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Trump Tries to Tweet-Shame Republicans Over Obamacare Repeal

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The Senate failed to pass a last-ditch “skinny repeal” of the healthcare law on Thursday.

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President Trump tried to push Republicans into continuing their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, tweeting Saturday, “Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead! Demand another vote before voting on any other bill!” The seven-year Republican effort to repeal Obamacare seemingly died Thursday after the Senate failed to pass a last-ditch “skinny repeal” of the healthcare law. The tweet came just hours after the president threatened to withhold payments for low-income Americans under Obamacare and after a morning rant about Senate rules.

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