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Trump insults and threatens GOP senators in long rant after health bill failure After a years-long effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed on Capitol Hill, President Trump castigated Republican senators on social media Saturday. “They look like fools,” the president wrote on Twitter — and unless they tried yet again to repeal and replace Obamacare, they would be “total quitters” too. Trump's multi-chaptered and occasionally self-contradictory rant kicked off Friday morning, shortly after three Republican senators joined every Democrat to sink the GOP's last-ditch effort to overturn Obamacare, 51 to 49. At first, Trump seemed resigned to let the Affordable Care Act, also referred to as Obamacare, take its course, convinced that the program will fail and force Congress to replace it. But shortly after the sun rose on Friday, Trump began pushing for new bills, which he argued could not pass unless the Senate abolished the legislative filibuster, which had nothing to do with last week's failure on the Obamacare repeal. The filibuster lets a minority party block legislation that would ordinarily pass with a simple majority of votes. Trump acknowledged in his tweets that “parts of health care could pass at 51" votes — as Friday's repeal bill could have. But “so many great future bills & budgets need 60 votes,” Trump wrote, before digressing from health care to post a #FlashBackFriday tweet, and then to announce that he'd replaced his White House chief of staff. As he continued his tweet storm into Saturday, Trump offered examples of bills that could not abide a filibuster — along with heaping new demands, threats and insults on Republican senators. “Republican Senate must get rid of 60 vote NOW!” Trump wrote at 7:20 a.m. “It is killing the R Party. Allows 8 Dems to control country. 200 Bills sit in Senate. A JOKE!” He insisted that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) eliminate the filibuster immediately, although McConnell dismissed the idea when Trump raised it months ago. By way of persuasion, apparently, Trump wrote that Republican senators “look like fools and are just wasting time,” and will “NEVER win” until they kill the rule. It's worth noting that while Trump now attacks the filibuster as antiquated, four years earlier he defended it as a venerable tradition dating back to Thomas Jefferson. Once used rarely and memorably (as when a senator spoke and sang for 15 hours to block a vote in 1992), the filibuster has become an almost routine tactic for minority parties to impede bills and Cabinet and judicial nominees they can't defeat in a straight-up vote. On Saturday, Trump blamed the filibuster for hypothetically allowing Democrats to block “complete Healthcare,” though so far Republican senators have not been able to unite around even a narrowly tailored bill, such as Friday's attempt to pass a so-called skinny repeal. Trump also wrote that “Kate's Law,” a bill that would increase punishments for criminals who illegally reenter the United States after being deported, would never pass with the filibuster in place. To attempt a summary of his arguments so far: Trump knows that some health-care bills could pass through the Senate with a simple majority of votes. Friday's repeal bill could have, for example. But Republicans need to kill the filibuster anyway, Trump argues, lest it allow Democrats to block a more sweeping health-care reform bill, which does not yet exist but will be supported by a majority of senators (but not 60 of them) once it is written. If that logic strikes you as confusing, you're not alone: And yet Trump was not nearly done. Shortly before 8 a.m., he tweeted: “If the Senate Democrats ever got the chance, they would switch to a 51 majority vote in first minute.” And also: “They are laughing at R's. MAKE CHANGE!” And while Democrats were laughing at his party, Trump wrote, “the people of our great country are still being forced to live with imploding ObamaCare!” At the beginning of his rant — if you recall — Trump had wanted Congress to let Obamacare implode. Now, midway through, implosion was a bad thing. Things are so bad, Trump wrote, that “if a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” He then digressed again to talk about the stock market — up since his election, he wrote. But Trump returned to his health-care monologue in the late afternoon, with another dig at Republicans who have spent years trying and failing to reform the nation's health-care system. Try again, the president told the senators, or you're “total quitters.” Honesty is the best policy. |
