In view of the failed bid of President Trump and the Republican majority of the congress to replace the Affordable Care Act (more commonly known as Obamacare), the President of the United states has made an epic turnaround saying that he never said he would ‘repeal and replace’ the Obama installed bill.
His response comes after House Speaker Paul Ryan sensationally pulled his Obamacare repeal bill from the floor Friday afternoon, a day after President Donald Trump had threatened to walk away from health care reform if he didn’t get a vote.
In a video released online, Trump categorically stated that he did not say that he would he repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act within 64 days; a statement made in clear contradiction to his promise to ‘repeal and replace Obamacare as soon as he becomes president’ because Obamacare has to be repealed.
Irrespective of the implications of the video, this recent inability to repeal the Affordable Care Act calls into question the unity of the republican section of the legislative arm of the United state government of which they are the majority.
It also shows how the ‘factionalization’ of the republicans section (who are in the majority) of the house may undermine the efforts of the President in initiating policies that need to be passed as bills.