issue before congress which is getting rid of balm. ma ca obamacare and trillion dollars in obamacare taxes, more than a trillion dollars in spending and reforming the system. if you talk to moderates and people who are, you know they will tell you 17% approval rating for something, it doesn t do any of them any good, john. do you think the tweets are a negotiating tactic? you think they ll work? look, grover, great spin, lousy bill. nobody trusted paul ryan. down a path that couldn t work. ivanka trump and jared kushner, two key advisers, told him it was a bad strategy going in. he didn t pay attention to them. he got burned. now, this tweet on the freedom caucus, this is a negotiating tactic. what he realized in this whole negotiation is that he can deal with the moderates one-on-one. the freedom group, 25 of them vote in a bloc. so he s got to break that up and he s got to be able to negotiate with them on an individual
rating for something, it doesn t do any of them any good, john. do you think the tweets are a negotiating tactic? you think they ll work? look, grover, great spin, lousy bill. nobody trusted paul ryan. down a path that couldn t work. ivanka trump and jared kushner, two key advisers, told him it was a bad strategy going in. he didn t pay attention to them. he got burned. now, this tweet on the freedom caucus, this is a negotiating tactic. what he realized in this whole negotiation is that he can deal with the moderates one-on-one. the freedom group, 25 of them vote in a bloc. so he s got to break that up and he s got to be able to negotiate with them on an individual basis. got to get some democrats. his tweet was a brilliant negotiating tactic for the future. i commend him for that. yeah, hey, alice, can we get you and matt on the other side of the break? absolutely. all right.
best interest of their constituents. stood firm on no because they wanted lower premiums and greater access to health care which this bill did not do. the reason i asked the question, i don t see the point in attacking your base. he needs to get as many people onboard with him as possible. including some democrats. but back to the let s get back to katie walsh, matt. katie walsh is a key ally of reince priebus. served as his chief of staff at the rnc. what do you think this move means for priebus future in the trump administration? does it change anything? well, reading the you could read the tea leaves and try to speculate on that. it could be nothing. or it could be something. i mean, this he s losing his key lieutenant, you know, rumor was that, you know, reince felt like he needed to physically be with donald trump all the time because that s the way you get influence is to actually constantly be in front of donald trump and then she would
agenda and be able to work with outside groups and bring them on the table. certainly after the health care debacle, they certainly need to be doing that. i do want to mention one thing. i answered that question, but let me just say this with regard to the freedom caucus. look, it s a sad day when members of congress are criticized for standing on principle. right. as for freedom caucus being a bloc, they were told specifically by congressman meadows they don t have to vote with the freedom caucus on this, this is too important. if they want to vote yes in support of this, they can do that. they need to do what s in the best interest of their constituents. stood firm on no because they wanted lower premiums and greater access to health care which this bill did not do. the reason i asked the question, i don t see the point in attacking your base. he needs to get as many people onboard with him as possible. including some democrats. but back to the let s get back to katie walsh,