Lewandowski: The President Is Going To Close The Deal On O'care Repeal Today

[DonViejo]

By NICOLE LAFOND Published JULY 19, 2017 7:56 AM

President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager thinks the President will probably “close the deal today” on an Obamacare repeal bill because Trump is “a great dealmaker.”

Appearing on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday, Corey Lewandowski was asked about news that the President will have lunch with Republican Senators Wednesday to get the GOP on board with a health care repeal vote next week. He said Senate Republicans are “very, very close” to getting the support they need and said there are just a few “tweaks” that need to happen in order to bring opposing Senators on board.

“Look, it’s been publicly reported that there are probably two Republican U.S. Senators who are going to support the bill, Rand Paul from Kentucky and Sue Collins from Maine. You don’t necessarily need them if you get everybody else and you put (Vice President) Mike Pence in the chair and he breaks the tie,” he said. “I think this bill is going to get done. The President is probably going to close the deal today.”

However, it’s not clear which piece of legislation Lewandowski was discussing when he said that Trump would close the deal.

The Senate plans to consider a straight repeal of Obamacare next week now that it failed to earn enough support for its comprehensive replacement bill. So far, three senators have explicitly said they will not support advancing to a vote on clean repeal: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) have signaled they will support a vote on straight repeal.

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[3catwoman3]

1. Close the deal...

...or close the book?

[exboyfil]

2. Did the Russians send a special care package

of videos of the recalcitrant Senators?

[Zoonart]

3. This ought to be good.

[Dave Starsky]

4. Trump couldn't sell free peanuts to a squirrel.

Trump is the worst deal maker in history. How this guy ever got ANY reputation as a business guru is a cosmic joke.

[Freethinker65]

5. Thought he closed the deal on day one? Easy.

Or did he close it weeks ago? Who knew how complicated it could be

Ok. Let's just make a deal or threaten to cut off more funding. That is the last deal. Seriously.

Or did he close it last week? Was that before the bill was pulled or after

Yeah. Now I remember, he closed the deal this weekend. Repeal and Replace

Wait. Nope. The deal is now just go for Repeal only

Sorry. That was yesterday's deal, last night's deal was even better- Trump does not own any of it and no deals were ever made and it is best to do nothing.

Wait until you hear this deal I have for you at breakfast this morning. You are going to love it...

Ok. So who is up for lunch? Let's make a deal

[Docreed2003]

6. Between this...

And Trumps tweet about a surprise coming "at lunch". You have to wonder who they've dug up dirt on or who folded. Maybe I'm being melodramatic, but something seems fishy.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Trump's Doug Stamper says what?

[ALBliberal]

8. My dad was a siding salesman. He taught me early on to recognize a gimmick. That's all Trump ever

Has to offer. the next gimmick. Trump is a glorified salesman of things we don't need and can't use.