Freedom Caucus Loses Member Amid Trump Recriminations for Health Care Failure

[TexasBushwhacker]

Source: Slate

At least one member of the House Freedom Caucus seems to agree with President Donald Trump that the conservative coalition was at least partly responsible for the embarrassing failure of Trumpcare. Rep. Ted Poe of Texas publicly stepped down from the House Freedom Caucus on Sunday with words that were likely music to the president’s ears.
"In order to deliver on the conservative agenda we have promised the American people for eight years, we must come together to find solutions to move this country forward," Poe said in a statement. "Saying no is easy, leading is hard, but that is what we were elected to do. Leaving this caucus will allow me to be a more effective member of Congress and advocate for the people of Texas. It is time to lead."

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/26/rep_ted_poe_leaves_freedom_caucus_amid_trump_recriminations_for_health_care.html

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Ted Poe has been battling leukemia, so perhaps he's developed some compassion.

[riversedge]

1. Stress-like belonging to the controversial Freedom Caucus has got to wear on anyone one and

someone battling cancer should not have that kind of stress (self imposed). Wise choice to step aside.

[progree]

2. Nice wording, but I'd change one word and change a bit of capitalization, add some punctuation ....

"In order to deliver on the conservative agenda we have promised the American people for eight years, we must come together to find solutions to move this country forward,"

Corrected version:

"In order to deliver on the CONservative agenda we have promised the American people for eight years, we must come together to find [font color = red]" [/font]solutions[font color = red] "[/font] to move this country backward,"

[PDittie]

3. Ted Poe sucks

in or out of the Freedumb Caucus.

[coco22]

6. Correct..

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. He's my rep unfortunately n/t

[Hortensis]

11. Long list of "controversies" in Wickipedia, all of

which, of course, should strike him permanently from consideration as a representative. Typical hard-right dependence on scurrilous lies and phony scandals to fool voters into screwing themselves.

[Honeycombe8]

4. Compassion? No. Fear? Yes. He's scared of Trump and Bannon.

Bullying works. Trump is a vengeful person who tries to ruin careers. Poe wouldn't have compassion, unless he were at risk of losing his insurance, which he isn't. His district was gerrymandered to be solidly Republican, voting for Bush both times, and for McCain against Obama. His constituents aren't asking him to be compassionate. They want him to cut taxes for the wealthy. They have health care, so they don't want to fund health care for others.

[central scrutinizer]

5. Fuck him

"I tried to completely destroy the social safety net but I now think that was too much to hope for so I will settle for tearing as many holes in it as I can."

[LakeArenal]

7. Even if he's deserting a sinking ship...

He's still a rat deserting a sinking ship...

[NewRedDawn]

8. FUCK HIM!

Let him Die! Like the 24 million of his fellow countryman who's lives did not matter to these Putin Publican vermin.

[J_William_Ryan]

9. The American people

don't support the conservative agenda; a failed, wrongheaded agenda of fear, bigotry, and hate.