Trump: Ryan should remain Speaker even if healthcare vote fails

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Trump: Ryan should remain Speaker even if healthcare vote fails

 By Jordan Fabian - 03/24/17 10:55 AM EDT 


President Trump said Friday that Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) should remain Speaker of the House if the afternoon vote on the GOP healthcare plan fails.

“Yes,” he said when asked if Ryan should keep his job, according to pool reports.

The president also dismissed the notion that he regrets starting off his legislative agenda with a bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, telling a reporter does not believe he rushed into it.
Asked about the bill, which faces opposition from conservative and moderate lawmakers, Trump said, “We'll have to see what happens."

Trump is seeking to tamp down a blame game that has broken out as Republican leaders struggle to cobble together enough votes to pass the American Health Care Act.

The New York Times reported Thursday night that Trump has told multiple people close to him that he “regrets” going along with Ryan’s plan to push forward on a healthcare overhaul before tax reform.

One Trump ally told The Hill that the sequencing was “a blunder,” and that chief of staff Reince Priebus “put way too much trust in Ryan.”

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/325615-trump-ryan-should-remain-speaker-even-if-healthcare-vote-fails

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   Talk like this is another indication that Trump/Ryan know they can't get the votes.

[libertybele]

   Talk like this is another indication that Trump/Ryan know they can't get the votes.

Talk like this is an indication that Trump/Ryan made a deal a long, long time ago.

[ABX]

Fillin' the Swamp.