Trump Goes After McCain Over Health Care Vote
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Friday slammed John McCain vote over the health care vote.
President Trump on Friday again went after Republican Senator John McCain who voted against a GOP bill to repeal Obamacare.
During his wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump lamented the failure of the GOP health care legislation.
"Except for one Senator, who came into a room at 3 o'clock in the morning and went like that — we would have had health care," the president said, while imitating McCain's thumbs-down gesture from the vote.
Trump added, "I don't want to be controversial, so I won't use his name."
He then went to say that nonetheless, "we may be better of the way we're doing it."
"It's piece by piece by piece. Obamacare is just being wiped out. The individual mandate, essentially, wipes it out. So I think we may be better off. And people are getting great health care plans and we're not finished yet," Trump added.
This is not the first time Trump has criticized McCain, who's battling brain cancer.
"John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves. He campaigned on Repeal & Replace. Let Arizona down!" Trump tweeted in September.
President Trump on Friday again went after Republican Senator John McCain who voted against a GOP bill to repeal Obamacare.
During his wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump lamented the failure of the GOP health care legislation.
"Except for one Senator, who came into a room at 3 o'clock in the morning and went like that — we would have had health care," the president said, while imitating McCain's thumbs-down gesture from the vote.
Trump added, "I don't want to be controversial, so I won't use his name."
He then went to say that nonetheless, "we may be better of the way we're doing it."
"It's piece by piece by piece. Obamacare is just being wiped out. The individual mandate, essentially, wipes it out. So I think we may be better off. And people are getting great health care plans and we're not finished yet," Trump added.
This is not the first time Trump has criticized McCain, who's battling brain cancer.
"John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves. He campaigned on Repeal & Replace. Let Arizona down!" Trump tweeted in September.