The earthquake that was a narrow win for a Republican in one of the reddest congressional districts in the nation apparently didn't faze popular vote loser Donald Trump. That could be because he is in total denial about what that race portends for Republicans, or his people are lying to him, or because he just doesn't understand how any of this works.

Let's go with that last one.

x Trump: Ã¢ÂÂIt's been very much misreported that we failed with health care. We haven't failed, we're negotiating.Ã¢ÂÂ mmmm pic.twitter.com/THaQF6RpdK — Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 12, 2017

Having a floor vote scheduled for a bill—after ramming it through committee without anyone having a chance to read it, or the Congressional Budget Office to score it—and then having to pull it right before the scheduled vote because you can't get enough of your own party members to vote for it? That's pretty much the definition of failure. But it is true that Trump and the Freedom Caucus are still "negotiating" Zombie Trumpcare, apparently thinking there's still life in this thing.