up. and republicans couldn t pass a straight repeal of obamacare today. was that any surprise? it wasn t really a surprise that they didn t have the votes to pass the straight repeal. but it was a bit of a surprise that so many republicans voted against it. seven republicans in total, including some surprises like lamar alexander of tennessee, rob portman of ohio, and john mccain of arizona. so when you have seven republicans right now that say they can t support a straight repeal, that means that mitch mcconnell needs to pull back at least five of them for this skinny repeal, whatever it turns out to be, if they hope to get the 50 votes necessary to get this bill to a conference. the senate republicans still feel that they is possible. but right now, we don t know exactly how they re going to pull it off. ryan nobles, thanks very much. i want to bring back in the panel. for a lot of people the details of this get in the weeds and mind-boggling, your head starts to swim. do you h
things he campaigned on and one of the biggest applause lines all over america was i m going to bring the jobs back. and the notion of having the very first plant in america to make these l.e.d. screens and to do it in wisconsin which he wasn t supposed to win and did win. not surprising it was in the 11th district. paul ryan was probably a big part of this. he gets a lot of flak for things that he does that are wrong and the fact that he was part of something that could be very good for american jobs should be applaud applauded. a lot of democrats in the state are pointing to a lot of tax incentives that were given to this company that was there. the owners of the factory aren t complaining at all because it s going to bring jobs to the area. this is a huge win for the president. it s exactly why the people in the midwest that had previously voted for obama and other
there. they don t try to escape. the raging hiv epidemic right now is not happening in new york. it s not happening in san francisco. it s happening in the south. can i just say the idea that they don t exist there is just not true. i might be the only one at this table maybe besides you who has been at the trump rally and went to lots of them during the campaign. your point is dead on about, when wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania changed from blue to red, some of it was just people couldn t articulate it, but the country was moving and changing way too fast, and faster than and it was a country that they didn t recognize. and that whether it was gay rights or other things that contributed to it. however, having said that, on the flip side, you have a lot of public servants who, like john mccain seven years ago was against the don t ask, don t tell repeal, and he s for this. scott s point is accurate
america was i m going to bring the jobs back. the notion of having the very first plant in america to make these led screens, to do it in wisconsin which he wouldn t suppose to win and he did win, probably not accident, that s in the health speaker district in wisconsin. paul ryan i m told is very instrumental in this, and it s a big deal. he got a lot of well deserved flak for this things he does wrong and fact that he was apart of something that could be very good for american jobs should be applauded. a lot of democrats are appointing to a lot of tax incentives to get this where it was there. they re not complaining at all because it s going to bring jobs to their area. this is exactly right. that s why the people in the midwest has previously voted for
up front and the milwaukee journal sentinel said it could be as many as $3 billion. it is an unprecedented number amount of sweetness for any company. that s not even an american company. it may bring jobs to america but that s not an american company. it s an unprecedented amount of money we re giving away, and the conservatives are always really upset about welfare, right? this is another form of that. and we do it all the time. and there is a transference of tax collected dollars to somewhere where they want to score political gains. people will have jobs, but don t mistake this is also a form of wealth, and we re doing it for them to have political gains. if a lot of jobs come out of this, you weigh that against the benefits, it is also important,