President Trump Tees Up 2020 Health Care Battle , Democrats Welcome Fight

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Democrats mocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday for pushing back his promise of sweeping health care reform until after the 2020 election, and said they were happy to make it a central campaign issue.

Trump in recent days had pledged to use court action to end Obamacare, the signature law of his Democratic predecessor President Barack Obama, and said his Republican Party would over the next few months push for a better health care plan at lower cost for most Americans.

But Republican leaders in Congress quickly shied away from the issue and pushed him to reconsider.

In a series of late-night Twitter posts Monday, Trump did just that, saying there would be no vote on any health care legislation until after next year's election.

Democrats gleefully jumped on the delay, saying it showed Trump and his party have no idea what to do with health care beyond repealing Obamacare.

"Last night the president tweeted that they will come up with their plan in 2021. Translation: They have no health care plan," Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said. "They are for repeal, they have no replace."