Why the Hell wouldnt Dems work with Trump?..

[busterbrown]

to fix the ACA? Once it’s fixed (Single Payer/Medicare type system), and tens of thousand lives would be turned around a month? It would only a matter of time until the Dems. procure all 3 branches of govt.
and Republican party would become an after thought for many years!

[dalton99a]

1. Trump is poison to everything he touches

And everything he touches turns to shit

[pnwmom]

2. No way would DT go along with a Single payer or Medicare system. n/t

[busterbrown]

3. Exactly and thats my point..

Dens ain’t gonna work with that idiot..

[WePurrsevere]

7. Actually it's 'possible' he might. Getting Republicans...

who just want to trash it, on board with it is much less likely.

Years ago, per one of his books, Trump was for single payer...
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jul/24/erick-erickson/conservative-columnist-trump-once-backed-single-pa/

In 2015 he restated that he was for universal healthcare...
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/conservative-with-a-heart#.qi2MJDXydp

'If' he's still for it, this 'may' be one area where Democrats could possibly work with him a bit.

[spanone]

4. trump wants them to help repeal it....he's delusional

republicans have no interest in fixing it.

[WePurrsevere]

5. To Republicans....

'Fix' doesn't mean to make it so that it works better for the majority. 'Fix' is a word they use when they want voters to think they actually care about them while doing their best to pull support, etc to help it implode. Basically when a Republican uses the word 'fix' it mostly means 'neuter'.

It's similar to how they've tried to 'fix' Social Security while cutting a lot of the funds that are needed to run it properly, etc.

[The Big Ragu]

6. The same way republicans worked with Obama?

[Scoopster]

8. No they wouldn't

Trump would get credit for any bill's passage, and the Dems would be giving it to him. Hell fucking no. I'd rather wait until after the impeachments and work with whoever comes next.

[Ms. Toad]

9. Because political game playing is more important to Democrats than saving people's lives.

I wish I didn't have to add:

But, unfortunately, there have been tons of threads here recently suggesting it literally. (Of course, they only post one side - no Democrat better be caught dead working with the Republicans, which makes the fact that they are willing to sacrifice my daughter's life for political game-playing more acceptable, I guess. In case you can't tell, I'm beyond my last nerve with people advocating putting political concerns first - without realizing, or caring about, the human consequences.)

[Wounded Bear]

10. As long as we are defending what good Dems support, I'm OK...

with "working with" the Repubs. But the bar has to be set.

1. No repeal

2. No loss in coverage or care

3. No PP cuts or reductions in women's health services

[Caliman73]

11. What does "working with Trump" look like to you?

I am curious because there are people that keep bringing up how Democratic law makers should work with Trump to "fix" Obamacare.

How do you see that going, given Trump's actions during the primary, post election, and with the reaction of the Republican party?

Democrats are the party of "government helping people" so we are naturally inclined to do what we can toward that end, but again what should we expect from the other side?

[0rganism]

12. Trump has the Fecal Touch

he is on track to become vastly unpopular and cost the GOP dearly in 2018
if i were a congressional Democrat, i would think very carefully before taking any position that could be construed as aligned with Trump, especially while operating from the minority
now is the time to take bold stances for a progressive agenda, not to waste effort conjuring up back-room deals with a known con-artist "president".