GOP Rep. On Trump: 'The President Is A Distraction' And Never Learns

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By MATT SHUHAM Published JULY 20, 2017 9:34 AM

A Republican congressman gave a surprisingly candid assessment of President Donald Trump and his young administration Thursday: They’re a distraction, and they never learn.

Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) vented to the Politico after another disappointing failure to gather the votes to repeal Obamacare in the Senate — with Trump himself frequently changing positions on the effort, and failing to throw his political heft behind Republicans senators.

“I don’t even pay any attention to what is going on with the administration because I don’t care. They’re a distraction. The family is a distraction, the President is a distraction,” Simpson said. “At first, it was, ‘Well yeah, this is the guy we elected. He’ll learn, he’ll learn.’ And you just don’t see that happening.”

Simpson’s comments echoed the frustration expressed to TPM by many members of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, who were able to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare only to see the effort fail in the Senate.

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[Locrian]

1. trump as a distraction is PRECISELY why he's an asset to them.

His shit-show is distracting while the real power players continue to loot the country.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. +1000 - eom

[riversedge]

2. So, it took Trump not delivering on Trumpcare to finally allow some Republicans

to say something not flattering about Trump. We wondered what it would take. Getting rid of Obamacare is a major priority for congressional Republicans. Little else matters.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Trump is really stupid to humiliate members of his own party.

People who are humiliated never forget and they never forgive.

He is going to run smack up against someone who is way smarter and way better at this game than he is.

[Aristus]

5. Wow. That level of intelligence and self-awareness coming out of Idaho?

Who knew?

[Yonnie3]

6. He just now figured this out?

Noooo. He finally got fed up enough to say something. I hope many more follow his lead.

It Trump retaliates against them it increases the possibility of, dare I say it,

impeachment!

[apnu]

7. This has to be a new record. Lame duck in 6 months.

Trumpco has no clout. If minor Reps of his own party are ignoring him. Trump has no power in Washington.

[J_William_Ryan]

8. Trump

doesn't have any "political heft."

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Drumpf is what Grover Norquist demanded they elect in 2012

Problem is that what they elected has a filter-less twitter addiction and can't control himself.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. Frankly, the House passed a law that they knew was unlikely to pass in the Senate

The House said "Here's a shit sandwich. Make it taste better."