As we told you earlier, the Senate health-care bill died last night after Senators Lee and Moran signaled their opposition to the legislation moving forward for a vote. According to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump, the next step is for the Senate to vote on a repeal of Obamacare with the idea that a new bill will be created after the fact:
My statement on an upcoming vote to repeal #Obamacare pic.twitter.com/RdyDiUJfMD— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) July 18, 2017
And here’s former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer explaining why that’s a lie (in summary, the Senate plan repeals Obamacare’s spending but not Obamacare’s rules):
Sadly, @AriFleischer is RIGHT. @SenateMajLdr is LYING to voters AGAIN abt taking up a full #ObamaCare repealWATCH pic.twitter.com/D7bWicxoJ9— BostonBobblehead (@DBloom451) July 18, 2017
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