Donald Trump declares war on Freedom Caucus

Twitter ^ | March 30, 2017 | Donald Trump

[Tea Party Terrorist]

"The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team, & fast. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!" - Donald Trump

[mrsmel]

Exactly. Many of us-I don't know if it was a majority of us-sent him to DC because he said he'd do certain things.

I hate cults of personality.

[ZULU]

Big mistake. Freedom Caucus merely reflected what the average voter indicated they wanted when Trump was elected.

That snake from the swamp Paul Ryan is trying to separate Trump from the people who support him most while undermining his credibility as a President.

Paul Ryan has to go. If a one term Democrat is the price, we should pay it.

His version of Ryancare was warmed over Obamacare with another name. More flim-flamming by the worst snake in the House. John McCain’s equivalent.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I myself tried to call this Ryan-Care as well.

But Trump went a long way with that tweet in ‘owning’ that stink bomb by lashing out at the uber-majority of the conservative/patriotic base.

That’s what the Freedom Caucus respresents.

[Theophilus]

Trump is not a rorschach test. He’s a tweeter who tweets outrageous and self contradictory things. He suffers from tweetourettes.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Thanks for posting.

Do you know the names of the RINO’s who are Never Trumpers?

[FreeReign]

I hope he realizes 80% of his support and voters are freedom caucus types.

It's a good day for centrists.

It's a good day for establishment RINOs such as Ryan and McConnell.

Everybody enjoy it.

[FourtySeven]

You’re the second person to say this on this thread (someone later said the same thing, claiming also LS said the same thing on his Twitter feed)

May I ask for the source for this claim please (that the FC got basically what they wanted from negotiations with Trump and the Ryan camp but the FC ended up renigjng on the deal)?

And what I’m really looking for is some reports that says specifically, “the FC were given assurances that the mandate requiring those with preexisting conditions be guaranteed insurances would be gone in phase ONE”.

Because anything less is Obamacare lite. Make no mistake.

[mrs9x]

I don’t see his tweet as an “attack” on anyone, he just wants the Freedom Caucus and the Republicans united to fight the Democrats. Everyone is getting all twisted up on this, when it is more of a nothingburger.

The only possible issue Trump may have is that he might have believed he had a deal with the Freedom Caucus and they moved the goal posts. I don’t know if that is accurate, some have speculated it.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

The Freedom Caucus already told Hannity publicly on radio that they were shut out of the process completely. Sorry.

I hope you recall how enthusiastic I was about Trump. Heck, I’ve been proud of a thread I titled: ‘The Trump Revolution’.

But now I’m alarmed.

[NorthMountain]

Why did the GOP-controlled Congress make a fool out of Trump handing him a terrible defeat?

Ask Paul Ryan. That was his bill. Trump was unwise to get behind it; if Trump wants to see who made a fool out of him, he can look in the mirror.

[mrs9x]

Also, I expect some sort of deal on health care to emerge within the next week as a brokered compromise between the Freedom Caucus and the more moderate members of the caucus. I have said this before and I will say it again - the repeal of Obamacare will require numerous bills over a number of years. Essentially, it will be death by a thousand cuts.

The political reality is that there are a bunch of RINO wimps in Congress who will not vote for a full repeal. So we have to tear out organs of Obamacare piecemeal until it essentially is dead.

[lodi90]

Agree completely. The Dems would never have done something similar. They eventually come in line with few or no defections. This is called using your governing majority. Instead, the Reps form a circular firing squad. It extends to so many other areas beyond healthcare. We have Graham and McCain going after Nunes and Trump. They provide the Dems and the MSM to ammunition to call the opposition to Trump bipartisan.

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It’s pretty clear the freedom caucus and never Trumpers have little interest in actually governing. If you break it, you own it comes to mind. Of course they have no health care bill with any hope of passing the House.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

His tweet paints them as a bunch of uncrompromising wacko kooks.

He needs to clarify and narrow his criticism and quickly.

I’ll be tuning into Hannity to hopefully clear this mess up.

[dasboot]

I support F.C. You don’t compromise with communists.

[GeaugaRepublican]

Never Trump list from The Hill.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278141-republicans-who-vow-to-never-back-trump

Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.)

Gov. Charlie Baker (Mass.)

Brian Bartlett, former Mitt Romney aide and GOP communications strategist

Glenn Beck, radio host

Michael Berry, radio host

Max Boot, former foreign policy adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

Brent Bozell, conservative activist

Former Gov. Jeb Bush (Fla.)

Bruce Carroll, creator GayPatriot.org

Jay Caruso, RedState

Mona Charen, senior fellow at Ethics and Public Policy Center

Linda Chavez, columnist

Dean Clancy, former FreedomWorks vice president

Eliot Cohen, former George W. Bush official

Former Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.)

Charles C. W. Cooke, writer for National Review

Doug Coon, Stay Right podcast

Rory Cooper, GOP strategist, managing director Purple Strategies

Jim Cunneen, former Calif. assemblyman

Rep. Carlos Curbelo (Fla.)

