show. 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