RNC Chair says there may be ramifications if Republicans don't support Trump's agenda: 'I would not be surprised' [View all]

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/rnc-chair-says-may-ramifications-041645541.html

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley said during an interview there may be ramifications for Republican lawmakers if they do not support President Trump’s legislative agenda.

“Well, I certainly think that the American people certainly expect that Congress is going to work with the president to hammer out this agenda,” Whatley said during his Thursday appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”

“And so would there be ramifications if there are folks that aren’t going to engage? I would not be surprised if that’s the case,” he told host Blake Burman. “But right now, what we fully expect is we are going to have a unified Republican caucus that is going to move forward with President Trump’s agenda.”

House Republicans were with Trump and Vice President Vance on Thursday in a marathon meeting that focused on how to pass the commander in chief’s legislative agenda. The long meeting came after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had to fold the initial push to mark up budget resolution after pushback from some GOP lawmakers over spending cuts. Senate Republicans then said they would make their own move to enact the agenda.

Johnson told reporters Thursday that the House is close to a deal, the meeting yielded some “very positive developments” and they could potentially move on it as early as next week.