How Trump blew it on health care
By Jennifer Rubin March 8 at 9:15 AM
Until Tuesday, President Trump and Stephen K. Bannon did a good job of keeping their base happy. They threw out red meat on immigration, ruthlessly attacked the press, cooked up an anti-Barack Obama conspiracy (to replace the birther conspiracy) and continued to talk tough on trade. If his actions and rhetoric horrified all Democrats, most independents, some thinking Republicans and the press, he did not care. Keep the base happy, stick to the nativist, protectionist Bannon hymnal.
Then on Tuesday Trump embraced the GOP health-care bill, which will keep or even expand the administrative state and which has been vilified by conservatives. He tweeted, Our wonderful new Healthcare Bill is now out for review and negotiation. ObamaCare is a complete and total disaster is imploding fast! Trump also said after a meeting with members, Were going to do something thats great. And I am proud to support the replacement plan released by the House of Representatives.
Now, whatever you think of the merits, it wont pass as currently designed. Moreover, it is especially harmful to Trumps lower-income, older Rust Belt supporters.
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NBachers
(17,135 posts)raging moderate
(4,308 posts)That is all they care about. The world just seems to them to be getting worse and worse, with a sudden increase in gays, abortion, and women in pants, and brown people in funny clothing. And clueless godless Liberals pushing to destroy their sacred way of life.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)homes.
And, believe me, there will be no elder care, care-giver care or help built into any of the repugs plans.
Tikki
rock
(13,218 posts)He's good at blowing ... whatever.