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The conservative media erupted in frustration over the latest stumbles of Senate Republicans trying to advance Trumpcare. The Federalists Ben Domenech pointed a finger at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. This is a failure of imagination and policy, he wrote, and a reminder that moderation does not equate to intelligence.

At RedState, Joe Cunningham thanked conservative Sen. Mike Lee for opposing the bill. The bottom line is that the bill was atrocious, he wrote. There was nothing about it that was truly good. The people who will claim Lee and the others are making the good the enemy of the perfect are fooling themselves into thinking they were doing a good thing. The bill was anything but that, much like the House bill, and killing it now means work can actually get done.

The Daily Wires Ben Shapiro criticized moderates who shot down a potential clean repeal of Obamacare after voting for repeals under Obama. This is an excellent opportunity for conservatives to find out who was serious about Obamacare repeal, and who wasnt, he wrote. This should be a litmus test for conservative primary challengers. While President Trump is focusing, laserlike, on offing Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) for the crime of not being sufficiently deferential to Trump himself, Republicans should focus on whether they need Senators who vote to keep in place bad Democratic legislation out of a desire to expand government.

At the Washington Post, Jennifer Rubin argued against blaming moderates:

On Twitter, the Weekly Standards Jay Cost avoided laying blame on particular factions altogether:

Additionally, conservative writers hit President Trump for saying he would not own Obamacares failure and praising Republicans for coming so close to passing a bill.

Foxs Sean Hannity endorsed repealing Obamacare and moving on with the rest of Trumps agenda.

The Resurgents Erick Erickson tallied the administrations lack of achievements thus far:

RedStates Jay Caruso agreed and criticized Trumps failure of leadership in his first six months. President Trumps inability to maintain a cohesive mindset on any one issue for more than a few days at a time is partially why he sits so low in the polls, he wrote. He constantly contradicts his people. Hell do something relatively well only to blow it up within days because of his complete lack of impulse control.

The Daily Wires John Nolte admonished the Republican establishemnt for failing to meet expectations over the course of the past eight years.

Who will ever again trust these con men when they try to raise money off of a cause we now know they have no intention of doing anything about, Nolte asked. Who will ever again put any effort into voting for a political party that not only lies to its constituents about its intentions, but is utterly useless in the only two ways that matter: 1) passing promised legislation and 2) defending our president from the fake news medias conspiracy theories?

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Today in Conservative Media: Who's to Blame for Trumpcare Failing? Everyone's a Target. - Slate Magazine (blog)