Trump: Move to repeal if no deal

>>> IT'LL BE REPEAL AND REPLACE.
IT'LL BE ESSENTIALLY
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IT WILL BE VARIOUS SEGMENTS, YOU
UNDERSTAND, BUT WILL MOST LIKELY
BE ON THE SAME DAY OR SAME WEEK.
BUT PROBABLY THE SAME DAY, COULD
BE THE SAME HOUR.
>> THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
JANUARY.
BUT WITH THE SENATE REPUBLICAN
BILL IN JEOPARDY HE NOW CHANGED
HIS TUNE.
HE'S SAYING HE'S OPEN TO
REPEALING OBAMACARE NOW WITHOUT
REPLACING IT IMMEDIATELY.
AND SOME REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE
BACKING HIM.
SHOULD THE REST FOLLOW SUIT?
JOINING ME NOW, OUR PANEL.
THANKS ONE AND ALL FOR BEING
HERE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE THAT
CAN VOTE ON THIS.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WRIGHT.
AND AS WE WERE DISCUSSING
EARLIER, THIS IS NOT THAT FAR
FROM WHAT THE HOUSE RECOMMENDED
LAST NOVEMBER, WHERE WE LOOK AT
PUTTING OUT A DATE WHERE WE
WOULD REPEAL OBAMACARE AND THEN
WORK IN PHASES TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT ALL THE STATUTES, ALL THE
RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE OFF
THE BOOKS BY A GIVEN DATE.
AND I THINK THE EXPECTATION OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WAS ONE
STROKE OF THE PEN WAS GOING TO
TAKE CARE OF THIS.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S NOT
POSSIBLE.
THAT'S RIGHT, SIMPLIFICATION OF
THE MESSAGE HAS GOTTEN US INTO A
BOX ON THIS.
IT IS A BILL THAT HAS A LOT OF
TENTACLES.
YOU WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT
YOU DO THIS PROPERLY SO WE ARE
ON THE MATH TO PATIENT CENTERED
HEALTH CARE THAT'S AFFORDABLE
FOR ALL AMERICANS.
>> LISTEN, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE
REPUBLICANS ADVICE HOW TO DO
SOMETHING I DISAGREE WITH, BUT I
AM GOING TO OBSERVE THE WAY THE
PRESIDENT IS DOING IT, MAKES NO
SENSE AT ALL.
HE LITERALLY REVERSES COURSE ON
A TWEET, DESTROYS THE LEVERAGE
OF HIS OWN PEOPLE.
HE TELLS HIS OWN PEOPLE OUT
THERE, GET THIS DONE FOR ME, GET
THIS DONE FOR ME, OH, NEVER
MIND.
YOU DON'T DO THAT WITH MAJOR
LEGISLATION.
>> HOUSE HAS BEEN VERY
SYSTEMATIC --
>> YOU'RE CLOSE WITH MITCH
McCONNELL, SO REPUBLICANS ARE IN
THIS ROOM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GET TO 50 VOTES NP
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE ON
REPLACEMENT.
AND THIS TWEET, THIS TOTALLY NEW
POSITION WAS DESCRIBED AS ONE
REPUBLICAN AIDE AS THROWING A
GRENADE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROOM.
>> WELL, IT MAY HAVE BEEN
DESIGNED AS TRYING TO PRESSURE
THE PROCESS ALONG HERE.
ALL THE DATA NERDS AND THE
SPREADSHEET JOCKEYS ARE IN THE
CAPITAL PUTTING NUMBERS TOGETHER
AND TRYING TO SPIN THE DIALS IN
JUST THE RIGHT WAYS TO GET CLOSE
TO 50 VOTES PLUS ONE.
THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN
THE MARKET BUT WE NEED A 31%
INCREASE TO DO IT.
SO IF HE NEEDED A REMINDER WHY
REPLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY, HE
GOT ONE.
THIS PLAN TO POSSIBLY CANCEL THE
AUGUST RECESS TO KEEP WORKING ON
IT IS INTERESTING.
PREMIUMS GOING UP, DEDUCTIBLES
GOING UP, HALF OF ALL COUNTIES
IN THE UNITED STATES --
>> WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS DO?
SHOULD THEY STEP IN HERE AND
OFFER THEIR OWN ALTERNATIVE TO
HELP WITH SOME OF THE PROBLEMS
LIKE THE ONE THAT -- DESCRIBED
OR SHOULD THEY STAND BACK AND
LET REPUBLICANS HAVE THIS
PROBLEM FOR THEMSELVES?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT
PRESSURE ON REPUBLICANS IN TERMS
OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR IS
SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN THIS TO THE
RECESS.
WHICH WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEEPLY
UNPOPULAR.
AND AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT
THIS.
WHETHER IT'S REPEAL AND WE'LL
FIX IT LATER OR WE WANT TRUMP
CARE, PEOPLE DON'T WANT THIS.
AND SENATORS GOING HOME AND
HAVING TOWN HALLS OR AVOID AT
ALL COSTS HAVING TOWN HALLS --
>> SPEAKING OF TOWN HALLS, I
WANT YOU TO HEAR A TOWN HALL
WITH SENATOR BILL CASIED.
>> BY KICKING THEM OFF THEIR
HEALTH CARE AT THAT POINT,
THAT'S --
>> ELIMINATE MANDATES AND --
>> LET ME TRANSLATE THAT.
SO THE TOWN HALL PARTICIPANTS
SAID YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE
LIKE AT THEIR LOWEST TO STEP ON
THEIR NECKS AT THAT POINT,
THAT'S CRUEL, SIR.
AND SENATOR CADDIED REPLIED I'M
DOING MY BEST.
AND THAT IS MY GOAL, THAT IS
WHAT I'M WORKING FOR.
MAYBE YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME
SORT OF STIPEND WHEN IT COMES TO
SOUND EQUIPMENT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE
FACING BACK HOME, THIS BILL AS
JASON POINTED OUT, IT IS NOT
POPLAR.
THE HOUSE BILL WASN'T POPULAR.
IT DID NOT PASS, ANYWAY.
BUT IT IS NOT POPULAR.
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE AND --
>> HERE'S THE DEAL, UNTERNT
LEADS TO CONFUSION.
CONFUSION LEADS TO EMOTION.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
PLAY OUT.
PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO BE LEFT
WITH NOTHING.
AND THEY WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR FAMILIES WHEN IT COMES TO
A HEALTH INSURANCE PRODUCT.
THE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE
UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS
IMPLODING AS SCOTT WAS SAYING.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
THE STATUS QUO IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS,
THOUGH, FIRST OF ALL THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BEEN
JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON THIS POGO
STICK FOR SEVEN YEARS.
AND RIGHT NOW SCARING PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DOING OR HOW TO DO IT.
IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE REAL
PROBLEMS OUT THERE, AND WE'RE
NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY IS HAPPY
TO LET THINGS THEY COULD FIX GO
WORSE AND SO --
>> NO, THEY SAID THAT.
>> THEY ACTUALLY SAID IT.
>> I WOULD TAKE ISSUE WITH FACT
THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE
INDIVIDUALS PUT IN ANY KIND OF
HARM VIA A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.
OUR GOAL IS TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE

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