Steve Deace, radio host

Rep. Bob Dold (Ill.)

Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist

Erick Erickson, writer

Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.)

Mindy Finn, president, Empowered Women

Daniel Foster, contributing editor National Review Online

David French, writer at National Review

Jon Gabriel, editor-in-chief, Ricochet.com

Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.)

Michael Graham, radio host

Jonah Goldberg, writer

Alan Goldsmith, former staffer, House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Stephen Gutowski, writer Washington Free Beacon

Rep. Richard Hanna (N.Y.)

Jamie Brown Hantman, former special assistant for legislative affairs for President George W. Bush

Stephen Hayes, senior writer at The Weekly Standard

Doug Heye, former RNC communications director

Quin Hillyer, contributing editor at National Review Online; senior editor at the American Spectator

Gov. Larry Hogan (Md.)

Ben Howe, RedState writer

Former Rep. Bob Inglis (S.C.)

Cheri Jacobus, GOP consultant and former Hill columnist

Robert Kagan, former Reagan official

Randy Kendrick, GOP donor

Matt Kibbe, former FreedomWorks CEO

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.)

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)

Philip Klein, managing editor at the Washington Examiner

Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard editor

Frank Lavin, former Reagan aide

Mark Levin, radio host

Justin LoFranco, former Scott Walker aide

Kevin Madden, former Mitt Romney aide

Bethany Mandel, senior contributor at The Federalist

Tucker Martin, former Gov. Bob McDonnell’s (R-Va.) communications director

Former RNC Chairman Mel Martínez (Fla.)

Liz Mair, GOP strategist

Lachlan Markey, writer for the Free Beacon

David McIntosh, Club for Growth president

Dan McLaughlin, editor at RedState.com

Ken Mehlman, former RNC chairman

Tim Miller, Our Principles PAC

Joyce Mulliken, former Washington state senator

Ted Newton, political consultant & former Mitt Romney aide

James Nuzzo, former White House aide

Katie Packer, chairwoman of Our Principles PAC

Former Gov. George Pataki (N.Y.)

Former Rep. Ron Paul (Texas)

Katie Pavlich, Townhall editor and Hill columnist

Art Pope, GOP donor

Brittany Pounders, conservative writer

Tomás Regalado, Mayor of Miami

Rep. Reid Ribble (Wis.)

Marlene Ricketts, GOP donor

Former Gov. Tom Ridge (Pa.)

Rep. Scott Rigell (Va.)

Mitt Romney, 2012 GOP presidential nominee

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.)

Paul Rosenzweig, former deputy assistant secretary, Department of Homeland Security

Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post conservative blogger

Patrick Ruffini, partner, Echelon Insights

Sarah Rumpf, former BreitBart contributor

Mark Salter, writer and former aide to John McCain

Rep. Mark Sanford (S.C.)

Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.)

Elliott Schwartz, Our Principles PAC

Gabriel Schoenfeld, senior fellow, Hudson Institute

Tara Setmayer, CNN analyst and former GOP staffer

Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief The Daily Wire

Evan Siegfried, GOP strategist and commentator

Ben Stein, actor and political commentator

Brendan Steinhauser, GOP consultant

Stuart Stevens, former Romney strategist

Paul Singer, GOP donor

Erik Soderstrom, former field director for Carly Fiorina

Charlie Sykes, radio host

Brad Thor, writer

Michael R. Treiser, former Mitt Romney aide

Daniel P. Vajdich, former national security adviser to Ted Cruz

Connor Walsh, former digital director for former Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), founder Build Digital

Former Rep. J.C. Watts (Okla.)

Peter Wehner, New York Times contributor

Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (N.J.)

Meg Whitman, president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard

George Will, writer

Rick Wilson, Republican strategist

Nathan Wurtzel, Make America Awesome super-PAC

Bill Yarbrough, chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Ohio

Dave Yost, Ohio auditor of state

[lodi90]

You’re joking, right? The FC personally handed Trump the biggest defeat of his presidency so far and embarrassed him badly in the process. Haven’t you been out of the conservative bubble at all since this debacle happened?

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Good luck with that. The freedom caucus dupes are serially unable to connect the dots.

[wiseprince]

these guys are never trumpers. No one supported him because he was backed by the FC

[jjotto]

I expect Trump’s first year to be a lot of trial and error, and he learns who to trust, and not to trust. I’ll give him a pass for his first year, that’s to be expected with someone who has never held political office before.

Again, the advice right now is DON'T PANIC.

Trump deserves a chance to learn before final judgement is rendered.

[mrs9x]

I agree that he should not attack the Freedom Caucus. No need to air out disagreements with your own caucus over twitter. Goad the Dems and libs on twitter, do everything with Republicans privately.

[FreeReign]

And no Trump’s voting base did not consist of people that even know who the HFC is.

Trump support is a coalition of sovereignty loving conservatives and centrists.

Those conservatives identify with the Freedom Caucus. It's a dumb thing to do to tick off half your coalition.

Most of the HFC were members of NeverTrump, and were working for Hillary to win.

No they weren't.