Ryan: GOP healthcare plan was written with Trump

[n2doc]

Source: The Hill

House GOP leadership's ObamaCare repeal plan was written with President Trump, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Wednesday.

House conservatives are pushing Trump for changes to the plan, but Ryan said they shouldn't expect anything major.

"Obviously, the major components are staying intact because this is something we wrote with President Trump," Ryan told Fox Business.

Conservatives take issue with the plan's refundable tax credits, which they call "new entitlements," and argue the entire original healthcare law should be repealed.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/324077-ryan-the-gop-health-plan-was-written-with-trump

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Sounds like Ryan is trying to keep Trump from throwing him under the bus

when the whole thing falls apart.

[machoneman]

3. Oh Yes!

These comment fit right in with....I'm not going down with the ship alone!

No sir, you're coming with!

[JHan]

2. Yes, it does read as though two idiots came up with it, not just one.

[thinkingagain]

22. Laurel & Hardy ?

😊 n/t

[Borchkins]

27. Dumb and Dumber?

[JenniferJuniper]

4. Too funny. Like a couple of kids.

He made me do it! Don't blame me!

[mountain grammy]

5. Definitely takes more than one idiot to shit this turd.

[dalton99a]

6. They've reached an important milestone in Phase One: Blame each other.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Well, that's interesting...

[Phoenix61]

8. Well, that didn't take long

Let the finger pointing begin.

[smirkymonkey]

9. The republican party is such a flaming shit-show.

It's amazing that they can get anything done at all.

[leftynyc]

10. LOL - ryan isn't going to let the

degenerate make him take all the blame. Just saw only 24% of Americans support that piece of crap plan.

[Johonny]

11. Ryan knows Trump gave his seal of approval without reading it or caring what is in it

so now Ryan can use Trump's chronic laziness against him.

[Panich52]

12. Ryan deflecting unfavorable reception?

He long ago declared his unwillingness to work w/ Trump. So is he trying g to spread blame? Trump has already proven his so-called populist preaching was empty pandering—not one of his "promises" has even been remotely attempted to be fulfilled except invigorated bigotry. Interesting to see if he'll accept shared authorship of his worst trust failure yet.

[Freethinker65]

13. Reservoir Dogs

[lark]

14. Oh, drumpf isn't going to like that.

He never takes responsibility for anything he actually does that has negative results, only takes credit for things other people do that have good results.

Drumpf is such an idiot, he wants the bill to be even more regressive than it is now, and even fewer people covered. Of course, he's so stupid he doesn't realize that will make the CBO score for people losing insurance go even higher and push some Senate Repugs even further away from it. He's not smart enough to tackle both crazy House complaints and complaints from Senate and people losing coverage at the same time. Complexity is obviously far above his capabilities, except in being a criminal. He's good at that.

[Qutzupalotl]

15. Well, that explains why Ryan is pushing a bill doomed to fail.

Trump made him do it.

Ryan can count. He knows this can't pass. I think he wants this version to go down to force some changes from Trump. But I'll bet the next version will have a tax cut component too.

[Blue Idaho]

16. Translation...

No One Is Leaving This Sinking Ship!!!

[Friend or Foe]

17. I smell a fowl tweet storm a commin'

Or is it foul tweet storm? Either way, this is getting fun to watch.

[MyOwnPeace]

18. Oh, Yeah!!

Look for "Breaking Tweet" sometime around 4 AM tomorrow - and it ain't gonna' be pretty!

[Cryptoad]

19. ,,,, TrumpChump already professed

his ignorance of Health Care Insurance!

[Turn CO Blue]

20. Ha ha, Ryan ain't going to let Bannon/Trump pin this dog on him alone. Blame game begins.

[NastyRiffraff]

21. Ryan is supposed to be intelligent

However, this is a very transparent ploy. You'd think a player like him would think of a better, less obvious way of sliding the knife into Caeser's ribs on the Ides of March.

[colorado_ufo]

23. I always love a classics reference!

Sort of adds a smile to the day! Ah, Drumph, "Beware the Ides of March!"

[n2doc]

24. Et Tu, Paul? n/t

[UT_democrat]

25. but, but, but....

buttholes yammering and stammering smiling for the camera an lying to the people treatin em like sheeple.

[NewRedDawn]

26. KKK Bill

Kremlin Kill Kare bill. Authored by God Father Putin, Capos "cocksucker" Comey, Lyin "google eyes" Ryan , & "Small fingers Pussy grabber" Donatelo Trumpolini.

[BeyondGeography]

28. Trump was in the room but he was mostly thinking about Shark Tank's ratings

[geek tragedy]

29. Bear hug nt

[Trenzalore]

30. The GOP Kobyashi Maru

The GOP is a fractured mess. The libertarian wing, the conservative wing, and the moderate wing will never agree to anything that can pass the house let alone the Senate.

Repeal of Obamacare exposes all of these fault lines. Pits GOP governors against their Washington counterparts as well.

They have a majority. When Obama was President they were effective in saying no to everything. They can't govern with it.