President Trump touted Republican lawmakers’ progress on their forthcoming healthcare plan Tuesday during brief remarks in Wisconsin, which he delivered as his attorney general testified about the Russian investigation back in Washington.
“No matter how good it is, we will get no obstructionist Democrat votes,” Trump said Tuesday, echoing his past criticism of Democratic resistance to Obamacare reform. “If it’s the greatest healthcare plan ever devised, we will get zero votes by the obstructionists, the Democrats.”
Trump met with Obamacare “victims” aboard Air Force One after landing in Wisconsin on Tuesday afternoon. He recalled details from some of their experiences attempting to purchase healthcare under the Affordable Care Act’s regulations.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee had begun nearly two hours before Trump touched down at an airport outside Milwaukee, but coverage of the hearing dominated cable news coverage Tuesday and threatened to eclipse the president’s multi-stop trip to Wisconsin.