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kayra, "Religion" and "Politics" are two very sensitive topics. Good friends can argue their differences to a point, they break-up. As you know, I have had a Caucasian banker CEO/Chairman/President friend for 11 years. I trusted him and took his advice to sell properties at high in June 2007 and came back to buy properties in 2011. He made my investments doubled. I really appreciate him for his friendship and good advice for 11 years (since June 2006). He is a very rich man who makes millions and an entrepreneur. He knows about finance, money very well. He voted for Obama in 2008 as he and I agreed that Obama is a better candidate. In 2012, he almost voted for Mitt Romney, but a secret video tape of Mr. Romney, made my banker friend changed to vote for Obama 2nd term. Mr. Romney is a billionaire. I already sensed my banker friend prefers rich people. In 2016 presidential election, my banker friend didn't like Hillary Clinton as he said Clinton foundation scammed people's money. I originally wanted Joe Biden but he didn't enter the election. I don't like Trump personality, character, language, behavior, attitude, ..., etc. as I have mentioned many times in my blogs. I have tried to persuade my banker friend to vote for Hillary Clinton. My banker friend is not either Republican or Democrat but he chose whom he deems better candidate. I told him that California is the state always voted for Democrat. He lives in California, his one vote won't change a thing. At the election day in November 2016, my banker friend emailed me he voted for Hillary Clinton as Wall Street thought she would win the election. As you know, Trump won. Wall Street was surprised. My banker cheered Trump won. I was sad. I knew I have different political opinion with my banker friend. He prefers rich people. He likes Trump's tax reform to deduct rich people tax bracket to be 15% instead of 35% in Obama administration. He used to say "rich people should pay fair share of tax" when Obama was the president. Now he wants Trump reduce tax. I continued to have email correspondences with my banker friend until May 2017 (few days before 11 years since I've known him), I blocked his emails. He couldn't email me. I know I can unblock him but I was mad that he likes Trump and believes Trump can lead USA to a much richer country. I have fell in love with my banker friend and I lost him over different political opinions. I feel very sad since the break-up. I tried to text my banker "happy birthday" and his trip to China with his grandson to celebrate his first grandson high school graduation. But no response from my banker, I know he got upset that I blocked his email. I am lost without his daily email and occasional phone calls and meets. I miss him very much. But I insist on my own political view. I know you are a Muslim. I am an agnostic. I don't believe in any religion. I was born and raised as a Catholic because my mom. My ex was anxious to get his "Green Card" in 1986, we went to Catholic church but been told that he had to convert to be Catholic to get married with me. So, he went to Christian church and we asked the pastor to marry us. Many years later, the pastor's wife told me to invest in a land that church bought and will build apartments, houses, ... The minimum is $50,000 and I told my mom to join too. It was a big "Ponzi Scheme". All the church members believed in the pastor's wife and invest in that project was a scam. They used the new invest money to pay the old investors interest, then one day they took the money and disappeared. So, I was a Catholic from birth to 32 and from 32 to 49 I was a Christian. I realized the Bible was written by the people 2,000+ years ago when that time people believed the earth was flat, square place and the earth is the center of solar system. How can we believe in Bible? We know the earth is a oval shape and the Sun is in the center of solar system. I am more and more became an atheist since I was 49 y/o. I don't like Muslim not because they have different god. Because I don't like the food restriction in any religion. I know Muslim prohibit to eat pork, Indian prohibit to eat beef, Jewish follow "Kosher food", ... No, I won't compromise to those food restriction by religion. I eat what I like. Also, I don't like Muslim that men can marry up to 4 wives but women will be stoned to death if infidelity. Women have less respect in the society. Muslim women can't drive, less education, wear ugly burkas, .... No, I won't agree with those restriction. I won't step in any mid-East countries even i like traveling very much. I don't believe in any religion what-so-ever. There is no god, no devil, no heaven or hell. Those just people imagination. I haven't seen any god or heaven or miracle, until then, I am an atheist/agnostic. Honesty is the best policy.
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president trump and his family are attacked like no other president in american history , maybe he should be left to govern then the voters who elected him can decide Honesty is the best policy.
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We have Republican president, Republican majority House of Representative and Republican majority Senate. It should be easy for Trump administration to pass bills but senate failed Trump. Now Trump ranted and ranted. It is about time for Trump to have introspection, not just shouting. Honesty is the best policy.
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