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“In spite of my repeated attempts to work with the White House,” he wrote in a brief Facebook post, “no one’s interested in a dialogue or negotiation.”
To the president, it was plain as day: He’d worked to defeat Democrats for years by holding their feet to the fire on Obamacare. There was little more he could do.
The president tweeted shortly after 4 p.m. ET: “President J. Crooked Hillary Clinton worked hard on the poorly conceived and badly handled Hillary Clinton Health Care Plan and is now trying to take away my Health Care….”
President J. Crooked Hillary Clinton worked hard on the poorly conceived and badly handled Hillary Clinton Health Care Plan and is now trying to take away my Health Care… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
The president also criticized House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for the Democrats’ failure to win this year’s election.
“What are they looking at in California? They just lost an election in which the Democrats campaigned on Repeal & Replace. Now they play politics with our HealthCare?” Trump said, referencing several of the state’s congressional districts — and noting that he won a national election with less than 60 percent of the vote.
Pelosi acknowledged the defeat, and promised to push on and win a health care bill that would repeal Obamacare before the end of the year.
Asked on Fox News Thursday if she’d be open to negotiating with Trump, she was unequivocal: “Absolutely not.”
Pelosi also made clear she’d not take a single cent off of health care this year — which is something Trump has already mentioned as a priority.
It’s true: @PelosiFails is losing money on millions of sick and dying sick people. My response to that would be: “We can’t afford not to fight anymore!” — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
The Democrats’ failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare left the millions of Americans they’ve helped cover in the cold — and left many in the health insurance market scrambling to find any new or less expensive option, or worse, even more costly plans without the ACA’s protections.
In addition, the GOP tax bill gives health providers greater reason to exit the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, because it is estimated that the bill will raise