Trump slams the 'mean' health care law he once celebrated
WEDNESDAY, JUN 14, 2017 07:44 AM EDT
Trump slams the “mean” health care law he once celebrated
Donald Trump had a Rose Garden celebration for the House Obamacare repeal bill. Now he says it's mean
MATTHEW ROZSA
President Donald Trump has privately referred to the House Republicans’ health care bill as “mean,” despite previously hailing it as a superior alternative to the Affordable Care Act.
The comment came during a White House lunch with 15 Republican senators on Tuesday, according to a report by the Associated Press. In addition to referring to the House bill as “mean,” Trump told the senators that he wanted them to pass a version that was “more generous” or, according to a different source, “more generous, more kind.” The senators present included moderates like Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska as well as conservatives like Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah, according to Politico.
All of the sources indicate that Trump did not say what precisely he was characterizing as “mean” from the House bill. According to The New York Times, he also encouraged the Senate Republicans to “come out with a bill that’s going to be a phenomenal bill for the people of our country: generous, kind, with heart. That’s what I’m saying. And that may be adding additional money into it.”
The Times also points out that Trump had previously referred to the House bill as a “great plan” and as “very, very incredibly well-crafted.”
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