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Did Trump promise the Boy Scouts that he would fire Tom Price if the vote to repeal failed? (Original Post)
33taw
Jul 2017
OP
I really thought the scumbag former Congressman from Georgia would whip the Senate into shape
DefenseLawyer
Jul 2017
#5
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. Why, yes he did
Good catch.
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)2. +1 n/t
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)3. Here's exactly what Trump said...
Transcript here:
http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/
Secretary Tom Price is also here today. Dr. Price still lives the Scout oath, helping to keep millions of Americans strong and healthy as our secretary of Health and Human Services. And he's doing a great job. And hopefully he's going to gets the votes tomorrow to start our path toward killing this horrible thing known as Obamacare that's really hurting us.
(APPLAUSE)
CROWD: USA! USA! USA!
TRUMP: By the way, are you going to get the votes? He better get them. He better get them. Oh, he better. Otherwise I'll say, "Tom, you're fired." I'll get somebody.
ETA link to video of just that part:
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/07/24/trump-health-bill-hhs-price-youre-fired-tsr.cnn
I got a just kidding/not kidding vibe from watching it. I don't understand how any quasi intelligent human being with even a trace of ethics or morality can support this narcissistic abusive jerk.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,794 posts)4. I caught that line too.
The Donald did indeed say that if Tom Price did not deliver on the Health Care vote, he would be fired. Like Price had any influence on the Senate anyway.
Jeff Sessions and Tom Price are both skating on thin ice right now.
33taw
(2,448 posts)6. We need Sessions for now because of Russia. Price can go.
The fear is - what nutjob would he replace him with.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)5. I really thought the scumbag former Congressman from Georgia would whip the Senate into shape
Maybe he was too busy insider-trading to really put the hammer down.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)8. It was a Trump promise