That was some torrent of “We need bipartisanship!” BS from Trump and the Republicans that I just went through in the last couple of hours. I’m driving home and listening to NPR, and some talking heads on there are going on about how Democrats could work some kind of deal with Trump on healthcare. I get home and turn on MSNBC, and I’m hearing and seeing that Trump can “absolutely” work with Democrats on healthcare. It’s amazing what wonders can happen when Trump fucks up.
I cannot believe someone would even IMAGINE that Democrats could work with Trump on healthcare legislation.
Quick hits on why no rational person would negotiate with Trump or Republicans on healthcare:
- Trump and the Republicans are still lying about the ACA is going to explode or die or whatever. If your opening position on an issue is a whopping lie, you are dealing in bad faith.
- Trump has already proven that he is a liar. Remember all that BS about not cutting Medicaid? It is just what he signed on to with Ryan’s scheme.
- Trump and Republicans are more than happy to kill people by taking away their health insurance. They just proved it with that thing they called the AHCA. Not a good opening bid for negotiations with Democrats.
- Republicans proved they do not give a shit about healthcare. Seven years to come up with the AHCA. And it goes down because it wasn’t cruel enough. Ugh.
- Besides being a liar, Trump proved he is lazy, ignorant, and stupid with how he tried to push the AHCA. Would you want to negotiate with someone who doesn’t give a shit about the details of a policy that involves the lives of American voters?
- Republicans admitted afterwards that the AHCA was really about tax cuts. Duplicity at work again folks. Not good for negotiations or compromise.
Anyway, that is the short list of reasons why Democrats should not even think for a nanosecond of working with Trump or the Republicans on healthcare legislation.