President Obama's spokesman tried to needle President Trump and Republican lawmakers on Friday after it became clear that their plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare was headed toward defeat.

Kevin Lewis shared a photo from the day ObamaCare was passed seven years ago, showing Obama holding up his fists in a fighter's pose.

The caption on the photo, posted to the Instagram of Obama's White House photographer Pete Souza, said the picture was from a "meeting on health care reform in 2010. The Affordable Care Act passed Congress later that day."

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Lewis tweeted the image Friday as news emerged that Republicans would pull their bill, the American Health Care Act, because there weren't enough GOP votes for it to pass.

The vote on the plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare was originally scheduled for Thursday, the anniversary of Obama signing it into law.

Trump issued an ultimatum on Thursday evening that conservative lawmakers back the bill, though dozens of GOP lawmakers continued to oppose the plan.

Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanAt indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district MORE (R-Wis.) said during a press conference on Friday afternoon that ObamaCare would remain the law of the land for the "foreseeable future."