Angry Freedom Caucus responds to Trump threat!
WASHINGTON (PNN) - March 30, 2017 - Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador has just chimed in with his own tweet advising Trump to "remember who your real friends are... we're trying to help you succeed."
After Trump drew “first blood” this morning with a tweet threatening to fight Freedom Caucus members in the 2018 mid-term elections, a pair of House representatives have fired back with aggressive tweets of their own implying that Trump's healthcare plan was evidence that he had "succumbed to the D.C. establishment." "It didn't take long for the swamp to drain @realDonaldTrump. No shame, Mr. President. Almost everyone succumbs to the D.C. Establishment."
Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, the former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, also defended conservative lawmakers earlier today on Fox News.
"The Freedom Caucus is trying to change Washington. This bill keeps Washington the same, plain and simple," Jordan said Thursday on Fox News' America's Newsroom.
"We appreciate the president, we are trying to help the president. But the fact is, you have to look at the legislation. It doesn't do what we told the voters we were going to do, and the Amerikan people understand that. That's why only 17% of the population supports this legislation."
Jordan wouldn't comment on the threat regarding the 2018 midterms, instead characterizing the scuttled healthcare vote as just a "postponement" and arguing that Republicans will succeed if they deliver on their promises to voters.
"Lets forget the blame and what may happen in the future, lets just do what we said. That's what the Freedom Caucus and Republicans are committed to," he said.
Of course these latest tweets come after Trump took to twitter earlier this morning, saying, "The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team, and fast. We must fight them and Dems in 2018!"