"You're fired!"
Posted on 03/24/2017 9:53:37 AM PDT by RummyChick
While the White House has been careful to exude an air of confidence ahead of this afternoon's critical for the Trump administration healthcare vote, it should come as no surprise that Trump is preparing a Plan B "just in case", and as expected, Bloomberg confirms that behind the scenes Trump is planning to blame Ryan in case of an embarrassing defeat this afternoon.
As reported last night, Trump’s senior strategist took the unusual step of traveling to Capitol Hill to deliver an ultimatum: take the vote on Friday, win or lose. Ryan had been carefully trying to build a majority for the bill, and it would be highly unusual for him to call the vote without knowing if it would pass.
"Ryan had little choice but go along with the administration’s gambit." And while Trump said Friday at the White House that Ryan shouldn’t lose his job if the bill goes down, when asked whether Trump, Ryan, or the Freedom Caucus chairman, North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows, would be most to blame if the bill fails, the administration official said Ryan.
Trump’s core supporters regarded Ryan as at best unimportant during the presidential campaign and at worst a poster child for the sort of establishment, scripted politician they loathed. Considering the planning that has gone into this scapegoating campaign, one almost wonders if it is not Trump's intention all along to lose the vote, in the process eliminating Ryan with whom he butted heads repeatedly before the election. As Bloomberg adds, "several Trump associates have already laid groundwork to blame the speaker."
Not happening.
Plus Trump never called for that, nor is he calling for that now.
“We're going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump said. “There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it. That's not going to happen with us.”
Trump vows to provide universal healthcare ( 1/15/17 Washington Examiner, video at link )
Absolutely. Just thinking the order of events for 100% can start with Repeal. Let the Senate grapple with that and bring it back to the House?
Then House begins from scratch, more seriously, on Replace.
Precisely
Absolutely. Just thinking the order of events for 100% can start with Repeal. Let the Senate grapple with that and bring it back to the House?
Then House can then begin from scratch, more seriously, on Replace, and send that outcome to the Senate.
My prediction is that Trump won’t blame anyone publicly. He’ll give praise for the efforts.
Trump’s 2 months into his presidency. Strategies are still incubating.
[Obum-a-care will die on its own.]
Good!! Hopefully insurance can go back to what it was.
Give Ryan the Chris Christie treatment. Ryan was given a task, and he failed to deliver to expectations.
Trump is the CEO; he has to delegate. If his subordinates cannot perform, then he replaces them with someone else who can.
Now, I understand that Congress is co-equal to the Executive, and Ryan does not work for Trump. However, politics is the art of fungible power; Obama wielded it strongly using race-baiting, and Trump is wielding it using private-sector business competency.
Let's see this show-down between the "rule of law" and the "rule of politics." I've always said that "the rule of politics trumps the rule of law" (pun NOT intended at the time).
From August 31, 2002:
I'll ask it again: when did the rule of politics trump the rule of law?It seems as if all one has to say is that it's political, and then the legal ramifications are disqualified.
It's time for the rule of law to return. How ironic that it's taking a "Trump" to make it happen!
-PJ
I’m on the fly. Have been wondering for the last 2 days what exactly did Trump say (on the campaign and the victory trail) about what he hd planned for repeal and replace? He had some great things to say then, does the current plan jive “as advertised”? Will be able to look in few hours.
Not as advertised as it relates to illegals who will get coverage and Vets who will be forced into the VA system
I like it!
, one almost wonders if it is not Trump’s intention all along to lose the vote, in the process eliminating Ryan with whom he butted heads repeatedly before the election. As Bloomberg adds, “several Trump associates have already laid groundwork to blame the speaker.”
Ryan’s ly’n bill was NEVER Repeal so it should go down in flames!
Will never be put up for vote because :
1) Wouldn't get any more votes than this latest Trump/Ryan (or Ryan/Trump)replace
2) Trump wont call for it, unlike how he supported this.
Repeal was just minority part talk, and primary talk.
They were never serious.
Seriously isnt there anything in Obamacare they can agree on to repeal ?
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