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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jul 29, 2021, 12:53 PM Jul 2021

TFG threatened to primary GOP lawmakers who favor the bipartisan infrastructure plan. [View all]

17 Republicans just voted to advance it, including Mitch McConnell.

Former President Donald Trump left no words unspoken in his most direct attempt yet to tank President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure deal.

The GOP frontman threatened "lots of primaries" ahead for any Republican lawmakers who cooperated with Democrats to get the bipartisan deal passed.

His statement was released after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced ahead of the procedural vote in the Senate on Wednesday that he would vote to advance the measure. Seventeen Republicans - including McConnell - joined all 50 Democrats to advance the bipartisan legislation, in a major test for the bill.

The vote came hours after a group of 10 Republican and Democratic negotiators announced they struck a deal with the White House for $550 billion in new spending - $30 billion less than was included in a prior agreement.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatened-primary-gop-lawmakers-010115113.html

Given the orange pustule's recent successes I don't think they have much to worry about.
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