Of the conservative House Freedom caucus along while not alienating more moderate republicans, an effort that ultimately failed. So what does the defeat mean for President Trump and the gop agenda . Lets ask wall street journal Deputy Editor dan henninger, washington columnist kim strassel, Editorial Board member joe rego and columnists Mary Anastasia to gradely and bill mcgurn. Well, they came very close to getting a majority. As recently as wednesday. Then what happened was you had hfc, House Freedom caucus, keep upping their demands, keep moving the goalpost in a way that alienated the moderate members paul they tried the get concessions for their agenda, and it unraveled the bill. Right. They said we want to repeal more of obamacares insurance regulations. Now, theres been a running debate in i cant think about whether that can get through the senate and whether it qualifies under senate procedures, so they were saying lets err on the side of caution. They got a little, they got a
Frantic effort to bring members of the conservative House Freedom caucus along while not alienating more moderate republicans, an effort that ultimately failed. What does the defeat mean for President Trump and the gop agenda . Lets ask wall street journal Deputy Editor dan henninger, kim strassel and columnist mary ann says a ya ogrady and bill mcagain. Mcgurn. Joe, why did this fail . Well, they came very close to getting a majority. As recently as wednesday. Then what happened was you had hfc, House Freedom caucus, keep upping their demands, keep moving the goalpost in a way that alienated the moderate members paul they tried the get concessions for their agenda, and it unraveled the bill. Right. They said we want to repeal more of obamacares insurance regulations. Now, theres been a running debate in i cant think about whether that can get through the senate and whether it qualifies under senate procedures, so they were saying lets err on the side of caution. They got a little, the
That is the president talking about the shooting that injured Steve Scalise and others. It unfolded as they practice for an annual baseball game. Sent shockwaves through washington and prompted calls for community from leaders of both parties. I ask each of you to join me to resolve to come together. To lift each other up and show the country, show the world that we are one house, the peoples house united in our humanity. It is that humanity which will win the day and it always will. I pray for barack obama. And i continue to pray for him and i pray for donald trump that his presidency will be successful and that his family will be safe. Joining the panel this week wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan heninger and columnist Mary Anastasia ogrady and bill mcgurn. Mary, i think one of the clear lessons in this if there is any lesson from a horrible incident like this is their rampage and carnage would have been so much worse if you had not had those two officers armed and
That is the president talking about the shooting that injured Steve Scalise and others. It unfolded as they practice for an annual baseball game. Sent shockwaves through washington and prompted calls for community from leaders of both parties. I ask each of you to join me to resolve to come together. To lift each other up and show the country, show the world that we are one house, the peoples house united in our humanity. It is that humanity which will win the day and it always will. I pray for barack obama. And i continue to pray for him and i pray for donald trump that his presidency will be successful and that his family will be safe. Joining the panel this week wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan heninger and columnist Mary Anastasia ogrady and bill mcgurn. Mary, i think one of the clear lessons in this if there is any lesson from a horrible incident like this is their rampage and carnage would have been so much worse if you had not had those two officers armed and
Explain to our children how such evil can exist. How there can be such cruelty and such suffering but we can not be defined by the evil that threatens us or the violence that incites such terror. Words can not describe the bravery that the whole world witnessed on sunday knight. Americans defied death and hatred with love and with courage. We will all have to wrestle with the horror of what has unfolded this week, but we will struggle through it together, and we will overcome together as americans. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor Dan Henninger and columnist, mary ogrady and bill mcgurn. Bill, what do you make of the president s response . I think it was right. It was the right tone. A president needs to to and visit. He is a national figure. I also think the tone of the people out there, we saw incredible stories of bravery and its a very american story. People in official positions standing up and not running away from the fire. There was a marine that st