.MaddowBlog: After picking a losing fight, Pres. Trump retreats on health care.
Just one day after Attorney General Bill Barr issued a memo on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, telling the White House what it wanted to hear, the Trump administration made an unexpected announcement: its new position is that federal courts should tear down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety.
Politico added this morning, “In public and private, Republican leaders made clear that they didn’t want anything to do with the president’s most recent maneuver. They begged Trump to back down, and made their displeasure known to other administration officials, as well.” “Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win back the House. It will be truly great HealthCare….”
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