Wasting precious little time, Trump returned from the evening’s inaugural ceremonies and got straight to work in the Oval Office signing his first executive order to roll back portions of Obamacare. While details are scarce, per CNN, press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters the action was meant “to ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition from repeal and replace.”
JUST IN: Pres. Trump signs documents allowing retired Generals Mattis and Kelly to be sworn into Cabinet and an executive order on Obamacare http://pic.twitter.com/yNUQe9vuJe
— ABC News (@ABC) January 21, 2017
Executive order just signed by @POTUS relates to #Obamacare. http://pic.twitter.com/dTaX6QEZBS
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 21, 2017
Meanwhile, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, has also sent a memo to all federal agencies to initiate an immediate freeze on all new regulations.
Press secy @seanspicer also says WH Chief of Staff Reince Priebus directing federal agencies to initiate immediate regulatory freeze.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 21, 2017
And here is the brief statement from Sean Spicer:
As someone once told Republicans: “There are consequences to elections.”
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