Obama Just Hit Trump Right Where it Hurts—He’s Not Going to Like This
April 28, 2017 Samantha Layne News
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Obama Takes A Jab At TrumpFormer President Barack Obama just hit current President Donald Trump right where it hurts – Trump’s dismal popularity numbers. And, to make it stung even more, he contrasted Trump’s poor showing with the rising popularity of the centerpiece of Obama’s own legacy: the Affordable Care Act.
During a private event on Thursday, Obama celebrated the “political resilience of his signature health care law,” CNN reported. It was during this event that Obama pointed out one basic, indisputable fact.
The Affordable Care Act is now more popular than the guy in the White House struggling mightily to repeal it.
As Republicans mount a second attempt to overturn the former president’s signature health care law, Obama noted to his midtown Manhattan audience that “the Affordable Care Act has never been more popular – and it’s more popular than the current president.” The statement was paraphrased by an attendee in the room.
As CNN reported:
“Trump has a 44% approval rating heading into his 100th day in office, according to a new CNN/ORC poll this week — the lowest approval rating of any newly elected president at this stage. In that survey, 36% said they approve of the way Trump is handling health care policy, and 47% said they favored Obamacare.”
And, unlike Trump, Numbers don’t lie.
The GOP Continues To Fail On Repeal-Replace AttemptsLast month, President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan summarily yanked a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act when it became apparent that, even though Republicans control both the House and the Senate and the presidency, and they have spent the last eight years swearing to repeal the ACA, they did not have the votes to do so. It was a moment that left the Trump administration, and the Republican party in general, looking weak and foolish.
RELATED: Trump Melted Down In Insane Reuters Interview – And Twitter Went Absolutely NuclearThis week, the White House again made a push to repeal-and-replace in a panicked effort to make some sort of legislative accomplishment ahead of Trump’s 100-day mark on Saturday. However, although the second attempt appeared heartless enough to garner more support the second time around, House leadership still didn’t feel confident enough that it had enough votes to pass. It was announced that there would not be a vote on that bill this week. |
