Hearing 2 things re healthcare bill: bad (McConnell-run) process — too closed; and POTUS, w biggest megaphone in country, didn't use it.
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) July 18, 2017
Ha! He did use the megaphone. He said “Mitch has to pull it off.” https://t.co/8M8RHlzUgw
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 18, 2017
Wow.
"Well we have a new Supreme Court justice" McConnell says when asked how he'll justify failure on health care to voters— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) July 18, 2017
Impeach Earl Warren! always did fire up the base — back in the 1960s. Those voters can’t all have died of old age yet, right?
And not to protect his caucus- cause they will be split. This is a complete and total abdication of leadership folks
— jim manley (@jamespmanley) July 18, 2017
Wondering if repeal vote was demanded by Koch brothers to know who’s with them & who needs to be opposed (or to at least left on their own)
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 18, 2017
(Ah, yes, the John Birch Society, of which the Kochs’ father was a founding member.)
Harry Reid passed the ACA through the Senate with no cushion in his caucus. McConnell's woes are a good reminder of Reid's skill as leader.
— Geoff Garin (@geoffgarin) July 18, 2017
REPEAT AFTER ME: Paul Ryan is a "policy whiz" and Mitch McConnell is a "brilliant legislative tactician." #BCRA #AHCA #ACA
— Chris Regan (@ReganWV) July 18, 2017
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