Obamacare Repeal Is Dead, but the Fight Between Trump and the GOP Isn't

Congressional Republicans are attempting to pivot away from Obamacare repeal toward tax reform. But they continue to butt heads with a White House that’s unhappy with where they left the health care debate.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell started the latest spat at a Rotary Club speech Monday evening, where he said President Donald Trump had “excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process.”

“Part of the reason I think people feel we’re underperforming is because of too many artificial deadlines unrelated to the complexity of legislating,” McConnell said.

Trump pushed back on Wednesday, pointing out that Republicans had been promising to repeal and replace Obamacare for years.

For once, Trump’s aides were even less diplomatic than their boss. White House social media director Dan Scavino hit back at McConnell as well.