Trump thumps Freedom Caucus over health care

In his tweet, Trump targeted members of the Freedom Caucus, a group of about three dozen conservative House members he said could “hurt the entire Republican agenda”. Here’s the tweet, which targeted the Democrats, too.

Bob Corker criticized House Speaker Paul Ryan for warning Republicans that if they don’t pass health care reform, President Trump may work with Democrats on the issue.

Ryan and a top Senate Republican engaged in a brief public spat Thursday about comments Ryan made earlier in the morning, seeming to suggest Trump should not try to work with Democrats.

If the ill-tempered president makes good on his threats to wage war on his own party in next year’s congressional elections, Trump-watchers can be sure that the mud-slinging will continue.

The American Health Care Act was defeated in large part due to strong opposition from the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

Most of the GOP no-voters represent safely Republican seats – some drawn to ensure they stay that way – and whose grip on power would only be threatened by a primary challenger. Here are a few things to consider.

Ryan talked them out of demanding the vote, saying it would endanger members of their own party. “Looks like some in the Freedom Caucus are helping me end #Obamacare“.

“Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who is not a member of the Freedom Caucus, tweeted: “[realDonaldTrump] it’s a swamp not a hot tub.

Ah, as Mr. Trump might say, those were the days.

Democratic governor Roy Cooper said the compromise deal would help fix the state’s reputation, but LGBT activists criticised the Bill for not going far enough.

After the healthcare fiasco, he tweeted a series of angry messages blaming them for the failure: “The irony is that the Freedom Caucus, which is very pro-life and against Planned Parenthood, allows P.P.to continue if they stop this plan!” Trump won those districts by an average margin of 26 points, at least 20 of them by 20 or more points and 27 by double digits, according to an analysis by NPR.

By late Thursday afternoon, he tweeted at specific members, Reps. In the wake of the health care defeat, Trump called Freedom Caucus members “friends of mine”, while still expressing disappointment and surprise that the health care bill didn’t pass.

In this March 24, 2017, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., announces that he is pulling the troubled Republican health care overhaul bill off the House floor at the Capitol in Washington.