President Donald Trump is taking issue with his predecessor's recent comments criticizing the newly-unveiled Senate Republican healthcare draft bill.
Former President Barack Obama wrote in a Facebook post Thursday, "Simply put, if there's a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family -– this bill will do you harm. And small tweaks over the course of the next couple weeks, under the guise of making these bills easier to stomach, cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation."
In an interview with Fox News' Pete Hegseth, airing Sunday on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Hegseth asks the president, "What do you say to the former president?"
The commander in chief responds, "Well, he used my term, 'mean.' That was my term because I want to see -- and I speak from the heart -- a bill with heart."
Trump continues, "Health care is a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way, and this group doesn't like it. You move it a little bit over ... you have a very narrow path. Honestly, nobody can be totally happy. Even without the votes, forget about the votes. This has nothing to do with votes. This has to do with picking a plan that everybody's going to like. I'd like to say love, but like."
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