Trump tells Boy Scouts he'll fire Tom Price if ObamaCare repeal fails. You heard me...Boy Scouts.

[Miles Archer]

President Donald Trump veered from his prepared remarks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree on Monday to press Senate Republicans to move forward with a plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and joked he would fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if the effort fails.

Trump began his remarks to the annual Boy Scout summit in Beaver, West Virginia, by claiming he wouldn’t talk about politics, but went off-script several times to comment on the GOP Senate health care bill and to chastise the “fake news” media for coverage of his administration. He also recounted his election victory over Hillary Clinton, again boasting that most pundits didn’t predict his win.

The speech quickly turned political after Trump introduced several members of his Cabinet who are former scouts, including Price.

“By the way, you’re going to get the votes?” he asked Price. “He better get ’em. He better get ’em. Ah, he better — otherwise, I’ll say, ‘Tom, you’re fired!’”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tom-price_us_597678ebe4b0e201d5776af2?9pk&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[rzemanfl]

1. Did he say "Scout's honor?" This is ridiculous. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

2. What a great role model.

[Tanuki]

3. The adult scout leaders should have rebuked him on the spot as

Rev. Faith Green of Flint, Michigan did when he tried to turn a supposedly non-political appearance at her church into an opportunity to attack HRC.

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[Achilleaze]

4. + 1000

It is a major failure of courage and integrity, that the scope officials remained silent in the face of this ethical travesty

[Lucinda]

5. FFS