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.
iluvtennis
(19,756 posts)Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)sandensea
(21,526 posts)That candy must make him real dandy.
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)sandensea
(21,526 posts)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)"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)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)that friend of Cheney who was shot in the face by him, looks much more HUMAN than you do!
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)He is SO deep in the rusky republikers collusion & corruption.
"believe me".
bresue
(1,007 posts)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?
Vinca
(50,168 posts)ffr
(22,644 posts)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!