Trump Claims They ‘Have the Votes’ on Health Care, Gets Immediately Fact-Checked
President Trump on health care legislation: “We have the votes on Graham-Cassidy,” but we are up against a deadline https://t.co/NvB2f7rW72
— CNN (@CNN) September 27, 2017
President Trump took a moment during his tax reform speech to address health care with a rather curious claim.
“We have the votes on Graham-Cassidy,” he said, “but with the rules of reconciliation, we’re up against a deadline of Friday, two days.”
He said there’s one senator willing to vote yes on the bill––Thad Cochran––but who is currently recovering from a health issue.
As soon as he made that claim about having the votes, reporters immediately pointed out that they, in fact, do not:
#thread on whether they have the votes on health care currently 1/
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 27, 2017
they don’t 2/2
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 27, 2017
Trump on health care: “We have the votes on Graham-Cassidy.”
This would be news to literally everyone in the Senate.
— Pete Schroeder (@peteschroeder) September 27, 2017
Trump told the crowd here “we have the votes” on Graham Cassidy.
Fact check: No, he doesn’t.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 27, 2017
Pres Trump: “We have the votes on Graham-Cassidy…”
Narrator: *He didn’t*
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 27, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulled the GOP health care bill yesterday because they didn’t have the votes: https://t.co/nh9FD29m1G https://t.co/lGkzrWWccg
— NPR (@NPR) September 27, 2017
Trump incorrectly says they have votes to pass health care, but can’t pass by end-of-week deadline because Cochran is out with illness.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 27, 2017
“We don’t have the votes,” Graham-Cassidy sponsor Sen. Cassidy said Tuesday.
“We have the votes,” Pres. Trump said today.
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) September 27, 2017
Watch above, via CNN.
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