Congressional Republicans were rattled by President Donald Trump's decision to back a complete overhaul of Obamacare, The Hill reports.
"I don't think there was any heads-up on anything that he was going to say," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said after the Trump administration Monday told a federal appeals court the entire Affordable Care Act must be abolished.
"It doesn't seem to make sense politically," said one Republican senator who spoke to The Hill.
Trump's move came after Attorney General William Barr on Sunday told Congress that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did "not establish that the president was involved" in any crime related to interference to help him win the 2016 presidential election.
"He didn't have to do it now," added House Republican Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., according to Fox News.
Still, Cheney said the timing did not bother her, since Republicans want to repeal Obamacare.
One Republican senator told The Hill, starting the healthcare battle ahead of the 2020 elections was questionable.
"If you look at past history, we don't really know how to do it," the senator added, referring to broad healthcare legislation.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Trump his plan to toss out Obamacare made no sense, per Axios.
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