As the first and possibly the last attempt to repeal Obamacare this year stood on the brink, President Donald Trump sent out early morning tweets gently scolding the House Freedom Caucus.

“After seven horrible years of ObamaCare (skyrocketing premiums & deductibles, bad healthcare), this is finally your chance for a great plan!” Trump tweeted at 8:14 a.m. Friday.

But it was his next tweet that was intended to both chastise and motivate the Freedom Caucus, a group of about 40 House conservatives who have vexed supporters of the American Health Care Act from the beginning.

It was a mild rebuke from Trump, but a rebuke nonetheless.

“The irony is that the Freedom Caucus, which is very pro-life and against Planned Parenthood, allows P.P. to continue if they stop this plan!” Trump tweeted at 8:23 a.m. on Friday.

It was a mild rebuke from Trump, but a rebuke nonetheless.

Trump and his team have been furiously lobbying the Republicans to pass the first step of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, former President Obama’s signature health legislation that passed in 2010.

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Despite having the necessary 237 party members for a majority in the 435-member body, and needing only 215 votes to pass the bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) cannot seem to muster enough votes to get the AHCA passed quickly.

The Freedom Caucus is being led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a Trump supporter who has come under tremendous pressure to allow the bill to proceed. Meadows wants to remove even popular items from Obamacare, such as forbidding insurance companies to cap lifetime benefits.

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Ryan had to delay a planned vote on Thursday for the bill. But dozens of Republicans have expressed unease about it.

The Republican leadership isn’t even trying to repeal the whole bill, since they believe a second phase done through the White House can end many Obamacare regulations. A third phase would be tougher to pass, as it would be subject to filibuster in the Senate.

Still, House Republicans worked through Thursday night, until midnight, on the current bill.

Progress continued through Friday morning. Washington Post reporter Robert Costa tweeted that the House GOP was feeling better on Friday: “Confidence about the vote right now from the highest levels of Congress and the administration  … whip count fragile but favorable, they say.”