Popular vote loser Donald Trump met with House Republicans Tuesday morning to whip them on the new Trumpcare bill they are scheduled to vote on this Thursday. And in this case "whip" means beat them into submission.
Just a little bit of friendly threatening to get the job done, telling them they’ll have “political problems” if they don’t do this. To make his point, he singled out one member in particular, North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows who has been consistently opposed. Trump told Meadows, seemingly jokingly, "Mark Meadows, I'm coming after you." That might have backfired. Rep. Randy Weber, another Freedom Caucus guy, said that threat only cemented the resolve of the maniacs to oppose.
And it sure didn’t sway Meadows. "If this was about the president, I would have changed a long time ago," he said, reiterating that he was still a “no” on this bill. He’s not the only one. Top Freedom Caucus maniac Jim Jordan says he’s still opposed as well. Coming out of the meeting, Paul Ryan was typically optimistic, saying Trump “knocked the cover off the ball” and sealed the deal. Meadows disagrees.