President Donald Trump lashed out at Republican leadersand groups on Sunday for the defeat of the bill to repeal and replace hispredecessor’s health-care law, after blaming Democrats for the losson Friday.

In a Twitter posting to his 27 million followers, Trumpcriticized the House Freedom Caucus, the conservative HeritageFoundation and the free-market advocacy group Club for Growth,which opposed the bill for not going far enough to erase Obamacare,the system implemented by Democrats under President BarackObama.

“Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with thehelp of Club for Growth and Heritage, have saved Planned Parenthood& Ocare!” Trump said.

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