Trump pessimistic on ObamaCare repeal: 'That's the end of that'
BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL - 09/25/17 11:45 AM EDT
President Trump sounded a pessimistic note Monday on the latest GOP effort to repeal ObamaCare, and blamed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for costing his party a victory.
Trump did not give up all hope on the bill, but suggested it would not get the 50 votes it needed to clear the Senate because of opposition from McCain, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and other Republicans.
Looks like Susan Collins and some others who will vote against, Trump said during an interview on the Roy & Bubba radio show. Were going to lose two or three votes and thats the end of that.
Trump also criticized McCain, whose thumbs down killed a slimmed-down ObamaCare repeal bill in July, and who announced his opposition to the latest measure on Friday. What McCain has done is a tremendous slap in the face of the Republican party, Trump said. Without John McCain, we already have the health care.
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