Posted on 04/26/2017 8:26:57 AM PDT by Helicondelta
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel warned fellow Republicans that voters “are going to hold us accountable” if “we do not keep the campaign promises that were made,” during an interview Wednesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”
McDaniel predicted many Americans would be frustrated by the news a downpayment to start construction of the border wall would be dropped from a must-pass spending bill in Congress this week. Noting that building the border wall was “front and center” in Trump’s 2016 campaign, the RNC chair insisted that “our voters are going to expect us to act on it.”
“I know that our voters are going to hold us accountable in 2018 if we do not keep the campaign promises that we made,” McDaniel said. “And so, when you get to Washington, sometimes you forget what was said outside. And it’s important that we bring that back to Washington and let them hear what the voters expect of this government and this president.”
LifeZette editor-in-chief Laura Ingraham referred to reports of GOP leaders “sitting behind closed doors” and laughing at the prospect of building the wall, to which McDaniel warned those lawmakers are “going to lose the trust of our base.”
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I’m not sure which is greater here: the GOP-e’s hubris or its cluelessness. A lack of seriousness? Probity?
Whatever the problem, on this issue salient to all conservatives they certainly have a major malfunction.
I’m not even sure that they understand they are still on double-secret probation. They seem to think that Trump winning and our realization that he needed Congress washed their sins clean.
Not really a threat, IMO, just an opinion relating to consequences. Plus, I think the GOP as a whole prefers to be the minority party, so losing some amount of support would be welcome. "Please don't throw me in that briar patch."
The GOP base may not walk away completely but will stay home on Election Day.
I don't know much about Ronna Romney McDaniel...other than she appears to be the smartest Republican in America right now.
And FWIW - as you may know by her name - She's Mitt's neice. And she is a smart gal.
The Republicans seem to be going down the same path that the Democrats went down in the late 60s through the early 80s. Strong majorities but an inability to govern, because the party has no idea what it actually stands for. Open trade or protectionist? Interventionist or isolationist?
You would think that immigration would be a place to find common ground, but who the hell knows at this point? There seems to be some weird NIMBY thing going on where they want a wall - but not in Texas......
This past election should open the eyes of many who believe in conservative politics...
Trump was elected by the people on mostly conservative ideas and plans for the country and people...He is trying to accomplish what he campaigned on...
On the other hand, republicans in Congress have campaigned on basically the same things, but when elected, they don’t even try to accomplish what they campaigned on...This has basically been accepted as politics as normal for years...
Now, we see that it is definitely true that the “professional politicians” from BOTH parties care nothing about the country or our people...They are proving this over and over by the way they are handcuffing everything trump tries...They have fully exposed themselves....
The way out of this is, as said, primary their asses out...
If this isn’t done, we are going to continue in a downward spiral until there is no alternative for the people but revolt...
I doubt that this quite catches the tone of those closed-door discussions. Trump's rants about building a wall and making Mexico pay for it were great theater for the primaries. But Trump was talking through his hat, and everyone knew it. Several of the other candidates, most notably Ted Cruz, were trying to talk seriously about immigration and what could be done to reestablish effective border control, but that all got drowned out by Trump's demagoguery. Now Trump is discovering that it's going to be harder than he thought.
I imagine a lot of the Republican lawmakers are in "we told you so" mode right now. The question is how big a stick of dynamite they want to use to blow themselves up trying to redeem a promise that (1) they didn't make themselves and (2) Trump should not have made in the first place.
The Cruz stump speech was very good on this sort of thing. He was very careful to distinguish between what he could do as president by executive order, what could be done by regulation (which takes some time), and what would require an Act of Congress (and, in all likelihood, 60 votes in the Senate). But the voters in their wisdom were not interested in someone who had actually thought his way through the problem. They preferred someone who promised instant gratification via means that, in truth, he had no way of implementing.
So here we are. Virtually all Republicans on the Hill support regaining control of the border. Most of them support some form of a "wall," though not necessarily a continuous 2,500 physical barrier. The question is, how many of them are willing to go through another government shutdown over the issue? Probably not enough.
Trump will lose in a landslide if he breaks his vow and betrays America, as so many others have done.
The bastards never had our trust.
But Trump did. And he can continue to have it if he stands tall on the wall.
If not, even he will lose it. And it will shatter his presidency.
Primary them first, and actually do a credible job at getting them out.
Like what the hell do people think they are going to get with a Democrat?
Mitt Romney’s niece has more testicular fortitude than Priebus, Ryan and McConnell.
I like this new RNC Chair!
I work at a military base. Just head today that the demand for the border wall has been dropped and that the government will not shut down.
When the ballot box no longer works........
Amnesty will do it too!
Get them the heck out of our country!
Hey, if Dems get another 2009 they can really ‘fix’ Obamacare. Look at all they accomplished in 2009-2010.
Bright side ?
When Dems had huge majorities almost all Republicans voted
‘no’ on everything.
It didn't stop the bills they put up for votes, but that wasn't important.
We can protest and be the resistance again. Wasn't that fun?
Well we showed them....by blowing our own heads off.
If Obama and the Dems are as bad as we like to say, then maybe we need a Plan B, instead of threatening to screw ourselves over to teach people whom could not care less a “lesson”.
Nailed it.
If...if...if....
Look, this next fiscal year is the one where Rs will truly be fully responsible. The mess we have currently is the aftermath of the Hussein legacy. Constant CRs, no real budget, kicking cans.
The committees are where this budget gets approved and this coming autumn will be critical. Frankly, I do not put it past DJT to withhold support or to actively campaign against REPUBLICANS who disdain the base.
We know he will work against Demon Rat senators like McCaskill and Nelson. I could see him going against RINOs too.
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