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What did we do wrong? >> this is something a lot of democrats dont want to hear. what do you mean? it wasnt the media? it wasnt donald trump and hate that made us lose the election? maybe it was the democratic party. a lot of democrats dont want to hear that. that was senate majority leader chuck schumer, saying the party needs to blame itself for losses in the 2016 election, not russia, not comey. the democrats in elected office right now are doing something else, theyre looking forward. they h...

Political universe. >> democratic ideas. trudge r trump ran on not necessarily republican ideas. especially on trade. you got the impression. trump voters got the impression this guys going to fight for me, remember me. i will be relevant to his presidency. hillary clinton for all her strengths a more detached person made no connection with people. how do the democrats, you have a republican president, republican congress, both house and senate, 30 republican governors, how? how do you break thr...

>> would republicans, do you think, be in the mood to negotiate as this bid collapses as schumer is proposing there? >> they shouldnt. democrats steam rolled republicans when they passed it and this bill, i mean, this law is failing. it is resulting in increased premiums and less coverage. so i dont think that republicans should cave to chuck schumers wishes. i think this bill, the bill thats pending right now, we are not sure whether the senate will proceed to the house passed reconciliation me...

Talking now. lets just try to play this a little bit forward. as this develops, what are you looking for? >> what im looking for over the next, say, 48 hours is whether theres going to be any pushback from the sessions side, any more detail because i think if there is not, youre going to hear more calls like you just heard from hugh hewitt, and i think that will take i right into the beginning of next week, which is already a high stakes week. probably a pretty uncomfortable one for the administ...

People covered by obamacare drop by 20%. we have seen the cost of expanding medicaid, its 40% higher than the federal outlays in the exchanges for obamacare. while premiums are spiralling. deoctibles are bone crushing to families. we are watching the democrats and schumer are acting like they are cute. because they are not participating. >> sean: they created the mess. they made the biggest mess. the president is right. they want to go deeper into the mess. they think canadas single payer system...

Democrat help, theyre obstructionists. thats all theyre good at is obstruction. they have no ideas, theyve gone so far left, theyre looking for single payer, thats what they want. but single payer will bankrupt our country, because its more than we take in for just health care. so single payer is never going to work, and they have no idea what the consequence will be, and it will be horrible, horrible health care, youll wait in line for weeks to see a doctor. were going to expand the health savi...

Theyre obstructionists. thats all theyre good at, is obstruction. they have no ideas. theyve gone so far left, theyre looking for single-payer. thats what they want. but single-payer will bankrupt our country. because its more than we take in for just health care. so single-payer is never going to work. but thats what they would like to do. they have no idea what the consequence will be. and it will be horrible, horrible health care, where you wait in line for weeks to even see a doctor. but wer...

Republican -- i dont own this. its a far cry from harry s. trumans, the buck stops here. this is someone who as a hard time, as a businessman, a candidate, a responsibilipresid hard time accepting responsibility for failure. hes trying now on the democrats, suggesting theyre obstructionists even though they have no incentive. >> this is intraparty issues. >> right. this is a rebuke from his own party. its his inability to corral republicans, particularly the most conservative remembpublica. >> i...

Things to the american public if you dont have a president doing so. donald trump never made the case for this bill to the american public. >> he didnt understand the bill. thats the big problem. >> i was going to say it is complicated. you have to commit to understanding it. weve all spent a lot of time studying this and trying to understand it. is there an opportunity for democrats given that there is a bit of a vacuum whether because of presidential leadership or get the republican majority t...

Only one insurer. >> it would force everyone back to the drawing board. >> shepard: what are democrats saying about this, mike is the. >> theyre saying the idea of voting on a repeal without a certain replacement plan would cause a whole lot of chaos. heres more from senate democratic leader chuck schumer a short time ago. >> the time has finally come for a republican colleagues to take us up on our offer of working together to improve the healthcare system rather than sabotage it. >> schumer is...