care act. the president branding the new gop plan, trump care. look out for the american people. would you work with them in finding a replacement? i am not going to cooperate with republicans when they try to repeal a bill that takes away health care for children, prescription drug cost benefits for seniors. they have no plan to protect seniors. so you re damn right we ll fight. reporter: getting rid of obamacare was a centerpiece of donald trump s campaign. repeal and replace was something terrific. reporter: but today even the president-elect is voicing concern, warning in a series of tweets, republicans must be careful in that the dems own the failed obamacare disaster, adding, don t let the schumer clowns out of the web. that last conference in reference to the new leader chuck schumer who called trump s plan, quote, make america sick again. schumer has warned that his party won t work with trump to replace the law if the gop guts
arizona. deductibles are so high it s practically useless. don t let the schumer clowns out of the web. massive increases will take place this year and dems are to blame. it will fall on its own weight. be careful as the warning on twitter. a lot of people ask why do you read those tweets? that s the way he s communicating. so we are reading what is coming out. let s bring in charles hurt, political columnist for the times. mercedes schlapp, david cantonese jonah, seemed like the president said you guys need to stop this. when it came to how, what are they going to do, there was not a lot there. you can mark it as a 2017 miracle. i agree entirely with something donald trump tweeted. i think he s absolutely right. this is a difficult position the republicans are in. part because a lot of obamacare
helpful to bring tweets to a regulatory fight. donald trump didn t offer leadership on that big question today. instead offering vague, fairly pundit like advice that the gop must be careful while taking on obamacare. quote, the republicans must be careful and massive premium increases and trump added don t let the schumer clowns out of this web. massive increases of obamacare will take place this yr, and dems are to blame for the mess. it will fall of its own weight. be careful. if you take trump at its own weight, its own weight. that s what he implied in that 60 minutes interview after the election. but as esquire writer charlie pierce as observed, nobody speaks for the president-elect, not even himself. no one really knows where trump stands on the gop s obamacare dilemma right now, and that may
appeared to caution his party about this tweeting earlier republicans must be careful in that the dems own the failed obamacare disaster with its poor coverage and massive premium increases like the 116% hike in arizona and deductibles so hard it is practically useless. don t let the schumer clowns out of this web, trump wris. massive increases of obamacare will take place this year and dems are to blame for the mess. it will fall out of its own weight. be careful. vice president-elect mike pence met with members of congress yesterday about the republicans health care plan. alongside paul ryan and republican leadership, he said the party would not just strip away the affordable care act. the first order of business is to repeal and replace obamacare and that was our message today and it will be our message on capitol hill. the health care system has been ruined!
that. but i don t think they re going to differentiate between democrats and republicans, quite frankly. i think they re going to hold everybody accountable. reporter: getting rid of obamacare was the center piece of donald trump s campaign. repeal and replace was something terrific. reporter: but today even the president-elect is voicing concern. warning in a series of tweets, republicans must be careful and that the dems own the failed obamacare disaster. adding, don t let the schumer clowns out of the web. that last comment in reference to the new senate democratic leader chuck schumer who called trump s plan make america sick again. schumer has warned his party won t work with trump to replace the law if the gop guts it. we are telling the republicans, so, if you are repealing, show us what you ll replace it with first. they re repealing. we re not. it s their obligation to come up with replace first, and i think