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"That's not what we do": Republicans balk at confronting Trump over McCain smear
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Thats not what we do: Republicans balk at confronting Trump over McCain smear
By Seung Min Kim May 15 at 5:25 PM [link:seungmin.kim@washpost.com|Email the author]
For six days straight, Republican senators had publicly rallied to the defense of their longtime colleague battling cancer, Sen. John McCain, who was the target of a crass joke by a White House aide calling him irrelevant because he's dying anyway. ... But in a long luncheon Tuesday with President Trump himself, none of the Senate Republicans in attendance brought up the McCain smear or the steadfast refusal by Trump and the White House to apologize for it.
Ive said how I feel about the comment about Senator McCain. It was unconscionable. I think everybody involved should apologize, said Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) as he exited the lunch held at the U.S. Capitol. But this was a policy meeting, right? It was policy-driven. ... Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who has had his own personal spats with Trump, added: Thats not what we do in those meetings.
The episode illustrated how reluctant most Republicans have become about directly challenging Trump, whose approval numbers have ticked up recently amid encouraging economic signs and a scheduled summit with North Korea. Trump is also viewed as a critical asset as the GOP seeks to retain House and Senate majorities in November.
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Seung Min Kim is a White House reporter for The Washington Post, covering the Trump administration through the lens of Capitol Hill. Before joining The Washington Post in 2018, she spent more than eight years at Politico, primarily covering the Senate and immigration policy. Follow @seungminkim
Thats not what we do: Republicans balk at confronting Trump over McCain smear
By Seung Min Kim May 15 at 5:25 PM [link:seungmin.kim@washpost.com|Email the author]
For six days straight, Republican senators had publicly rallied to the defense of their longtime colleague battling cancer, Sen. John McCain, who was the target of a crass joke by a White House aide calling him irrelevant because he's dying anyway. ... But in a long luncheon Tuesday with President Trump himself, none of the Senate Republicans in attendance brought up the McCain smear or the steadfast refusal by Trump and the White House to apologize for it.
Ive said how I feel about the comment about Senator McCain. It was unconscionable. I think everybody involved should apologize, said Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) as he exited the lunch held at the U.S. Capitol. But this was a policy meeting, right? It was policy-driven. ... Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who has had his own personal spats with Trump, added: Thats not what we do in those meetings.
The episode illustrated how reluctant most Republicans have become about directly challenging Trump, whose approval numbers have ticked up recently amid encouraging economic signs and a scheduled summit with North Korea. Trump is also viewed as a critical asset as the GOP seeks to retain House and Senate majorities in November.
....
Seung Min Kim is a White House reporter for The Washington Post, covering the Trump administration through the lens of Capitol Hill. Before joining The Washington Post in 2018, she spent more than eight years at Politico, primarily covering the Senate and immigration policy. Follow @seungminkim
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"That's not what we do": Republicans balk at confronting Trump over McCain smear (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2018
OP
And what do you do, besides awarding your donors w/ a huge tax cut? Hmmm???? nt
SWBTATTReg
May 2018
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SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)1. And what do you do, besides awarding your donors w/ a huge tax cut? Hmmm???? nt
J_William_Ryan
(1,753 posts)2. Republicans are such cowards
The 11th Commandment over being decent and honest.
murielm99
(30,735 posts)3. When is the press going to stop calling this comment a joke?
IT WAS NOT A FUCKING JOKE!