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President Obama tried to work with House and Senate Republicans for 8 years. From the moment he was elected they smirked he will be a one term President and they would never work with him. They sat back and skated for 8 years and they did not do their job. Instead, they treated Obama with such disrespect and disdain. It was the norm on the Hill.
Now, 45 is in the Oval Office and he is giving them hell.
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)mdbl
(4,972 posts)as long as they get what they want - they know in the long run all they have to do is be a little nicer to him, invite him to a card game or something and he'll bend over and let them grab him by the p***sy. They have no integrity.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)Trump always says both sides of any issue. He'll tear up NAFTA, then he says it needs to be tweaked. NATO is obsolete, then he says he is behind it 100%. Etcetera and etc and so on and on and on.
Thus the Republicans and most of the country know that a tRump tweet may not mean much. As Sec State Tillerson said, sardonically, "The President speaks for himself".
House & Senate Rs pretend to cooperate, but they are hardly any better at governing than he is. After all, they are ALL Republicans and RepubliCons.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)is a really good representative of the R party. Lazy, does not care about REAL people, can not govern worth a damn, and only cares about padding his bank account. Could apply to Ryan, McConnell, Issa, Gowdy. They are total FAKES the entire group. The R's let everything slide for 8 years, only obstructed, so how would they know how to do the jobs they were elected to do? They think they are there to please only the RICH, who own them. tRump is a fine example of a typical R in office.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Disregard all the fluff. It's about the MONEY. They're on the same page, they're in bed together...snuggling and so forth. Trump is not giving them hell.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)May she destroy them all.
UTUSN
(70,497 posts)ProgressiveValue
(130 posts)They restored the SCOTUS back to what they wanted with a chance at another replacement. Do you know how many are salivating at the thought of the court, now that it is back to 5-4, of taking up an assault weapon ban case? Cause if it does, all assault weapon bans will be struck down in a 5-4 decision in the right's favor just like they did with handgun bans. They are hoping and praying RBG drops dead from old age between now and 2020; then the grand finale takes place with a replacement. They are also packing the lower courts.
They got exactly what they wanted. Win or lose these other fights, they won the war.