President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that House Speaker Paul Ryan, right, should focus on the midterm elections, not birthright citizenship.
President Donald Trump ripped House Speaker Paul Ryan for comments he made about birthright citizenship, as he claimed for the latest time that Republicans would do better at protecting people with pre-existing conditions, and prepared to hold a rally in Florida.
SHARP WORDS FOR RYAN
With the midterm elections less than a week away, Trump took aim at Ryan for the Wisconsin Republican’s saying that birthright citizenship can’t be ended with an executive order.
“Paul Ryan should be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about!” said Trump in a tweet. Trump told Axios in an interview released Tuesday that he planned to sign an executive order eliminating birthright citizenship, a proposal that experts said wouldn’t hold up to legal challenges. In another tweet Wednesday, Trump said, “This case will be settled by the United States Supreme Court!”
Also read: George Conway calls Trump plan to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional.
PREEXISTING-CONDITIONS PLEDGE
With health care one of the top midterm-election issues, Trump said on Twitter that “Republicans will protect people with pre-existing conditions far better than the Dems!”
Trump made a similar statement last week. Yet his Justice Department decided not to defend the Affordable Care Act in court against a GOP-led lawsuit from 20 states. The law—commonly known as Obamacare—bars insurers from denying customers coverage if they have a pre-existing condition.
Opinion: How Republicans gave up their advantage on health care to the Democrats.
JOBS EVENT AND FLORIDA RALLY
Before heading to a “Make America Great Again” rally in Florida, Trump was scheduled to attend a White House event focused on apprenticeships and job skills. At the “Pledge to America’s Workers” event Trump will appear with seven CEOs, along with representatives from more than 20 other companies and organizations, the White House said.
Invited corporate chiefs include Scott Donnelly of Rhode Island-based conglomerate Textron Inc. TXT, +1.84% and Richard J. “Jake” Locklear of Texas-based Atlantic Plant Maintenance Inc., which is a General Electric Co. GE, -0.98% subsidiary.
As MarketWatch reports, the CEOs have given a collective $64,000 to Republicans.
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