President’s targets include conservatives, Democrats and a possible veiled jab at Paul Ryan as Republican hand-wringing over repeal-and-replace failure continuesDonald Trump sought on Sunday to spread blame for the failure of his first attempt at passing major legislation, the replacement of Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. That hard-right House group’s withdrawal of support along with some Republican moderates caused Ryan and Trump to pull the health bill before a vote on Friday. Trump and Ryan spoke by phone for an hour on Saturday. “Never once have I seen him blame Paul Ryan,” Mulvaney said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “Paul Ryan is a brilliant policy guy,” Gingrich said.

Source: The Guardian March 26, 2017 15:23 UTC