Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: I'm gonna come after you

[milestogo]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning to sell the House GOP leadership’s plan to overhaul the health-care system as the legislation races toward an expected vote on the House floor by the end of the week. Assuring Republicans that they would gain seats if they passed the bill, the president told Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, to stand up and take some advice.

“I’m gonna come after you, but I know I won’t have to, because I know you’ll vote ‘yes,’ ” Trump said, according to several Republican lawmakers who attended the meeting. “Honestly, a loss is not acceptable, folks.”

But after the meeting, Meadows told reporters that the president had not made the sale, that the call-out was good-natured and that conservative holdouts would continue to press for a tougher bill.

“I’m still a ‘no,’ ” he said. “I’ve had no indication that any of my Freedom Caucus colleagues have switched their votes.” Trump is putting his considerable weight behind a proposal crafted by House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) that would represent a big win for the president and the speaker if the House approves it.

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A good natured threat.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I will be shocked out of my gourd if the House doesnt pass it.

[Renew Deal]

3. I'd be surprised

I think they will just to get rid of it. Then Ryan can claim victory and move on.

[Fast Walker 52]

14. and I'll be shocked if the Senate passes it

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. What if they make a couple of changes and then pass it, still leaving

it a mess that will result in uninsured millions?

I dont trust them, not one of them.

[Fast Walker 52]

18. depends what kind of changes?

If they make it more extreme to satisfy the House freedom caucus, then less likely to pass senate. If they make it less extreme, it's more likely to pass the Senate but less likely to pass House. My basic understanding, anyway.

[Renew Deal]

2. They know they'll probably be around after his impeachment.

[Scarsdale]

4. Kellyanne

is MUCH scarier than tRump. Even Ivanka, with those YUUGE teeth is scarier than daddy. What happened to little Rancid Pieface, strangely quiet this week.

[jesskirablue42]

13. "I'm going to come after you"

If an ex was saying that, it would be stalking and harrassment. If an Italian mafia boss was saying it, it would be the same. I am trying really hard to think of other contexts in normal social conversation that those words are used, and am coming up blank. Someone help me out here..is it just me?

We have a fucking bully for a president, and he needs to be put in his place like all bullies do.

[Bengus81]

5. Some will be fooled that a few hold out Republicans have grown a conscience....

Not so. Rand Paul and his THUGS in the FC want nothing LESS than a complete,100% DUMPING of the ACA NOW and then work on their own HC bill em...."sometime". They don't give a flying fuck about everyone on the ACA losing their health care overnight.

To them it's all about removing a black guys name from a successful HC program and putting it in the dumpster of history never to be seen again. Any nonsense that they care about 20M Americans and their HC is nonsense.

[FakeNoose]

30. They're the ones that put Obama's name on it in the first place

Obama did not name his Affordable Care Act "Obamacare". He's not a vain man, he just wanted to help American families while he was in office.

The nasty Tea-party a--holes started calling it "Obamacare" because they wanted that name to sink the legislation. Well the whole thing backfired and now they're stuck with the name. They hate the name even more than they hate the ACA program.

Let those idiots all retire and die, and we should mark their gravestones "Obamacare." They deserve it.

[George II]

6. That's the way to make political allies, huh? Guess he learned that from Putin.

[Marthe48]

7. dump is always 'good-natured'

before he stabs you in the back. Whether the piece of crap ryan care passes or not, a lot of gop pols have been exposed as cruel heartless bastards and won't be back next election.

[J_William_Ryan]

8. "tougher bill"

The right's Freudian slip is showing.

"Tougher" on whom - the elderly, low income families, children, retired Americans...

Conservatives are as reprehensible as they are wrong.

[renate]

9. they're not even trying to hide their agenda!

Great catch!

[DinahMoeHum]

10. Neah neah-neah neah neah booga booga booga. . .

[Friend or Foe]

11. We are witnessing the immortal words of W.C. Fields coming to life

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with "cow excrement"!

[yallerdawg]

12. The true conservatives just want "repeal."

Their position is - if you want insurance, go buy it. If you can't afford it, try your luck at the emergency room.

Government should be completely out of it. That is the essence of "repeal."

They said it will take Democrats to pass "repeal and replace" and this looks to be true.

This could also be an abandonment of the sociopath in the White House - he isn't making any friends in the political class.

Even a deeply wounded Pence knows how to keep the wheels turning.

[Vogon_Glory]

15. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

May a wrathful tsunami of blue voters turn out to scour them out of their seats!

[FairWinds]

16. Im gonna come after you, . ."

standard politics.

That is what FDR did, and what Obama
should have done vs. democratic sabotage
of the public option and/or medicare for all.

Dems play softball - slow pitch softball at that.

[CTyankee]

19. What's he gonna do? Grab 'em by their dingalongs?

[Submariner]

22. I'm sure the female republican women are looking forward to getting their crotches grabbed

but you're right, the guys probably not so much.

[CTyankee]

25. Chuck Berry would have understood that...

altho I think his song was "My Dingaling".....

[Javaman]

20. he reminds me of this crazy old bastard that lived down the block from me when I was a kid...

he would threaten people with this type of shit all the time when he didn't get what he wanted.

all hot air and bullshit.

[calimary]

21. "stand up and take some advice"???

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So the intent was to humiliate in front of all that dude's colleagues.

WELL! THAT'S certainly gonna win hearts and minds.

Seems to me it's not a good idea to try to "rule" by making people afraid of you, or dressing them down in public to humiliate them - in order to show how dominant you are. It may work for awhile. But it won't sow seeds of loyalty or friendship. Seems to me it's far more apt to recruit converts to anyone who wants to take the bully down (and looks like he or she can actually do it). Human nature and all that. If you're humiliated by some bully who deliberately throws his weight around at your expense, I'd suspect you might be EAGER to see or even contribute to that bully's downfall.

[Sunlei]

24. The 'dominate to win' personality is why Mr Trump doesn't have any real friends.

MONEY CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE - RALPH TRESVANT

[Sunlei]

23. Famous Trump quotes "I will destroy you" "I know I wont have to, because I know you'll vote yes"

Republicans are cowards! What the heck does your Party have on you that makes you little Rs so weak?

[gopiscrap]

26. trumpy needs to learn that the presidency isn't a mafia position

[CTyankee]

28. I wouldn't be suprised if he does cooperate with the mafia...

[gopiscrap]

29. same here

[Marie Marie]

27. Oooh! I'll get you - on Twitter!

What a child.

[Zambero]

31. 37% approval says....

Trump's political capital is not only in the toilet, but properly flushed as well.

[bobGandolf]

32. ALL VOTERS--- Get involved! This problem is bigger than the usual politics.

I'd like to think republicans, democrats, and independents, would ....be making their voices be heard. There is still way to much silence from all voters, myself included. Donald Trump, and his cohorts, need to go. America as we know it, is at stake.

An easy way to start being involved is communication with your representatives. Even if your representative is supportive of our goal, the removal of Trump, it is important to let them know how you feel.

Next on my list.....go to a few rallies.

[LuckyLib]

33. A lot of truth is said in jest. dRumpf is one of those assholes who always "presays" his intent.

The gold-ole-boy way. Har, har, har, with a slap on the shoulder. They are being nicely bullied.

[riversedge]

35. Agree. We have seen how he goes after folks who disagree with him.

[jmowreader]

34. Nice little Congress ya got here. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it.

It doesn't matter anyway; if he can't get what he wants from Congress he'll just whip up an executive order that repels Obamacare and installs Don T's InfernoCare in its place.