Mike Pence said Trump’s team is working with Republicans in Congress “to move an aggressive agenda.” | AP Photo Pence: Trump to push rapid repeal of Obamacare

President-elect Donald Trump will prioritize repealing President Barack Obama's landmark health care law right "out of the gate” once he takes office, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday.

Quick action to eliminate the Affordable Care Act of 2010 would set up an immediate showdown with congressional Democrats. The Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, said Sunday: “We're not going to repeal or help [Trump] repeal Obamacare.”


Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Pence said Trump’s team is working with Republicans in Congress “to move an aggressive agenda.”

“Decisions have been made by the president-elect that he wants to focus out of the gate on repealing Obamacare and beginning the process of replacing Obamacare with the kind of free-market solutions that he campaigned on,” Pence said.

“From there, we will work on issues ranging from ending illegal immigration, reviving our economy through tax reform, rebuilding the military, restoring the infrastructure of this country,” he said.

Separately, Pence said Trump and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a staunch opponent during the campaign, had a “warm and a substantive exchange” on Saturday.

“I know he’s under active consideration to be the secretary of state,” Pence said.

Pence was asked to react to comments directed at him Friday night by a "Hamilton" cast member who said Americans “are alarmed and anxious” about the Trump administration. Pence, who attended the Broadway mega-hit, was called to from the stage at the end the show by cast member Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr. Pence had drawn some boos from the audience upon his arrival.

"We sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir," Dixon said. "But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us."

On Saturday, Trump wrote on Twitter that the cast was "very rude” to Pence and that it should apologize.

“I wasn’t offended by what was said,” Pence said. “I’ll leave it to others whether that was the appropriate venue to say it.”

