WMAL Interview - NEWT GINGRICH 07.31.17

INTERVIEW – NEWT GINGRICH – Former Speaker of the House and author of the new book "UNDERSTANDING TRUMP"

TOPIC: Thoughts on what to do next with Obamacare

-Trump tells Republicans to get back on healthcare bill. U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his administration on Sunday goaded Republican senators to stick with trying to pass a healthcare bill, after the lawmakers failed spectacularly last week to muster the votes to end Obamacare. For the second day running, the Republican president tweeted his impatience with Congress' inability to deliver on his party's seven-year promise to replace the Affordable Care Act. -Donald Trump Threatens to Cancel Some Health-Care Benefits for Lawmakers. In tweet, president also targets insurance company payments. President Trump ratcheted up his pressure on lawmakers to pass a healthcare plan Saturday with a threat to end key ObamaCare payments and cancel some of lawmakers' healthcare benefits. "If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!" Trump tweeted. -HIS THOUGHTS ON the latest White House shakeups: Priebus-Kelly and Scaramucci-Spicer