Because Trump is a self made man and never had any help making his millions he will vote for any thing that makes him look tough no matter who gets hurt.
McConnell, it does matter what he will sign.If you and your kind can work across the isle and come up with something right, you can over ride his veto.
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Exactly. Why does Mitch think heās fooling anyone? trump has no ideas and wouldnāt understand the bill anyway. He will have absolutely no input into any bill Congress manages to cobble together. Nothing about the bill will depend on trumpās opinion one way or the other.
What a sham.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Sunday said he is āwaitingā to find out what kind of health care bill President Donald Trump would be willing to sign.
Turtles can talk! Who knew?
This was my reaction as well. I think McConnell was being sarcastic.
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McConnell is a LIAR under Trump and McConnell custody 3.5 MILLION people LOST their insurance. By Trump, McConnell, Ryan sabotaging the ACA everyone are going to take a BIG HIT.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-cruelest-month-what-the-republican-aca-sabotage_us_59e6784de4b0e60c4aa3660b
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-full-moon_us_59e953a7e4b05b4f1c3a502e
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Thatās how I read it also.
Heās calling Trump fickle and capricious. Child-like and irresponsible. A non serious person incapable of getting things done.
But, of course, Trump will only latch on only to the last part and thank McConnell, until someone points out to him it was a dis.
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Who among his staff is going to do that? Kelly?
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Kellyanne Conwayā¦
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Probably Bannon.
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Yeah, I can see that. Bannon doing that would drive a bigger wedge between Trump and the Rs.
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Iād love to make biscuits and (hemlock) gravy for McYertleās Sunday breakfast. And yes, Elaineās invited too.
Something named āTrumpcareā printed in gold colored letters.
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Heāll only sign a healthcare bill that is the moral equivalent of his business model. Take peopleās premium money and enshrine ways to avoid paying benefits. Just like the good old days. MAGA!
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Hey Mitchy should you first figure out what your own members will for for first?
Ryan the same goes for you.
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Itās pretty obvious what McConnell is thinking here. He wants Trump to come out for a bipartisan fix before Senate Republicans go out on a limb to vote for it. Trumpās support would give them some cover with the base. In addition, it makes it harder (although not impossible) for Trump to then turn around and refuse to sign the bill, again leaving the GOP legislators hanging out to dry.
McConnell clearly doesnāt trust Trump and wants Trump to take ownership of any interim fix.
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Ten out of ten isnāt giving himself enough credit?
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Itās worse than that. McConnell now seems to be saying that no legislation which might be subject to veto should be sent to the President. Bullshit. Thatās not how our system is supposed to work; thatās not how any of this is supposed to work! McConnell is a soulless, amoral piece of excrement. I do hope Bannon succeeds in his quest to strip him of āleadership.ā Heās not fit to lead a Boy Scout parade.
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Alexander-Murray is the type of bill that the Ted Cruzās of the world would sabotage, which would cause McConnell/Ryan to hold back because of threats to their leadership. I canāt imagine that the Koch Bros support the bill and I donāt think they would allow it to be considered a āwinā.
I also donāt think the Kochās idea of cutting medicare and medicaid to pay for a tax cut is going to work. I donāt think there are 50 votes (+1 w/Pence) in the US Senate or 218 in the House.
On top of that, you have the daily craziness and derpravity that is Trump. No one really knows what he would sign or not sign. Itās more chaotic, dysfunctional government that doesnāt serve the needs of the people. Thanksā¦3rd party voters, for being unable to tell the difference between a toxic pool of sludge and a basketball.
I donāt think weāll really know how McConnell and Ryan will proceed until the VA and NJ elections. In VA, if the Dem share of the white vote and turnout match what weāve seen in the special elections to date, the Dems would win the statewide races fairly comfortably, and probably win at least 10 seats in the House of Delegates and maybe get as high as 15, which might be enough to get medicaid expansion passed.
If the VA Dems do have such a performance, I think the GOP will conclude that their assumptions about their share of the white vote need to be adjusted and they might make some concessions on health care.
The flip side of it is that far right GOPers will conclude that they didnāt go hard right enough with Gillespie and would basically go full MAGA in '18 and go full white nationalist.
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R-i-i-i-ght. Hereās an idea, Mitch - Why donāt you pass a bill that will āstabilize the marketā and then see if Putinās Puppet signs it?
McConnell: My puppet never did itās āpivotā and I have no control over it! Help!