Losing the Script
Republicans should be riding high in the age of Trump. Instead, they just seem lost.
There’s lots of news out today suggesting that Trump’s antics and histrionics may be jeopardizing one of the GOP’s top aims: repeal of Obamacare.
The Republicans, who originally spoke of repeal, then shifted to repeal and replace, are now talking about “repair.” It’s unclear what that will mean in terms of concrete policies, but it’s very clear that enough of the leadership believes it is losing the political battle over Obamacare such that it now has to describe what it is doing in vastly different terms. Terms not unlike those used by Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
Listen to Paul Ryan as he twists himself into a pretzel:
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