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President Trumps public fights with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other Republicans are just making it tougher to move his agenda, say GOP aides, strategists and former senators.
Republicans say the hard feelings between the White House and Senate leader will only complicate the task of passing tax reform, keeping the government funded and raising the debt ceiling three top items on the fall agenda.
It makes it much more difficult obviously. Its much easier when you got everyone on the same page, in the same boat and pulling in the same direction, said former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who was a counselor to McConnell when he served in the Senate.
A former Senate Republican leadership aide said Trump is only alienating allies by lashing out at them over Twitter.
Every time the president goes on a Twitter rant he either alienates people whose votes he needs, wastes time that should be spent building a public case for his policies or gives Democrats something to hammer, said the source.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/347890-gop-taken-aback-by-trumps-verbal-bombs#bottom-story-socials
Trump should speak as often as he wants so long as it stymies the GOP agenda.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)ffr
(22,676 posts)He could attack red states in vindictive payback to their republican representatives, like Arizona for instance.
This cray shit doesn't surprise me anymore.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,213 posts)In the Good Old Days, the Nixon "Enemies List" was probably only a few hundred. It could be worn as a badge of honor. But when you're one of several billion people, it's hard to distinguish yourself.
I think the only person on earth he HASN'T dissed is Ivanka -- and if she didn't occasionally sit on his lap and wiggle, he'd trash her too.