Rounds, Thune: Trump’s Twitter antics unproductive
During separate media calls Thursday,
"It most certainly is not helpful," Rounds said.
As both senators push for major reforms to the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as "Obamacare," Thune said Trump's Twitter posts are unproductive. Thune said Trump needs to focus on the important issues facing Americans like health care and tax reform, infrastructure and the economy.
"Those types of tweets are not only very unproductive, they're just very inappropriate," Thune said. "And I tire, I get exhausted reacting to the president's constant use of Twitter."
Trump's Twitter post about Brzezinski stole headlines across the internet Thursday morning after he targeted the
His posts came two days after Senate Majority Leader
Despite the tweets and the delayed vote getting in the way of dialogue regarding the proposal, both Thune and Rounds spoke highly of the health care reform plan. Thune, however, mentioned the plodding progress of the bill.
"It's three steps forward and two steps back," Thune said. "We're meeting on a daily basis and I think we've made some headway, but I also think there are still a few outstanding issues. But the bottom line is we need to get this done."
Rounds spoke in favor of the plan's "guaranteed renewability" and ability for children to remain on their parents' health insurance until age 26, both popular holdovers from Obamacare. He also sees the Senate Republican plan as a way to allow states to innovate and adapt unique health insurance models to each state.
But the
"We really need to have the agreement done, completed and agreed with the House and signed by the president sometime in September, and our leadership recognizes that," Rounds said.
The
Under the
To achieve that goal, Rounds, Thune and other
"I guess my response on this has simply been that, you know, we're disappointed," Rounds said about Trump's tweets. "And when the president of
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