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Senator Rand Paul speaks to the media about repealing Obamacare
after playing golf with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White
House in Washington
Senator Rand Paul speaks to an aide after playing golf with U.S.
President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington
Senator Rand Paul gets into a vehicle with U.S. President Donald
Trump before departing the White House in Washington
Senator Rand Paul speaks to the media about repealing Obamacare
after playing golf with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White
House in Washington
Senator Rand Paul and Office of Management and Budget Director
Mick Mulvaney joined the president at Trump National Golf Club
outside of Washington. The trio was "discussing a variety of
topics, including healthcare," said White House Deputy Press
Secretary Stephanie Grisham.
The outing came hours after Trump tweeted that talks to rework
the nation's healthcare law were still under way.
"Anybody (especially Fake News media) who thinks that Repeal &
Replace of ObamaCare is dead does not know the love and strength
in R Party!" Trump tweeted early on Sunday.
"Talk on Repealing and Replacing ObamaCare are, and have been,
going on, and will continue until such time as a deal is
hopefully struck," he added in a second message.
Republican-led efforts to replace Obama's healthcare law were
thrown into disarray 10 days ago after Republican leaders in the
House of Representative had to withdraw their own legislation
ahead of a vote due to insufficient support from conservative
and moderate members of their own party.
Trump had worked towards the bill's passage, but Paul had been a
prominent critic and had aligned himself with the conservative
House Freedom Caucus, a group that helped torpedo Trump's first
major legislative effort.
On Thursday, Trump had threatened to defeat members of the group
in next year's congressional elections if they continued to defy
him.
In an interview published on Sunday by the Financial Times,
Trump was adamant he wanted to get a healthcare bill passed, and
said he would turn his back on the Freedom Caucus and negotiate
with Democrats if that is what it took.
"If we don't get what we want, we will make a deal with the
Democrats," he said.
(Writing by Pete Schroeder; Editing by Mary Milliken and Andrea
Ricci)
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