GOP senators blindsided by Trump on ObamaCare

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GOP senators blindsided by Trump on ObamaCare
By Alexander Bolton - 03/27/19 06:27 PM EDT



Republican lawmakers were caught completely off guard by President Trump’s renewed push to repeal and replace ObamaCare and privately complain it’s a dumb political strategy heading into the 2020 election.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), whose panel has jurisdiction over health care, said he received no heads up from Trump or the White House that the president would call Tuesday for the GOP to become “the party of health care.”

“I don’t think there was any heads up on anything that he was going to say,” said Grassley, who added that he didn’t even know Trump was meeting with the GOP conference on Tuesday until Monday night.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the chairman of another key panel that handles health care, said he didn’t know about Trump’s new health care push until the president tweeted about it at 11:58 a.m. Tuesday, shortly before he walked into a Republican conference lunch to announce it in person.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/436153-gop-senators-blindsided-by-trump-on-obamacare

[libertybele]

Why oh why should they be blindsided?  Didn't the majority of them PROMISE to repeal and replace Bammycare??

[Free Vulcan]

Caught off guard for wanting to do what they were supposed to do in the first place?

[XenaLee]

Why oh why should they be blindsided?  Didn't the majority of them PROMISE to repeal and replace Bammycare??

Yeah... but they had their fingers crossed behind their backs, apparently.  Never ever trust a pinky promise from GOPe.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Do they ever listen to the man?  He's been saying this for a year.

[EdJames]

They can all go pound sand!

[berdie]

Caught off guard for wanting to do what they were supposed to do in the first place?

It does make one wonder...doesn't it?

[austingirl]

Why oh why should they be blindsided?  Didn't the majority of them PROMISE to repeal and replace Bammycare??

Yes, they did. And just think of the times the RINOs have blindsided this President.

[Bigun]

Why oh why should they be blindsided?  Didn't the majority of them PROMISE to repeal and replace Bammycare??

Of course they did! But that was just talk when they needed our votes.  When they got those votes it was back to business as usual instantly.

[jafo2010]

McCain the traitor is out, so I do understand why he is pushing this.  However, it is misguided.  His party will get the votes this time in the Senate, but the House will not agree to anything.

TOTAL WASTE OF TIME, AND FOOLISH.  This could damage the GOP for 2020.  Makes zero sense.

[sneakypete]

Why oh why should they be blindsided?  Didn't the majority of them PROMISE to repeal and replace Bammycare??

@libertybele

Yes,but they didn't mean it. Trump caught them off guard by following up.