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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:45 PM Mar 2017

We wont have these crowds: Trump complains his rallies will shrivel if health care bill fails

Source: raw story



21 Mar 2017 at 11:05 ET


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On Tuesday, Trump traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with a number of House Republicans who are reluctant to pass a Republican health care bill that has been championed by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI).


According to CNN, Trump began his meeting with Republicans by congratulating himself for the crowd size at a Monday night rally in Louisville, Kentucky. The president warned that the value of his earned media would be diminished if the health care bill fails.

“We won’t have these crowds if we don’t get this done,” he reportedly complained. “I honestly think many of you will lose your seats in 2018 if you don’t get this done.”

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The president reportedly left the meeting without taking questions.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/we-wont-have-these-crowds-trump-complains-his-rallies-will-shrivel-if-health-care-bill-fails/



I imagine most were not pleased with being lectured to and then Trump not taking any questions. Coward!





Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology executives at Trump Tower in New York City (AFP Photo/Drew Angerer)


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We wont have these crowds: Trump complains his rallies will shrivel if health care bill fails (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2017 OP
If the human race survives, historians will write about Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #1
I totally Homeoutside Mar 2017 #7
Well let's hope the Republicans in Congress tire of this type of treatment titaniumsalute Mar 2017 #11
It's all about what they can/should do for HIM. Nothing about him doing something for THEM. SharonAnn Mar 2017 #15
Exactly! Healthcare is for the citizens and yet, Marie Marie Mar 2017 #24
Yeah, I agree. 🙁 Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #30
His crowds have already shriveled kimbutgar Mar 2017 #2
I can't wait for the wrong crowd to show. Crowman2009 Mar 2017 #29
Another no vote on GOP health care bill, this one post-Trump pitch riversedge Mar 2017 #3
I think Budd really means: Kittycow Mar 2017 #31
In reality the anti-AHCA storm will only increase if it is passed bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #4
Don't you wish you could have been in the room... yallerdawg Mar 2017 #5
No questions? I guess he learned from Spicey. George II Mar 2017 #6
He thinks he can order them around like he's some kind of CEO. forgotmylogin Mar 2017 #13
Eventually Trump's fans will realize they are Trump's victims and will stop showing up. Vinca Mar 2017 #8
And they will lose their seats if they vote IN FAVOR of repeal and replace. no_hypocrisy Mar 2017 #9
Obama: Do whats right, even if costs you.VS Trump: Do whats wrong, or it will cost you. riversedge Mar 2017 #10
This and they are going to lose their seats, if they continue to support this buffoon. dewsgirl Mar 2017 #23
A lot more will lose their seats if it does get done vlyons Mar 2017 #12
I honestly don't think anything could hurt him more... I hope it happens. Still In Wisconsin Mar 2017 #14
Why does Trump want it so bad? IronLionZion Mar 2017 #16
Pure and simple, his actions are fueled by hatred for Pres. Obama groundloop Mar 2017 #22
Hatred of President Obama. The 2011 corespondents dinner humiliated the Birther King-Forever & Ever. Sunlei Mar 2017 #33
I think Trump can't work on taxes until healthcare is done More_Cowbell Mar 2017 #17
I never saw narcissism this bad. Damn SummerSnow Mar 2017 #18
IOW, thanks for walking the plank for me, DeminPennswoods Mar 2017 #19
Trump knows his crowds are about to figure out that he's a con artist. milestogo Mar 2017 #20
Since T relies on crowd size as a measure of his manhood,that's not the only thing that will shrivel Hekate Mar 2017 #21
Great minds . . . as I read this post I thought, "Hmmmm. Trump and shrivel in the same sentence!" LuckyLib Mar 2017 #25
Ultimate shrinkage... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #34
They'll lose their seats if they pass the bill infidelsavant Mar 2017 #26
I think Dr. Bornstein left a few meds off Trump's personal pharmacopeia jmowreader Mar 2017 #27
shrivel enid602 Mar 2017 #28
T(R)umps to afraid to face press questions. He hides with a TV, his pet Bannon & watches Spicer. Sunlei Mar 2017 #32
OMG!!!1!11!!!! Rallies with poor turnouts!! What will we do! Thor_MN Mar 2017 #35
Top Original Post Statement..about crowds.& healthcare......dumbest thing yet... Stuart G Mar 2017 #36
The only thing worse than not passing TrumpCare... Blue Idaho Mar 2017 #37

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. If the human race survives, historians will write about
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:52 PM
Mar 2017

the worst human beings to live in history.

Hitler...Mussolini...Stalin...and a few others and on the first page of the worst of all time among others will be Trump.

You can argue that the worst ISIS killer is better in that at least that killer's killing and harm is based in a belief in something other than his or herself. And yes, I hate the ISIS killer just as much as I hate a businessman who knowingly harms others the way this guy does.

Trump will cause or try to cause massive human suffering and will do so purely to feed his ego.

Millions could die in front of him and he would not have a reaction, sociopaths dont.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
11. Well let's hope the Republicans in Congress tire of this type of treatment
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:59 PM
Mar 2017

Only then will he be in jeopardy.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
24. Exactly! Healthcare is for the citizens and yet,
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 04:44 PM
Mar 2017

he makes it all about him and his crowd size. That is HIS priority. SAD!

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
2. His crowds have already shriveled
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:53 PM
Mar 2017

From the few I've seen pictures of, the crowds are not there. A lot of unfilled seats.

I can't wait for The emperor has no clothes moment.

