Sen. Roger Wicker Roger Frederick WickerHillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Shakespeare Theatre Company goes virtual for 'Will on the Hill...or Won't They?' Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal MORE (R-Miss.) compared Republicans’ effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare to the film “Dunkirk,” a recently released movie based on the evacuation and rescue of Allied soldiers from northern France during World War II.

Speaking to the Columbus Rotary Club, Wicker said that Senate Republicans faced a “setback” when their bill to repeal ObamaCare failed last month.

"In the Senate, we came up one vote short of going to conference with the House with a plan," Wicker said, according to The Commercial Dispatch. "My team had a setback a couple of weeks ago, but we're still determined to get the job done."

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He then compared the GOP’s efforts to pass their healthcare bill to the evacuation at Dunkirk, in which a hastily assembled group of British boats, some of which included fishing boats and yachts, evacuated thousands of British, French and Belgian troops as German forces invaded France.

"The French and British faced a 'setback' in fighting the Germans," Wicker said. "And that is what the Senate has faced with healthcare."

Republicans’ bill to repeal parts of ObamaCare failed last month after three GOP senators broke with their party to oppose the bill. In the weeks since the failure, President Trump has urged Republicans to return to the drawing board and pass a healthcare bill for him to sign.

In recent days Trump has also taken to Twitter to blast Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE (R-Ky.) after McConnell expressed displeasure in Trump’s “excessive expectations” surrounding the healthcare bill.

"Mitch, get back to work and put Repeal & Replace, Tax Reform & Cuts and a great Infrastructure Bill on my desk for signing," Trump tweeted Thursday. "You can do it!"

Mitch, get back to work and put Repeal & Replace, Tax Reform & Cuts and a great Infrastructure Bill on my desk for signing. You can do it! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2017

Trump also tweeted Thursday morning, questioning why McConnell has not yet been able to pass a new healthcare plan.

"Can you believe that Mitch McConnell, who has screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years, couldn't get it done," Trump said. "Must Repeal & Replace ObamaCare!"