Trump GOP Health Care Bill Withdrawn Vote Tweets

Despite pressure from President Trump and efforts to rally the GOP leadership, it was clear on Friday that the American Health Care Act wasn't going to receive the 216 votes it needed to be passed at the House level. And this afternoon, House Republicans abruptly canceled the vote on their proposed legislation, which would have replaced Obamacare.

The decision to kill the vote avoided a more decisive, more public humiliation for the GOP, which could not rally enough members of its own party to push through the legislation, even though Democrats (all of whom opposed the legislation) would not have been able to stop them on their own. In a press conference, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he was the one who advised President Trump that it was time to yield.

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Unsurprisingly, Twitter was a hot mess as soon as The Washington Post's Bob Costa broke the news. The shock was especially palpable because the announcement came just minutes before the House was expected to vote.

@costareports pic.twitter.com/4woqUkwrmg
— Lanna (@Lannatexasgal) March 24, 2017

omfg molly@molly_knight @costareports pic.twitter.com/y5V2vGFLoi
— darth™ (@darth) March 24, 2017

But once that feeling passed, a lot of Twitter users who had opposed the plan made it clear that they were ready to celebrate.

Me when I heard the Trumpcare bill was withdrawn. #KillTheBill pic.twitter.com/ACLbedg2Sm
— Raquel Willis (@RaquelWillis_) March 24, 2017

OBAMACARE LIVES pic.twitter.com/iI2Zzs6ejh
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) March 24, 2017

Me, after hearing House Republicans withdrew the health care bill: pic.twitter.com/NiTEYidXgK
— Cecily Walker ?? (@skeskali) March 24, 2017

Other people didn't have any kind of sympathy for the likes of President Trump, Paul Ryan, or the Republican party in general.

Ryan: (Trump) did everything he possibly could.
[Flashback to yesterday, Trump pretending to drive a big big truck]
Narrator: He hadn't.
— Erin ?Gloria? Ryan (@morninggloria) March 24, 2017

pic.twitter.com/MeeRHriEa0
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 24, 2017

.@GOP pic.twitter.com/68EZIU6zUI
— Ira Madison III (@ira) March 24, 2017

LOL pic.twitter.com/gejRcDwd7l
— Jessica Luther (@scATX) March 24, 2017

Paul Ryan after leaving the White House - the lamest thumbs up ever is a picture worth a thousand words. pic.twitter.com/fumQz8LKVw
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) March 24, 2017

Trump has done everything possible to repeal Obamacare including 5 visits to Mar-a-lago, 9 trips to the golf course & sitting in a big truck
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 24, 2017

Trump once he realized he couldn't deliver on his promise to repeal Obamacare pic.twitter.com/wvH70HgAfg
— julia (@juliacraven) March 24, 2017

There were several references to President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who together passed the Affordable Care Act seven years ago.

pic.twitter.com/Hwzg3G9Caz
— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) March 24, 2017

pic.twitter.com/G1f4SMUMqo
— tristan walker (@tristanwalker) March 24, 2017

GOP: We're going to repeal #Obamacare!

Later GOP: We're pulling the #AHCA bill because we don't have the votes.

Obama: pic.twitter.com/IsUge9Zye3
— britni danielle (@BritniDWrites) March 24, 2017

Even John Boehner, the former House Speaker who said Republicans wouldn't repeal and replace Obamacare, got a shoutout.

John Boehner rn pic.twitter.com/4ChQai5GxU
— Mollie Reilly (@MollieReilly) March 24, 2017

And, of course, some users couldn't resist making puns.

The GOP is in quite a pickle today. You might even call it...

...the Art of the Dill.
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) March 24, 2017

jokes to make rn:
1. No plan b
2. they pulled out
3. is the pull out method the only one they know
— Carly Ledbetter (@ledbettercarly) March 24, 2017

Democrats were dropping the mic left and right.

Hey Republicans, don't worry, that burn is covered under the Affordable Care Act
— Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) March 24, 2017

While this fight is far from over, today affirms that your voice matters. https://t.co/sjXm8OAzYs
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 24, 2017

Will the Republicans will ever stop trying to repeal Obamacare? Who knows. But in the meantime, we will patiently wait for the tweet that matters most: President Trump's. Because you know that's definitely coming.

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