Trump Backtracks: Actually I 'Didn't Want To Take A Vote' On O'Care Repeal
Source: Talking Points Memo
President Donald Trump said in an interview published Sunday that he "didn't want to take a vote" on the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, despite demanding one less than 24 hours before the legislation was pulled.
"You know that we didnt take a vote," Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times. "I didnt want to take a vote. It was my idea. I said why should I take a vote."
Less than 24 hours before Republicans choked and pulled the bill, unable to muster the votes for its passage amid defections from both moderate and conservative members, Trump pushed for the legislation to go to the floor anyway.
"Yeah, I dont lose. I dont like to lose," Trump told the Financial Times. "But that wasnt a definitive day. They are negotiating as we speak. I dont know if you know. They are negotiating right now. There was no reason to take a vote."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-backtracks-obamacare-repeal-vote-tweets
IdiotsforPalin
(173 posts)unicorn that farts glitter.........
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)Calling it any less than a blatant lie is a disservice to all concerned.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Why should we be surprised? I guess the NY Times misquoted him:
Guys, weve got one shot here, he told members of the Freedom Caucus at a meeting in the Cabinet Room, according to a person present in the room who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the meeting was private. This is it were voting now.
NY Times
I guess "we're voting now" is supposed to be the same thing as "I didn't want to take a vote."
OnDoutside
(19,986 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,034 posts)dalton99a
(81,700 posts)Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)he hosts some dinner, says, we're all gonna work together now, right Chuck, and gives Schumer the creepiest smile ever witnessed in human history. A day or two later, he's blaming Dems and the Freedum Caucus for the death of the bill.
So now - what's that you say? Oh, he didn't want a vote, okay. And now there's negotiating, as I write this. Okay.
"Yeah, I don't lose." Well - okay.
arrgghh
Warpy
(111,437 posts)because you wanted to poke one of your little fingers into Obama's eyes by repealing it on the anniversary of its passage.
Your "negotiations" had seven long years to come up with something else, better or not. They didn't. They won't now, either. They have no ideas, they are out of them, and it's beginning to show rather badly. They can't expect any help from you, either, because you're obviously not up to the job.
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,950 posts)IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)I was hoping he'd resign and say his whole presidency was an elaborate joke on the world.
thesquanderer
(12,000 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)in·sane
inˈsān/
adjective
1.
in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.
Blue Idaho
(5,067 posts)This asswipe insists on making a fool of himself.
davekriss
(4,643 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)does he think we won't remember.
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)A bunch of both.
onlyadream
(2,168 posts)From Russia to the health bill. That's all. It worked to some extent, but Russia is too important and there's too many red flags to tamper the conversation for long.
Aristus
(66,522 posts)They were probably pretty sour...
oberliner
(58,724 posts)They were sour anyway.
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)Or that some people are gullible enough to believe one lie that contradicts a previous lie that contradicts still another lie?
Oh, wait. My bad. Trump voters.
DOH!
red dog 1
(27,913 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)which sometimes involves compromise.
Mr. Ected
(9,675 posts)He can feed them turds, call it baklava, and they'd be begging for more.
noneof_theabove
(410 posts)Heard the 3-D today but missed all the words
got Deflect / Deny / ....... pick one there are many
Desparage
Denagade
ColemanMaskell
(783 posts)The Trump Resistance Plan: Step 1 Understanding the Three Ds
The first step to resisting President-elect Trump is understanding how he and Kellyanne Conway deploy their Three Ds strategy: deflect, divert and distract.
BY STEVEN HARPER | JANUARY 18, 2017
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)for a human being, let alone for a president of the United States.
sprinkleeninow
(20,268 posts)JBoy
(8,021 posts)Fucking guy.
BainsBane
(53,127 posts)He's making it easy for Republicans on the Hill to vote against him.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)briv1016
(1,570 posts)He "just wanted a signing ceremony."
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Wow. That's actually kind of shocking to me. Rookie mistake.
sakabatou
(42,202 posts)No more backtracks, mispokes nor mistakes. TRUMP LIES!
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Perhaps his fans follow him because he's never coherent, that way they can put whatever words in his mouth that they'd like.