Although Republican leadership has said that repealing the Affordable Care Act is their number one priority, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said on Friday that some Republicans aren't even interested in repealing it, and that their plan is "a potential disaster waiting to happen."
Limbaugh said that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to purposely delay repealing Obamacare because they are scared of taking entitlements away from people.
"The debate is over do we repeal it and then replace it in two years or three," Limbaugh began.
"They can repeal it the day Trump gets into office, but what do they replace it with? So the argument is repeal it but delay the actual repeal, you know, you pass the law that repeals it, but you don’t repeal it for either two years or three," he said.
Limbaugh then brought up what Republicans would risk by waiting several years to take action, saying, "Trump could turn out to be a disaster. Trump could end up being great. We don’t know. The risk of waiting for three years after the 2018 midterms is: what if you lose seats and you’re the Republicans?"
"So the argument is, 'Okay, repeal it, but then set the bomb to go off in two years so that you can replace it before the midterms and use that as a campaign aid,'" he added.
He said that some Republican leaders are scared to take away a new American entitlement program, and want to avoid backlash.
"Some of the Republicans in the House are still reluctant to do any of this. They don’t want to repeal it. They want to repeal the mandate but leave the preexisting conditions," he said. "This is a potential disaster waiting to happen simply because the Republicans really haven’t changed when it comes to this. They’re still scared to death of taking away an entitlement from people."
Audio can be found below:
