Trump's Obamacare problem: Republicans have already fooled the people too many times
by Philip Klein
April 02, 2019 11:23 AM President Trump has indicated that he wants to make replacing Obamacare a key issue in the 2020 campaign, with a vote on a new plan to be held following the election, assuming Republicans take back full control of Washington. The problem: Republicans have already fooled voters with that message too many times.
Whatever your preferred adage, Abraham Lincoln's about not being able to fool all the people all the time or the "fool me twice" warning, recent political history will provide a significant obstacle to any attempt by Trump or Republicans to run on replacing Obamacare.
Republicans ran on repealing and replacing Obamacare in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016. Yet, they kept moving the goalposts as they accumulated power. When Republicans took over the House in 2010, they said nothing could be done without also controlling the Senate. When they gained control of the Senate in 2014, they said they couldn't do anything until they also had the White House. Yet, even when they entered 2017 with unified control of Washington, they failed to deliver.
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