If passage of the bill was ever a sincere priority for Trump he could've simply delayed the vote by... a week? It doesn't make any sense.
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GOP qualms were resolvable with some basic legislating/compromising. NY delegation had already been mollified. But Trump nuked the process.
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There was something weirdly shambolic and cynical about this entire (arbitrarily expedited) process -- not 100% sure what to make of it yet.
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Preliminary attempt to figure out what happened:https://medium.com/theyoungturks/gop-healthcare-defeat-three-dimensional-chess-or-just-incompetence-74c633fb9c4d …
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It's a combination of his general impulsiveness, opportunity to blame Ryan, & a tepid commitment to the bill in the first place
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If he really thought this was a major imperative there are relatively easy steps he could've taken to see it through.
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Petty, backhanded manipulation in service of accruing perceived leverage would be in character for him. But who TF knows
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I doubt pettiness has anything to do with this since the bill was full of entitlements
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I think "moderate" GOPs who defected could've been won over with some basic concessions if they'd just extended it by a week
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Possible some of them saw the disaster that happened to Dems with passing ACA w/o public approval and wouldn't repeat.
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there was just a weird, shambolic quality to the entire process
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His admin is weird & shambolic. Constant bumbling.
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@Bad_Aim_Band@politico And you think you're going to like the switch? -
Now is the time for Dems to push either single payer or medicare for all. But they're crooked idiots
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I like Ryan. And I'll like him even better when he gives up on appeasing the populist idiot at 1600 Penn.
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Trump thought they should let Obamacare implode then work on. But GOP swore they were ready. Not so, all talk. So let it implode
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@mtracey.@BernieUpstateNY .@politico Training liberals to be happy with lame Obamacare — DEMAND UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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at this point you can almost entirely predict what Trump's real motive is if you just invert MSM's immediate narratives.
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