Donald Trump in Triage Mode After Shocking Conservatives With Health Care Comments

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New York Times
February 19, 2016


He has broken with many Republicans on taxing the rich, threatening trade wars and keeping Planned Parenthood alive.
On Friday, Donald J. Trump faced criticism for an even bolder act of conservative heresy:
embracing the core tenet of the Affordable Care Act.

Mr. Trump has to date offered only bits and pieces of his health agenda, generally presenting a vow to repeal "Obamacare" and replace it with "something great."

In a Town Hall meeting hosted by CNN on Thursday night, he shared some more expansive views on the subject, and unlike most Republicans he did not call for removing the individual mandate that requires Americans to have health insurance.

Asked how people with pre-existing medical conditions would purchase insurance if the health law and the mandate were eliminated, Mr. Trump said: "I like the mandate."

"So here's where I'm a little bit different," he continued.
"I don't want people dying in the streets."

Less than 20 hours later, Mr. Trump backed away from his remarks, proclaiming himself to be the fiercest opponent of the health law.
It was the latest example of a candidate who has been impervious to inconsistencies again emerging unscathed from a misstep that would probably be damaging to anyone else.

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[KelleyKramer]

1. "I don't want people dying in the streets."

That statement right there will piss off a large chunk of Republican voters, so of course he is walking it back.