New Capitol Hill conventional wisdom: House Freedom Caucus will take blame if healthcare bill fails
The House Freedom Caucus threw down the gauntlet on Republican leaders’ proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Now those leaders warn that if the bill tanks Thursday, they will bear the blame and incur President Trump’s considerable wrath.
Sticking by one’s principles and holding out for changes is fine, but Republicans have promised to repeal Obamacare for eight years, one Republican lawmaker told the Washington Examiner. But the lawmaker wondered, do they really want to be the ones who force the GOP to break that promise? And how are they going to explain themselves to their constituents back home?
They will come around when it’s time to vote Thursday, the lawmaker predicted.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said that most constituents in the districts his members represent want them to vote down the bill.
“I’m trying to let my members vote the way their constituents would want them to vote,” Meadows told reporters. “And the majority of those would be to vote against this bill.”
Privately and publicly other Republicans are saying most voters won’t credit conservatives for sticking to their guns, but rather will question Republicans’ ability to govern.
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It should be “House Freedom Caucus will take credit if this healthcare bill fails.”
It should really be “House Freedom Caucus will take the credit for preventing this bad health care bill from making Obamacare even worse”
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