Trump to Boy Scouts: Tom Price Is ‘Fired’ if Obamacare Repeal Fails
Trump threatened the health secretary’s job at the Boy Scout Jamboree.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
President Donald Trump threatened to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if Congress does not repeal the Affordable Care Act. Speaking at the Boy Scout Jamboree on Monday, Trump told thousands of Boy Scouts that Price’s job was on the line. “Are you gonna get the votes? He better get them,” Trump told the Boy Scouts. “He better get them. Oh, he better, otherwise I’ll say, ‘Tom, you’re fired.’ I’ll get somebody.” Trump also clapped along as Boy Scouts chanted "we love Trump," and led the Scouts to boo at mentions of former President Obama and Hillary Clinton. "Did President Obama ever come to a Jamboree?" Trump asked the crowd.
President Trump: We have a chance to repeal and replace Obamacare, “hopefully they’ll do it” https://t.co/UYpqI3w42L https://t.co/iNXPAkE3tM
— CNN (@CNN) July 24, 2017
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