Posted on 03/29/2017 8:18:36 AM PDT by xzins
The establishment media would like Americans to believe that after the implosion of the Ryancare bill there is an unbridgeable rift between conservatives and President Trump, but the facts are quite the opposite.
In our article “The Deal Breaker In #Ryancare” we reminded President Trump that in his book The Art of the Deal he offered the following advice about negotiation, “What you should never do is pay too much, even if that means walking away…”.
Priebus RyanYesterday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said at his daily briefing, President Trump sensed that he was going to end up with a “bad deal” if he kept making changes to the bill to repeal Obamacare, so he walked away.
“That's one of the traits,” said Spicer. “It's not just about making deals, it's knowing when to walk away from deals, knowing when there's a bad deal that's the only solution.”
The President “recognizes when there's a deal to be made,” Spicer said, and “when to walk away.”
“I think the president understood that while you can get a deal at the time, that sometimes a bad deal is worse than getting a deal,” Spicer told reporters.
“I think he smartly recognized that what was on the table was not in keeping with the vision that he had, and so he decided that this was not the time and that a deal was not on hand.”
Exactly.
What about those tweets attacking the Freedom Caucus and conservatives at the Heritage Foundation and the Club for Growth those still looking for a rift may say?
On Sunday, the President tweeted “Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth and Heritage, have saved Planned Parenthood & Ocare!”
They were sent at the instigation of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
Breitbart’s Matthew Boyle reports that, per a White House aide, the Sunday morning tweet in which the president tweeted blame at the House Freedom Caucus for what happened to Ryan’s healthcare bill were sent at the urging of Priebus.
But blaming the Freedom Caucus is not even close to the whole story says Boyle.
In fact, senior House GOP sources in non-Freedom Caucus offices told Breitbart News that the vote—if it would have happened—would have lost more moderates than Freedom Caucus members.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and moderate non-Freedom Caucus members Reps. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Rep. David Young (R-IA), Rep. David Joyce (R-OH), as well as many more moderates were against the legislation publicly. Tuesday group co-chairman Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), a leading moderate, came out in public opposition to the legislation too. Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), a conservative not in the House Freedom Caucus, came out against the bill publicly as did many other conservatives not in the House Freedom Caucus, too.
In fact, several senior House GOP aides and House GOP members in both Freedom Caucus and non-Freedom Caucus offices confirmed to Breitbart News that had the bill gone to the House floor for a vote there may have been as many as 100 House Republicans who voted against it. There is no way that the Freedom Caucus comprised the majority of Republicans opposing the bill.
Part of the reason why Ryan urged Trump to call off the vote he previously wanted—several House GOP leadership sources close to the Speaker told Breitbart News—is because Ryan did not want the president to know what people like Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) have been saying all along was true: the bill did not have much support inside the Republican conference in the House.
As Matt Boyle pointed out, Sen. Paul even said in an interview with Breitbart News that Speaker Ryan was deliberately misleading the president on this front. A floor vote would have demonstrated that fact, since more moderates—again, as many as 100 Republicans were prepared to vote against the bill—would have voted against it than House Freedom Caucus members.
Nevertheless, Priebus, during an interview with FOX News’ Chris Wallace, said Trump “hit the bulls-eye” with the Tweet he urged the president to send out despite its inaccuracy.
Spicer’s refusal to reiterate and support Priebus’ claim was a clear contradiction of the White House Chief of Staff and of Speaker Paul Ryan’s attempts to blame conservatives for the implosion of his bill.
You probably won’t see much, if any, coverage of Sean Spicer’s comments about walking away from the Ryancare deal in the establishment media – they go against the establishment narrative about the rift between President Trump and House conservatives – his most reliable pre-election allies.
But make no mistake, those comments were a very important piece of trail craft that tells us Priebus’ influence is waning and that the Ryancare disaster has shown just how out of his depth the White House Chief of Staff is, given that his primary qualification for the job was his long home state relationship with Speaker Paul Ryan.
This is all worrisome as are the reports that the establishment is working to kill the wall, change the tax cuts, and gut the infrastructure plan.
Trump is seriously misled if he goes against the wall pledge. It is the single most recognizable promise made by candidate Trump.
First off, everything you hear on MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc is designed to tear down this presidency and conservatism. Everything! You will never, ever hear a positive word about the president unless he literally surrenders to the left (or resigns). That said, I was a bit disappointed by Trump’s apparent support for more moderate elements, BUT...refer to point one above. Are we getting the straight scoop? Not a chance!
Build the wall, drain the swamp and lock her up.
We want to see the swamp drained STAT! What’s the hold up?
Priebus is still GOPe.
RINOs are in full-on attack mode b
Hugh Hewitt said the bill didn’t pass because of “Area 51” Republicans - ie the Freedom Caucus or other conservatives.
If it was me, I wouldn’t dare bring on a single establishment puke.
They’re undermining Trump at every opportunity.
What you said.
I originally thought Trump was filling some positions, and allowing others to remain, as place holders.
Then once his cabinet is complete he could go back and tweak some of his less desirable appointments.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.
Worry about something that matters. No one knows, total speculation and conjecture to no purpose whatsoever unless you are Reince Preibus.
We want to see the swamp drained STAT! What’s the hold up?
You don’t understand the magnitude of the Swamp.
The thing that is worrying is Reince. He needs to go. Trump cannot trust Mitch or Paul. They are where they are and can muck things up.
The whole reason a guy like Priebus has that job is to shepherd legislation through Congress. If he can’t even do that he’s just dead weight on the payroll.
What you said, yes.
I am thinking this about Priebus is fake news. The MSM would love nothing more than to start/continue rumors about lack of harmony in the WH.
“If it was me, I wouldn’t dare bring on a single establishment puke.
They’re undermining Trump at every opportunity”.
You’re exactly right.
Priebus’ importance was based on his chairing the RNC.
That connection is quickly fading.
His future lies in making himself indispensable to Trump. I don’t see much evidence of any accomplishments in that area to date.
If Priebus cannot help with McConnell or Paul, then what exactly is he great at?
Priebus is good at subversion ... and nothing else!
Harmony in the WH is not as valuable as public support for WH action. Trump’s Sunday tweet ruffled some Trump-supporter feathers, and if it is “Priebus’ tweet,” (meaning his suggestion, not literally his tweet) then Priebus will own the suggestion, and co-own, along with Trump, the ruffled feathers.
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