The Right Question: Why did the GOP stumble on Obamacare repeal rollout?

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In the latest episode of The Right Question, the Weekly Standard‘s Steve Hayes and Washington Examiner‘s Byron York join Hugo Gurdon, editorial director of the Washington Examiner, to discuss how and why the GOP stumbled out of the gate with their Obamacare repeal and replace plan. Was the timetable pushed forward at the behest of the Trump White House, pushing the Russia “wiretap” story off the front pages?

York and Hayes also lay out lingering questions about wiretap activity during the end of the Obama presidency. “Trump always goes too far,” York says, “but by going too far he gets people looking into things” — like the real possibility of wiretaps in Trump Tower during the campaign.

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