“I resigned from the Freedom Caucus because of this last bill, the Obamacare bill repeal and replace. We met with the President over an hour and half, Vice President Pence was there, members of the cabinet were there and the President was trying to work and compromise and get more things the Freedom Caucus wanted in the bill. Those things were added but it wasn’t good enough so at the end of the day, they were going to vote against the bill and I thought that was being obstructionist but we should have supported a bill that maybe wasn’t perfect but it was better than what we have so now we are stuck with Obamacare and that is why I resigned from the Freedom Caucus.”
—Congressman Ted Poe on why he resigned from the Freedom Caucus Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX)joined Kilmeade & Friends to explain why he resigned from the Freedom Caucus and his belief that no matter what changes were made to Speaker Ryan’s Obamacare replacement bill, the Freedom Caucus was never going to vote for it. Poe said both President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan were very accommodating and listened to the concerns of the Freedom Caucus and the Ryan bill would have lowered premiums.
Plus, Poe discussed democrats being willing to work with republicans on issues such as border security and immigration.
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