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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Wed May 24, 2017, 11:20 PM May 2017

Hate the tweets, love the agenda: McConnell on Trump

Source: Reuters

Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, says he could live without the drama surrounding President Donald Trump's White House, but from a policy standpoint sees the new commander-in-chief as a solid ally in the mode of any president from his party.

McConnell told Reuters that he finds Trump accessible and that they talk regularly, even more frequently than he spoke to the last Republican president, George W. Bush.

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"In other words, what the administration is doing, not only am I comfortable with it, but I think the vast majority of Republicans in Congress feel that this is a right-of-center presidency, which is what we had hoped" for, he said.

"If you look at what the president is actually for, it strikes me as indistinguishable from what a President Jeb Bush or a President Marco Rubio would have been advocating: deregulation, tax reform, repeal and replace of Obamacare, judges like Neil Gorsuch," McConnell said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mcconnell-exclusive-idUSKBN18K2MM



If you need another reminder that Trump is hardly out of the Republican "mainstream," which is why Republicans are not turning on Trump and have actively tried to undermine any investigations into the Trump administration.
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Hate the tweets, love the agenda: McConnell on Trump (Original Post) TomCADem May 2017 OP
McConnell is a complicit a-hole. iluvtennis May 2017 #1
Is He Drinking Formaldehyde To Keep From Rotting? Grassy Knoll May 2017 #2
+1 dalton99a May 2017 #3
Maybe it's his father-in-law's cocaine. sandensea May 2017 #4
If Thats The Case, I'm Moving To Columbia.. Grassy Knoll May 2017 #5
I wish Bitchy Mitchy would! sandensea May 2017 #6
You know the old saying Scarsdale May 2017 #11
McConnell speaks more frwquently with il douche than he did bush. 2 things rpannier May 2017 #7
Hey, Mitch Scarsdale May 2017 #12
That's ok, he's goin DOWN, too. furtheradu May 2017 #8
DEREGULATION? bresue May 2017 #9
Makes you think the Russian tentacles extend to Mitch. Vinca May 2017 #10
Is McConnell talking about the pay for play money he took because of tRump? ffr May 2017 #13
So he's saying he's complicit then? Initech May 2017 #14

sandensea

(21,526 posts)
6. I wish Bitchy Mitchy would!
Thu May 25, 2017, 12:12 AM
May 2017

Although I hear the president down there (Santos) is pretty decent. As such, I doubt he'd want to harbor anyone like him.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
11. You know the old saying
Thu May 25, 2017, 09:19 AM
May 2017

"By the time you are 50, you have the FACE you have EARNED" Mitch must have pulled some REALLY ugly dirty tricks to be stuck with THAT face. Lyin' Ryan is approaching 50, what the HELL will HE look like, I wonder?

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
7. McConnell speaks more frwquently with il douche than he did bush. 2 things
Thu May 25, 2017, 12:18 AM
May 2017

1. Frist was the Senate leader for at least half of bush's presidency
2. I'm not surprsied. Curious how often he spoke with THE president -- Cheney

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
12. Hey, Mitch
Thu May 25, 2017, 09:21 AM
May 2017

that friend of Cheney who was shot in the face by him, looks much more HUMAN than you do!

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
8. That's ok, he's goin DOWN, too.
Thu May 25, 2017, 12:28 AM
May 2017

He is SO deep in the rusky republikers collusion & corruption.
"believe me".

bresue

(1,007 posts)
9. DEREGULATION?
Thu May 25, 2017, 06:52 AM
May 2017

That makes me want to really laugh...since most regulations Rublicans complain about are at the state level. What are they going to do...deregulate all states?

ffr

(22,644 posts)
13. Is McConnell talking about the pay for play money he took because of tRump?
Thu May 25, 2017, 11:09 AM
May 2017

I'm confused. Being that McConnell took money from the Russians and is part of tRump/Russia's loyal following, is that what he's happy about?

Go fuck yourself McConnell, you traitor!

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