lawmakers who i spoke with will tell you that they re worried about the changing definition of the truth and what 245 methat m for having a normal democratic debates. we re used to debating facts of the case. but if facts are less clear, how can you have a reasonable debate. some republicans are questioning that in congress. so that is a part of our cover this week, as well. so it s interesting that you say that the changing definition of truth yet a lot of people in a voted for him and supported donald trump from the get-go to when he became president, they actually say look, this is just a man speaking his mind and speaking to us the way that we want to be spoken versus speaking to us like politicians. so it s an interesting conversation to say the least. sam, appreciate you joining us. he calls himself the truth troubadour, but is he changing his tune after fellow republicans failed to repeal and replace obama care? we ll ask him when he joins us next. dear predictable,
imploding. this is a problem that has to be fixed. democrats are sitting on the sidelines eating popcorn, taking pot shots and not being a part of a solution to a problem that they created by putting together a health care system that is created to fail. the american consumer is being set up for failure here. it s the american patient who is really suffering as are premiums, are deductibles. they are all skyrocketing. this obama care is falling apart, and something has to be done, and the republicans will do it. i see you shaking your head. yes. well, just a point about democrats. you know, for the last six years democrats have been saying work with us to fix this bill. this is an imperfect bill, and we need to do things to lower costs. republicans have refused to do that. i m old enough to remember in december 2016 when you had democratic senators from red states like claire mchaskell in missouri saying they were willing to work with donald trump on a replacement plan, but
overcome? first this hour, the president signaling this is not the end for health care reform. trump tweeting this morning, quote, obamacare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great health care plan for the people, not to worry. last hour vice president pence praised the president for his efforts to get the american health care act through the house and called out the republicans who blocked it. take a listen. i was inspired by president trump s determination and commitment to keep his promise to the american people. the president and i are grateful to speaker paul ryan and all the house republicans who stood with us. congress just wasn t ready. you saw it. with 100% of house democrats, every sink gill ogle one and a of republicans standing in the way. i want to get right to kelly owe doe done he will at the white house. pence turning the page to the
he s fed up, jason. what do you say to him? and he is the staunchest supporter of the president and a republican supporter. what do you say to someone like john fredericks? well, what i d say is, look, i think the single biggest losers unfortunately today are the american who s are going to see their premiums go skyrocketing again next year as well as the americans who are going to have their coverage plans go away. we have enough states as it is where you only have one plan. jason, not to be rude, but that s a talking point. no, that s a real thing. but here s the but politically speaking it s very clear that the people do not agree with what you re saying because there would have been a higher there would have been more people who wanted to repeal and replace obamacare. this new bill, they didn t like it. exactly. well, exactly. this was absolute malpractice that speaker ryan and the republican leadership this was absolutely malpractice that we didn t have a bill
so the democrats don t want to see that. so they re going to reach out when they re ready and whenever they re ready, we re ready. let s discuss. with me now, keith boykin, cnn political commentator, democratic strategist and harlan hill, a political consultant who supported president trump in the election. harlan. we just heard from president trump if you re somebody who is suffering under obamacare, how would you react to what you just heard? let obama care fail. let it explode? i think it s a recognition of the political reality. which is that he didn t have the support to pass a piece of legislation that was very flawed. i support donald trump, i still do. and i look at this as one failure among many successes that he s had just 65 days into his presidency. what successes? well for instance, 235,000 jobs were created in the moth of february. he s been able to repatriate jobs from major fortune 500 companies including samsung, lg, ford, carrier, boeing and many others. he s