vote that republicans should not vote for that health care bill because they were going to get stuck with it in the future and that the president would just throw them under the bus. anybody with that fulsome of praise for the health care bill, the president proved me wrong. he decided, i m going to stick by this bill because this is a great plan, it s an incredibly well drafted plan, and we re usually pretty good at that stuff. i said he was a day trader, wanted a ribbon cutting event, don t bet your future. i guess i need to apologize because he loves this house health care bill. two senate aides now tell nbc news that president trump described the house legislation as, quote, mean. mean? mean, like not nice. mika, hold on. he said it was a great plan.
between the former director mueller and sessions. i can imagine this is still only the beginning. only the beginning. a lot ahead. thank you. thank you. senate republicans continue to work on health care legislation behind closed doors. president trump seemed to be criticizing the bill passed by the house last month. two senate aides tell nbc news that he described the house legislation as mean in a lunch meeting with republican senators. the associated press was first to report the president s apparent comment. in response, the white house issued a statement saying we aren t going to comment on rumors about private conversations that may or may not have happened. senator john thune who attended said president trump discussed the idea of a more generous health care bill, wouldn t confirm whether he called the house legislation mean. his message was there s a sense of urgency, can t afford to fail. got to get it done, and
he said it was an incredibly well drafted plan. i know. the associated press was first to report how can he say it s mean now? because it is, number one. least he s telling the truth. in response the white house issued a statement saying we aren t going to comment on rumors about private conversations that may or may not have happened. senators say the president discussed the idea of a more generous health care bill. the language here is incredible, by the way would not deny or confirm whether he called the house legislation mean. take a look. his message was that there s a sense of urgency about this, we can t afford to fail, we ve got to get it done and he s certainly fine with the senate taking a different direction than what the house did. he talked about making sure that we have a bill that protects people with pre-existing conditions and helps people. we talked a little bit about the