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Trump lashes out at Republicans for defeat of health bill

Donald Trump posted a Twitter message urging his followers to watch Jeanine Pirro on Fox News. She opened her show by calling on Paul Ryan to resign.

By Mark Niquette, Ben Brody | Updated on March 27, 2017
Donald Trump posted a Twitter message urging his followers to watch Jeanine Pirro on Fox News. She opened her show by calling on Paul Ryan to resign. (Photo: iStock)

President Donald Trump lashed out at Republican leaders and groups on Sunday for the defeat of the bill to repeal and replace his predecessor’s health-care law, after blaming Democrats for the loss on Friday.

In a Twitter posting to his 27 million followers, Trump criticized the House Freedom Caucus, the conservative Heritage Foundation and the free-market advocacy group Club for Growth, which opposed the bill for not going far enough to erase Obamacare, the system implemented by Democrats under President Barack Obama.

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