Campaign Action After seven years of dithering around and using every trick in the book to find ways to repeal and defund Obamacare, Republicans got caught with their pants around their ankles when it came time to do that other thing they promised—replacing it. Now that they're in the position of having to, they're showing just how insular, out-of-touch, and inept the House under Speaker Paul Ryan and popular vote loser Donald Trump's White House really are.