WASHINGTON ― Republican infighting exploded into a full-blown brawl this week as party officials bickered over their stalled agenda six months after they seized complete control of the federal government. The issue came to a head Thursday after President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over his failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “They lost by one vote,” the president said on Thursday, referring to last month’s failed Senate effort to repeal Obamacare. Failure to deliver on their 7-year-old promise to repeal Obamacare isn’t just causing consternation among top GOP lawmakers, however. Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), for example, drew a primary challenge this week from businessman Danny Tarkanian, who criticized the Nevada lawmaker’s shifting stance on Obamacare repeal and accused him of “obstructing” the president’s agenda.

Source: Huffington Post August 12, 2017 14:02 UTC