GOP Support for Trump Is Starting to Crack

[DonViejo]

July 28, 2017 at 10:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

David Leonhardt: “The capitulation of McConnell and Ryan has created an impression — especially among many liberals — that congressional Republicans stand behind the president. McConnell and Ryan, after all, are the leaders of Congress, and they continue to push for the legislation Trump wants and to permit his kleptocratic governing.”

“But don’t be fooled: Republican support for the president has started to crack.”

“Below the leadership level, Republicans are defying Trump more often, and McConnell and Ryan aren’t always standing in their way. You can see this defiance in the bipartisan Senate investigation of the Russia scandal. You can see it in the deal on Russian sanctions. And you can see it in the Senate’s failure… to pass a health care bill.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/07/28/gop-support-trump-starting-crack/

[MFM008]

1. I guess they are tired

Of all the WINNING.

[MineralMan]

2. More striking, though, is the sanctions bill that passed almost

unanimously in both houses of Congress.

[Sneederbunk]

4. Can hardly wait for the signing ceremony.

[MineralMan]

5. It's still not certain that PINO will sign it.

He may decide to send a rude little message to Congress by refusing to sign or by a direct veto. We shall see. But, he got the message, I have no doubt. We still don't trust Russia, it seems, in Congress.

[Blue_Adept]

7. I do wonder which will be more embarrassing for him though

To veto it and have it overridden or to not veto it and have to deal with the ramifications of capitulation in the view of others. a lovely lose/lose situation for him, something that's rarely presented.

[workinclasszero]

6. Same here lol

Suck it up Vlad!

[OregonBlue]

3. I think everyone has it wrong. Trump has exactly what he craves. Attention. He is the most

talked about person in the world. To an egomaniac that all that counts. Doesn't matter if the attention is good or bad, as long as it's attention.