President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday night to air grievances against the House Freedom Caucus and the investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia.
He also promised that the “Democrats will make a deal with me on healthcare,” ending with, “Do not worry, we are in very good shape!”
Just before 9:30 p.m., Trump first took issue with the House Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
“Why isn’t the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia, Russian speech money to Bill, the Hillary Russian ‘reset,’ praise of Russia by Hillary, or Podesta Russian Company. Trump Russia story is a hoax. #MAGA!” the president tweeted.
The move comes after FBI Director James Comey confirmed last week that the bureau is investigating possible links and coordination between Russia and Trump associates as part of an investigation of Russian interference in the presidential campaign.
Trump didn’t stop at the Russian probe — he also slammed a group of conservative hard-liners for voting against the House GOP health care bill, which would have dismantled the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare.)
“The Republican House Freedom Caucus was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory,” the president wrote. “After so many bad years they were ready for a win!”
The hard-right House Freedom Caucus, which withheld a bloc of votes from the White House-backed health care legislation, came in for most of the criticism from fellow lawmakers after the bill’s failure.
The Freedom Caucus spokeswoman, Alyssa Farah, said via Twitter Monday afternoon that blaming the group ignored the opposition coming from moderate-leaning Republicans.
Shortly after sending out the first three tweets, Trump sent out another post slamming Obamacare and promising that a deal over health care is on the horizon.
“The Democrats will make a deal with me on healthcare as soon as ObamaCare folds - not long,” he wrote. “Do not worry, we are in very good shape!”