WASHINGTON (AP) – Guess what? Turns out Republicans have the votes to push health care legislation through the Senate, but they’ve been flummoxed because one supportive senator is in the hospital.
That was President Donald Trump’s view of where things stand Wednesday on Capitol Hill. And it’s not true.
Trump made the remarks a day after Senate GOP leaders discarded their drive to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. They lacked the votes to succeed, a not-so-minor snag that hadn’t changed.
The three GOP senators whose opposition sunk the Republican measure all remained against it, aides confirmed. That was Arizona’s John McCain, Kentucky’s Rand Paul and Maine’s Susan Collins.
On Twitter, Trump cited “very positive signs” from GOP Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and “two others.” He added: “we have the HCare Vote, but not for Friday!”