An Angry Freedom Caucus Responds To Trump's 2018 Threat

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: ZERO HEDGE

URL: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-30/freedom-caucus-responds-trumps-2018-threat-swampcare-polls-17-sad


After Trump drew 'first blood' this morning with a tweet threatening to fight Freedom Caucus members in the 2018 mid-term elections, a pair of House representatives have fired back with aggressive tweets of their own implying that Trump's healthcare plan was evidence that he had "succumb to the D.C. Establishment."

"It didn't take long for the swamp to drain @realDonaldTrump. No shame, Mr. President. Almost everyone succumbs to the D.C. Establishment."
 
".@realDonaldTrump it's a swamp not a hot tub. We both came here to drain it. #SwampCare polls 17%. Sad!"

Justin Amash ✔ @justinamash
It didn't take long for the swamp to drain @realDonaldTrump. No shame, Mr. President. Almost everyone succumbs to the D.C. Establishment.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/847435163143454723 …
10:00 AM - 30 Mar 2017

Thomas Massie ✔ @RepThomasMassie
.@realDonaldTrump it's a swamp not a hot tub. We both came here to drain it. #SwampCare polls 17%. Sad!

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/847435163143454723 …
10:02 AM - 30 Mar 2017

Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, the former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, also defended conservative lawmakers earlier today on Fox News.  Per The Hill:

"The Freedom Caucus is trying to change Washington, this bill keeps Washington the same, plain and simple," Jordan said Thursday on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."
 
"We appreciate the president, we are trying to help the president. But the fact is, you have to look at the legislation. It doesn't do what we told the voters we were going to do, and the American people understand that. That's why only 17 percent of the population supports this legislation."
 
Jordan wouldn't comment on the threat regarding the 2018 midterms, instead characterizing the scuttled healthcare vote as just a "postponement" and arguing that Republicans will succeed if they deliver on their promises to voters.
 
"Lets forget the blame and what may happen in the future, lets just do what we said. That's what the Freedom Caucus and what Republicans are committed to," he said.

Of course these latest tweets come after Trump took to twitter earlier this morning, saying "The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team, & fast. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!"

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team, & fast. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!
9:07 AM - 30 Mar 2017

So, Republican civil war it is...Ultimate winner:  Democrats.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

  For the love of Mike the democrats are the problem. I swear we elect nothing but kindergartners. 

[INVAR]

So, Republican civil war it is...Ultimate winner:  Democrats.

What did this people think was going to happen when they elected a lifelong liberal Democrat from NYC for president and titular head of their party??

The ultimate winner was always going to be Democrats.

Most of the self-identifying Conservatives who jumped on his train were too mesmerized by the cult of personality and eaten up for payback and revenge to see it.

[geronl]

Sounds like Trump will hand the Congress to the Democrats in 2018