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Republicans Push for Repeal of Obamacare After Replacement Bill Fails

Mitch McConnell announced late Monday night that Republicans would now seek to repeal the bill and work on figuring out a replacement later.

"Trumpcare" might be dead, but that isn't going to stop Republicans trying to kill Obamacare along with it—and if they fail, President Trump has warned they will look like "dopes."

Having suffered the ignominy of seeing his revised healthcare legislation shot down in flames by senators from his own party, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced late Monday night that instead of trying to repeal-and-replace the Affordable Care Act, the Republicans would now seek to simply repeal it—and work on figuring out a replacement later. "Regretfully, it's now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful," McConnell said in a statement. Continue reading on VICE News.