As the Senate GOP all but admits defeat in its seven-year quest to overturn the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s reaction gives credence to this theory. But a good indicator is probably how people reacted when the House bill failed the first time. Among people who approved of Trump’s job performance at the time, slightly more blamed the House GOP and even fewer blamed Trump. “Another potential candidate — state treasurer Jeff DeWit — has had multiple conversations with Trump… Trump was furious at Flake last fall when the Arizona senator called on Trump to withdraw from the presidential race after the emergence of the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape. … At the Senate GOP policy meeting Tuesday afternoon, both Murkowski and Sullivan said they spoke up among their colleagues.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 10:57 UTC