Senator Corrects Trump Comment: 'I'm Not Hospitalized'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By MATT SHUHAM Published SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 2:38 PM

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) corrected President Donald Trump on Wednesday after the President continued to incorrectly claim that a hospitalized senator had prevented a vote on the most recent failed Obamacare repeal bill.

Link to tweet

The Graham-Cassidy legislation to repeal Obamacare failed to muster enough support for a floor vote after a third Republican senator — Susan Collins (R-ME), who joined John McCain (R-AZ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) — announced on Monday she would not support the measure.

But on Wednesday, in a tweet and a statement to reporters later in the day, Trump blamed one senator “in the hospital” for holding up the effort.

“We have the votes for health care,” he told reporters as he walked to Marine One. “We have one senator that’s in the hospital. He can’t vote because he’s in the hospital.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cochran-trump-im-not-hospitalized

[Sneederbunk]

1. If Trump says you are hospitalized then you are hospitalized (Period)

[louis-t]

2. Shameless lies. I guess he's fooling fox news viewers.

And his lunatic base.

[yallerdawg]

3. Well, I don't know how Dotard math works, but...

48 or 49 is STILL a losing vote tally!

[groundloop]

6. FAKE NEWS !!!!! Math Smath.... we don't need no stinking math.

[jberryhill]

4. Trump should send some tough guys to make sure he is hospitalized

"As I predicted, the senator is now hospitalized."

How dare he correct Trump!

[FreepFryer]

5. "I'm getting better!" -- Monty Python

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[Siwsan]

7. That's the best illustration of trumpcare, yet!

[karynnj]

8. I think I get what Trump was saying when he spoke of January

When he noted John McCain was out - I don't think he mean that McCain was a voice he could not get, but rather that by next year , he will be out of the Senate, replaced by the right wing governor. I don't think I have to argue hard that Trump would actually count the time when someone standing in his way has left to live.