Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said his relationship with President Donald Trump remains strong even though he was one of four Republicans who killed the recent Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
“I think the president and I have a good relationship. I’ve been one of his strongest defenders. I will continue to defend him against mainstream media attacks,” Paul said Wednesday morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “But on issues of substance like health care, he knows where I’m coming from.”
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, and Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee, and Paul all opposed the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Trump conveyed his feelings about the Republicans who ended the Senate’s repeal-and-replace efforts through Twitter Tuesday.
“We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans,” he tweeted. Later that day, Trump said he was “certainly disappointed” but that the four senators who opposed the bill “were not disloyal” and “had their own reasons” for killing the bill.
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WATCH: @GStephanopoulos interviews Senator @RandPaul: https://t.co/cWJShLm5CW pic.twitter.com/hhi1CNQHg7
— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 19, 2017
Paul expressed he wants to repeal and replace Obamacare just as much as any other Republican, but insisted this was not the right piece of legislation. He believes the bill would have terrible political consequences for the GOP and the country. (RELATED: Rand Paul Tells Trump Not To ‘Oversell’ Health Care Bill)
“If they take over health care and pass something that resembles Obamacare and doesn’t work, then we will own a terrible and tragic health care system, and I don’t think Republicans ought to own this thing,” Paul said.
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