I'll certainly join the criticism of Speaker Ryan for coming out with a bill that fell far short of repeated Republican promises, and for wrapping that bill in the arcane Senate strategy of reconciliation and presenting it as a binary choice. Ryan and the Congressional Republican leadership deserve all the criticism they're getting for not having a plan, or even a consensus, ready after 7 years.
But to me the unmistakable conclusion is that the Not-A-Politician-Greatest-Dealmaker-Who-Ever-Lived was unable to facilitate a deal within his own party when they hold the majority in both houses and the oval office, and now his sycophants are spinning his Not-A-Politician brand not as a strength, but rather a weakness which should exempt him from accountability.
@HoustonSam Dean ClancyVerified account @DeanClancy 12h12 hours ago
Trumpcare caused Trump's godlike aura of dealmaking prowess and Ryan's godlike aura of policy brilliance to both go poof
these "gods" bleed
Amanda CarpenterVerified account @amandacarpenter 3h3 hours ago
Dear R's in Congress: Ignore Trump in negotiations and send bills to his desk. He'll take those as wins bc he has no other choice.
Guy BensonVerified account @guypbenson 13h13 hours ago
Tough guy bravely outsources smack-talk to woman willing to say thing he won't, after own alleged negotiating prowess fails.