Former President Barack Obama’s legacy healthcare law has been under scrutiny for quite some time. Even though the Republicans are unable to offer a replacement, yet they decided to repeal the law anyway. However, they failed to achieve their objective because of a 49-51 vote, including three Republicans, against repealing. This means that Obamacare stays.

This failure exacerbated the Republican party’s tenuous political situation, as the party’s representatives are only now realizing that repeal without replacement cannot work. Senate Minority Leader Schumer said that the Democrats do not intend to offer any more amendments. This is an embarrassing defeat for President Trump as this was his major campaign promise.

Senator McCain lived up to his political reputation of being a “maverick” by against the wishes of his party and the President and voting against what is now called the “skinny bill”. His vote combined with Senator Collins and Senator Murkowski was what kept the bill from moving forward, adding insult to injury.

However, the Republicans who went against the party majority, are confident that what they have done is right, believing that the repercussions of repealing Obamacare without another plan in place would be detrimental to the American people. One of the major reasons for retaliation against the “skinny bill” was that it was divergent from what Republicans initially promoted in their campaign. Nevertheless, most Republicans saw it as the only way that Obamacare could be repealed under the present circumstances.

While many Republicans think that it is now time to move on to other important issues, President Trump thinks otherwise. He is urging his Senators to keep up the fight to repeal and replace, or to simply repeal. In fact, his urging has now converted into threatening Tweets, highlighting the consequences for Members of the Senate if an alternate healthcare bill is not approved.

Whether the Republicans want it or not, President Trump is definitely going to continue. Success is another story altogether. This is what the President Tweeted after the horrible defeat:

3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017