Republicans control both chambers of Congress and The Oval Office for one reason; Americans want Obamacare repealed.In 2010, the tea party movement, which started as an opposition to reckless spending, delivered a wave election to Republicans in the House and narrowed the Democrats' majority in the Senate. The House voted over 60 times to repeal Obamacare. Then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid refused to allow a vote on the Senate floor. Republicans told the voters they needed a Senate majority to repeal Obamacare.
In 2012, while Republican House members vowed to repeal Obamacare, the GOP (e) nominated the architect of Obamacare, Mitt Romney for President. Tea party voters were fractured in their support: libertarians coalesced behind Congressman Ron Paul, social conservatives behind Senator Rick Santorum, and national defense hawks behind Newt Gingrich. The 2012 election resulted in President Obama's re-election but narrowed the Seante Democratic majority to two votes. Republicans reiterated that they need a Senate majority to repeal Obamacare. In 2014, Republicans campaigned on repealing Obamacare, Voters delivered another wave election giving the Republicans a 10 Senator majority. Their efforts in 2015, to repeal Obamcare failed. Republicans claimed they needed to control the Oval Office to repeal Obamacare.I dont need to rehash last year's election other than to say that President Trump, Speaker Ryan, and Majority Leader McConnell all campaigned on a swift repeal of Obamacare. Voters were asked to look past the President's moral transgressions and vote for ABC (Anyone but Clinton). Voters selected ABC for President and returned Republicans to House and Senate majorities based on the promise that Obamcare would be repealed within the first month.
President Trump has been in office for five weeks and no repeal legislation has been presented to him for signature into law. Many Americans felt that there was little difference between the political parties in 2010 but, because the Republicans seized on the promise to repeal Obamacare , Americans took them at their word. If there was only one distinction between the two parties, it was that Republicans wanted to repeal Obamcare and that Democrats wanted to expand it to become universal (government-run) health care. Americans supported Republicans because they want Obamcare repealed.
Today, Republicans won't repeal Obamacare Even the most strident House members are explaining away their broken promise as "an arduous process". Senator Rand Paul introduced a comprehensive repeal and replace plan, which relies on the free market principles Republicans claim to trust when they campaign--it was ignored. Now, with their hands on the levers of the D.C. political machine, Republicans are claiming that the free market can't solve the health insurance problem. The sand in the hourglass is falling to the bottom; Republicans are out of time. If they refuse to repeal Obamcare as promised, they should be voted out of office.
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