Trump Backtracks: Actually I 'Didn't Want To Take A Vote' On O'Care Repeal

[kstewart33]

Source: Talking Points Memo

President Donald Trump said in an interview published Sunday that he "didn't want to take a vote" on the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, despite demanding one less than 24 hours before the legislation was pulled.

"You know that we didn’t take a vote," Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times. "I didn’t want to take a vote. It was my idea. I said why should I take a vote."

Less than 24 hours before Republicans choked and pulled the bill, unable to muster the votes for its passage amid defections from both moderate and conservative members, Trump pushed for the legislation to go to the floor anyway.

"Yeah, I don’t lose. I don’t like to lose," Trump told the Financial Times. "But that wasn’t a definitive day. They are negotiating as we speak. I don’t know if you know. They are negotiating right now. There was no reason to take a vote."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-backtracks-obamacare-repeal-vote-tweets

[IdiotsforPalin]

1. Yeah.....and I want a

unicorn that farts glitter.........

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. He lies. Not a "backtrack". He lies. . . . nt

[MontanaMama]

4. It's pathological.

Calling it any less than a blatant lie is a disservice to all concerned.

[NastyRiffraff]

3. Lying again

Why should we be surprised? I guess the NY Times misquoted him:

Mr. Trump, who has touted his negotiating skills and invited the label “the closer” as the vote approached, was receiving a painful reality check about the difficulty of governing, even with his own party in power on Capitol Hill.

“Guys, we’ve got one shot here,” he told members of the Freedom Caucus at a meeting in the Cabinet Room, according to a person present in the room who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the meeting was private. “This is it — we’re voting now.”
NY Times

I guess "we're voting now" is supposed to be the same thing as "I didn't want to take a vote."

[OnDoutside]

6. That was just a tactic, taken from his book "The Art of Negotiating Badly".

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. serial liar. habitual liar. Lying liar tells nothing but lies.

[dalton99a]

7. Another blatantly provable lie

[Leghorn21]

8. First, he says Pelosi and Schumer "own" this, and it's all Dems fault. The next day or so,

he hosts some dinner, says, we're all gonna work together now, right Chuck, and gives Schumer the creepiest smile ever witnessed in human history. A day or two later, he's blaming Dems and the Freedum Caucus for the death of the bill.

So now - what's that you say? Oh, he didn't want a vote, okay. And now there's negotiating, as I write this. Okay.

"Yeah, I don't lose." Well - okay.

arrgghh

[Warpy]

9. Hey, Fatso, you were on the blower into the wee hours forcing that vote

because you wanted to poke one of your little fingers into Obama's eyes by repealing it on the anniversary of its passage.

Your "negotiations" had seven long years to come up with something else, better or not. They didn't. They won't now, either. They have no ideas, they are out of them, and it's beginning to show rather badly. They can't expect any help from you, either, because you're obviously not up to the job.

[Crash2Parties]

10. Translation: "I have no idea how our government works. Thought I could just declare ACA dead."

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Is it 25th Amendment time yet?

[IronLionZion]

12. April Fools!

I was hoping he'd resign and say his whole presidency was an elaborate joke on the world.

[thesquanderer]

13. President PeeWee "I meant to do that"

[pangaia]

14. He doesn't know he lies. He is insane.

in·sane
inˈsān/
adjective
1.
in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.

[Blue Idaho]

15. Not content with failure

This asswipe insists on making a fool of himself.

[davekriss]

16. Trump just makes stuff up as he goes along

[Arkansas Granny]

17. You have to wonder sometimes if he really remembers what he said before or

does he think we won't remember.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

19. I think it's

A bunch of both.

[onlyadream]

18. It was all to redirect the conversation

From Russia to the health bill. That's all. It worked to some extent, but Russia is too important and there's too many red flags to tamper the conversation for long.

[Aristus]

20. It's a good thing you weren't able to get a hold of those grapes, Donny.

They were probably pretty sour...

[oberliner]

21. I didn't actually want those grapes

They were sour anyway.

[Solly Mack]

22. Does he think people don't have memories?

Or that some people are gullible enough to believe one lie that contradicts a previous lie that contradicts still another lie?

Oh, wait. My bad. Trump voters.

DOH!

[red dog 1]

23. "Here's A Running List Of President Trump's Lies And Other Bullshit"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016182562

[Honeycombe8]

24. Governing is not winning or losing. It's making advances for the people...

which sometimes involves compromise.

[Mr. Ected]

25. As long as his 30% base buys into everything he utters

He can feed them turds, call it baklava, and they'd be begging for more.

[noneof_theabove]

26. Typical of the 3-D Repukes

Heard the 3-D today but missed all the words
got Deflect / Deny / ....... pick one there are many

Desparage
Denagade

[ColemanMaskell]

34. deflect, divert and distract might be what you're referencing

http://billmoyers.com/story/the-trump-resistance-plan-step-one/

The Trump Resistance Plan: Step 1 – Understanding the Three D’s
The first step to resisting President-elect Trump is understanding how he and Kellyanne Conway deploy their “Three Ds” strategy: deflect, divert and distract.

BY STEVEN HARPER | JANUARY 18, 2017

[warmfeet]

27. What a sad and sorry excuse

for a human being, let alone for a president of the United States.

[sprinkleeninow]

30. Gigantically unwell. Claims he's a (c)loser. eom

[JBoy]

28. So, it's not the Dems fault. It's now his fault?

Fucking guy.

[BainsBane]

29. How pathetically inept can he get?

He's making it easy for Republicans on the Hill to vote against him.

[WinkyDink]

31. He's losing it.

[briv1016]

32. Wasn't he quoted as saying he was willing to sign ANY repeal bill?

He "just wanted a signing ceremony."

[Recursion]

33. Rookie mistake. Don't show your hand after folding.

Wow. That's actually kind of shocking to me. Rookie mistake.

[sakabatou]

35. I really wish the media was more forward

No more backtracks, mispokes nor mistakes. TRUMP LIES!

[MrScorpio]

36. How can anyone make heads or tails of what he's saying at any given time?

Perhaps his fans follow him because he's never coherent, that way they can put whatever words in his mouth that they'd like.