Klobuchar: It's a problem when GOP won't work with Dems because they're 'afraid of pissing off Trum

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Source: the hill




By Brett Samuels - 09/02/18 10:21 AM EDT


Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday praised the late Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) willingness to work across party lines during his Senate career, and lamented that fewer lawmakers do the same in the current political climate.

"We have to see more of it, and when people are afraid of pissing off President Trump and so they won’t come over and work with us, that’s a problem. So people are going to have to rise to the occasion," Klobuchar said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Klobuchar said it was unsurprising that McCain's memorial service on Saturday featured numerous subtle references to the Trump presidency because the late senator was so willing to work with Democrats and "stand up and take on bullies."

She noted that she and McCain worked together on legislation to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, as well as a bill aimed at social media disclosure titled the Honest Ads Act..............................................


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Repugs scared of Trumps cyberbullying.

Link to tweet

[procon]

1. Trump really does have unusually small hands. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. They need a serious spine implant

[PSPS]

3. It's more than that. Their campaigns rely on oceans of rubles through secretive super pacs

[Auggie]

5. THIS

May I add U.S. super pacs with U.S. dollars too?

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[at140]

4. Republican politicians are scared shitless of tRump because

he claims 90% approval among repugs and they are afraid of getting primaried by pissing off tRump. These career politicians have no principles beyond licking any boots which will keep them in power.

[yuiyoshida]

7. The more he keeps this country divided, the more

He wins, and its going to take nearly all of us to beat him, flat out .. beat him..

[paleotn]

8. Scared of being primaried.

That is if they're not in the sack with Dump themselves.

[pazzyanne]

9. The Moscow Mob at work

and our pResident is a member in good standing.

[Mr. Sparkle]

10. They wouldnt work with the Dems under President Obama either.

They are captured too much by industry where compromise is nearly impossible.

We have to take money out of politics before we get anything done.

[lindysalsagal]

11. Eeeevery now and then they say on tv what they really think, and use vernacular...

[ansible]

12. This is the lasting legacy of the Tea Party movement

Trump being the penultimate result of it. Goes to show that you should never underestimate grassroots movements.

[yardwork]

13. The Tea Party was never a grass roots movement.

It was conceived and funded by a handful of billionaires to give themselves even more power. Anybody who thinks it was "for the people" was duped.

[oberliner]

14. Would you support Democrats working with the GOP when we take back the House?