g5000
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They could repeal if they wanted to, but they don't want to. Because then we would go back to what we had before ObamaCare, and that would be much worse.The 60 repeals were theater for the rubes.Isn't it hilarious the GOP voted 60 times for repeal when they knew a repeal would never make it past the President's desk?The problem is that the Republican party and its supporters think that everyone with an (R) after their name supports the exact same things and will ALL vote the same... this bill proves that's bupkiss. The Republican party is full of varying degrees of Conservatives, with some that support helping their constituents, to some that are very strict and do not want the federal government involved in health care whatsoever, and because of that, they can't come up with a bill that will satisfy them all to get their support to pass the bill, even with the nuclear option and the VP making the deciding vote.
Remember that?
Now they have a President who promised to repeal ObamaCare literally on day one!
On day one!
So where's the repeal?
The rubes STILL have not caught on they have been massively hoaxed. Tremendously hoaxed. Sad.
Two things: First is they can't rescind the bill without 60 Senate votes. They can kill some of it, but not most. Secondly is that we have a slight leadership in the Senate, a strong leadership in Congress, and the White House. That does not mean we won the MSM. So their defense to the Republican bill is to lie about it saying it would remove everybody from Commie Care and they would totally be without insurance. The MSM and Democrats would promote that, so some Republicans (especially those up for reelection) would be hesitant to rescind it even if they could.
If the Democrats were smart (and they are not) they would challenge the Republicans to make them look bad. Get 10 Democrat Senators to say they would vote to totally get rid of Commie Care. When the Republicans back away, they would be able to make a hay day out of it and truthfully call Republicans liars.
And Trump has already lied about the House bill: Link
“Make no mistake,” the president said at one point, “this is a repeal and a replace of Obamacare, make no mistake about it. Make no mistake.”
The actual fact is that neither the House nor Senate bills repeal ObamaCare.
Correct, because they can't. They can only vote on fiscal matters with a 51 Senate vote.
And they count on their rubes not knowing this.