Crowman2009

(2,495 posts)
29. I can't wait for the wrong crowd to show.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 05:46 PM
Mar 2017

Pretty soon the only audience will be the skinheads and the klan.

riversedge

(70,204 posts)
3. Another no vote on GOP health care bill, this one post-Trump pitch
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:53 PM
Mar 2017


Kyle Cheney?Verified account @kyledcheney 2h2 hours ago

Another no vote on GOP health care bill, this one post-Trump pitch


Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
31. I think Budd really means:
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 06:31 PM
Mar 2017

"...does not provide the relief that well-to-do North Carolina families need from paying higher taxes to provide premium subsidies for the poors."

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
4. In reality the anti-AHCA storm will only increase if it is passed
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:53 PM
Mar 2017

The only thing they could do to improve health care would, ceteris parabis,
be to lower the cost of Obamacare and cover more people. I know ordinary
working class Republicans who complained bitterly how their premiums rose.
THAT is the sticking point. Money, cost. Reducing benefits and kicking
people off, even if it's not your own family, is no solution because next round
of cost cutting they'll be coming for your health care!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
5. Don't you wish you could have been in the room...
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:54 PM
Mar 2017

when it dawned on them that the Democrats had been right all along?

He really is a blithering babbling moron!

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
13. He thinks he can order them around like he's some kind of CEO.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 02:00 PM
Mar 2017

Almost like he's had no training in holding elected office.

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
8. Eventually Trump's fans will realize they are Trump's victims and will stop showing up.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:55 PM
Mar 2017

Everything he does hurts his base and he seems totally clueless about what he's doing to them.

no_hypocrisy

(46,088 posts)
9. And they will lose their seats if they vote IN FAVOR of repeal and replace.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:56 PM
Mar 2017

Choose your poison Ladies and Gentlemen.

riversedge

(70,204 posts)
10. Obama: Do whats right, even if costs you.VS Trump: Do whats wrong, or it will cost you.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:56 PM
Mar 2017




David Yankovich Retweeted
John Aravosis?Verified account @aravosis 44m44 minutes ago

John Aravosis Retweeted Jon Favreau

Obama: Do what’s right, even if costs you.

Trump: Do what’s wrong, or it will cost you.




vlyons

(10,252 posts)
12. A lot more will lose their seats if it does get done
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 02:00 PM
Mar 2017

Traitor Trump will still have huge crowds, but they will be holding signs that read "Dump Trump," "Traitor," and "Liar"

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
14. I honestly don't think anything could hurt him more... I hope it happens.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 02:04 PM
Mar 2017

He thrives on adulation, and I wish severe, soul crushing existential agony for Trump.

IronLionZion

(45,433 posts)
16. Why does Trump want it so bad?
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 02:07 PM
Mar 2017

For a while there he claimed he had nothing to do with this law and didn't want his name on it. It doesn't address what he campaigned on at all. Not even close.

Any other Republican would go after tax cuts or carpet bomb ISIS or something a Republican could do.

Tackling the most complex and polarizing issue first would just seem to sink his own presidency while creating even more enemies. It's like he's daring them to throw him out. Trump might be gone this year. Congresspeople will likely outlast him.

groundloop

(11,518 posts)
22. Pure and simple, his actions are fueled by hatred for Pres. Obama
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 03:39 PM
Mar 2017

45* absolutely despises Pres. Obama, and has wet dreams over the prospect of undoing anything and everything that has Pres. Obama's fingerprints on.


Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
33. Hatred of President Obama. The 2011 corespondents dinner humiliated the Birther King-Forever & Ever.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 06:54 PM
Mar 2017

And so when the Bad King heard the good Prince was worried about millions losing their insurance, he decided to 'hurt him' and hurt his subjects.

someone will make a movie one day.

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)
17. I think Trump can't work on taxes until healthcare is done
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 02:21 PM
Mar 2017

That's the only reason I think he's pushing this now. And I agree that the GOP will lose even more seats than the party in power usually loses in the midterm election, if it passes this bill. And I'm afraid that the GOP is going to try to ensure that the low-information GOP voters don't see any changes until after the 2018 election. So I'm hoping it passes and takes effect immediately. I know people will be hurt. But I think people will be hurt much worse if the GOP holds Congress after 2018.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
20. Trump knows his crowds are about to figure out that he's a con artist.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 02:57 PM
Mar 2017

Its going to happen sooner or later, cheetoman.

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
21. Since T relies on crowd size as a measure of his manhood,that's not the only thing that will shrivel
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 03:16 PM
Mar 2017

jmho

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
25. Great minds . . . as I read this post I thought, "Hmmmm. Trump and shrivel in the same sentence!"
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 05:10 PM
Mar 2017

infidelsavant

(31 posts)
26. They'll lose their seats if they pass the bill
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 05:15 PM
Mar 2017

They realize that, which is why they don't want to pass it; because the people will vote them out of office.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
27. I think Dr. Bornstein left a few meds off Trump's personal pharmacopeia
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 05:30 PM
Mar 2017

Trump thinks GOP congressmen will lose their seats if they DON'T pass Don T's InfernoCare...

The voters think those congressmen will lose their seats if they DO pass it...

So, what are they to do? Besides going on vacation again, but that goes without saying.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
32. T(R)umps to afraid to face press questions. He hides with a TV, his pet Bannon & watches Spicer.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 06:43 PM
Mar 2017

Spicer has to report to trump immediately! after the presser to be critiqued over his performance by Bannon & Trump.

Spicer you're being abused.

Stuart G

(38,421 posts)
36. Top Original Post Statement..about crowds.& healthcare......dumbest thing yet...
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 07:58 PM
Mar 2017

Now, there is some dumb..
And there is some stupid.

And there is dumber and stupider... but................................................................................................................................................


this is the dumbest ever.......crowds vs weather they pass health care or not...?????



let's hear for dumb...........

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
37. The only thing worse than not passing TrumpCare...
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 08:09 PM
Mar 2017

Is passing TrumpCare. The GOP has a real problem on their hands...

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