True to form, Trump took no responsibility for the defeat of the Republican plan (the American Health Care Act) but, instead, blamed Democrats. Think of the millions of phone calls that were made to members of Congress ― supposedly 48:1 opposed to Trump’s bill. On the March 24th, Rachel Maddow show, Rachel detailed how the resistance in Morris County, New Jersey, (NJ 11) convinced hard-line Republican congressman, Rodney Freylinghuysen to vote against Trump’s plan. Repealing the Affordable Care Act was the linchpin of the Trump legislative “agenda.” Trump’s huge loss has jeopardized Republican chances in the 2018 midterm elections. The more Trump’s approval ratings decline, the less likely Republicans in Congress will be to defer to him.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2017 14:01 UTC