In the wake of President Donald Trump taking aim at key members of the House Freedom Caucus over the failure of the American Health Care Act, one of those congressmen showed up on CNN's “State of the Union” to discuss the president's targeting of members of his own party over the unsuccessful legislation.
Highlighting the tweets Trump sent last week, host Jake Tapper wanted to know if Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) felt the president's actions were reasonable.
“The president seems to be placing the blame squarely on your shoulders,” Tapper noted, as seen in the CNN clip above. “Is that fair?”
“Jake, tweets and statements and blame don't change facts,” Jordan responded. “The facts remain the same.”
The Ohio lawmaker went on to point out that the legislation did not repeal the Affordable Care Act and that insurance premiums will still go up over the next few years under the AHCA. He also brought up the low poll numbers for the bill.
“And it doesn't unite the country,” Jordan stated. “When have you seen a bill come forward where only 17% of the country supports it?”
The GOP House member would move on to talking about Trump's social media manager calling on his colleague, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), to be primaried in his next election.
