Posted on 08/12/2017 11:04:49 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Sources close to McConnell say he is stunned by Trump's attacks, which have only increased in recent days, as an attack on a member of his own team.
Some in the Trump administration, however, think McConnell should have seen it coming.
A senior administration official expressed “100 percent agreement” with the president that McConnell has not done enough to advance his legislative agenda.
The source cited McConnell’s failure to pass healthcare reform and the record-slow pace in confirming his nominees to key executive branch positions.
Trump and his allies recognize he was elected to the White House despite the barrage of personal attacks from Hillary Clinton because voters want accomplishments that will change the status quo.
The administration delegated the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare to McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and they’re not getting the job done.
“People think Mitch maybe has lost a step,” said the source.
While McConnell argues he worked hard and exhausted every option to pass ObamaCare repeal legislation, the source pointed out that senators just left town for a four-week break from Washington.
The complaint among Trump allies is that while McConnell vowed to “burn the midnight oil” to get things accomplished in the majority, that hasn’t happened in practice, said the source.
McConnell had deftly avoided confrontations with Trump during last year’s presidential campaign, but he stepped on a landmine Monday when he said Trump “had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the Democratic process.”
Scott Jennings, a former senior political adviser to the Kentucky lawmaker, said McConnell was merely offering a “dispassionate, emotionless” view of “the reality of Washington, which is things happen more slowly than we would like.”
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Well said. They aren’t used to someone making the actually “work”. They are used to the country club, grab ass attitude. Trump is coming in and exposing them for the frauds they are.
For McConnell to say these things take time when they supposedly had a plan for the past seven years of Obamacare is reprehensible.
Go Donald!
We have only the expectations that you will do what you campaigned on. As such we gave you the House, Senate, AND the Whitehouse. Now, GET IT DONE! Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.....
Yup. Both McConnell and McCain are 10 years past their expiration date.
McConnell and many others are used to doing next to nothing. He and his followers are not used to being told to get to work and produce something!
President Trump has not learned how to lose graciously like a good Repub like InSaine, McDonald and Rybaby.
Well-said!
McConnell was stunned to learn that people expect him to keep some promises.
McConnell deserves much more.
He lies when he claims the Senate bill repeals ACA.
He failed to repeal ACA.
He tells us to move on, he goes on vacation, and then says “Trump is out of his depth” and has “excessive expectations”.
McConnell needs to move on. He’s an incompetent leader, a liar, and blames others for his failures. He’s a shyster. And he’s in the way.
McConnell’s actions make it seemingly as though he intends to sandbag the Trump administration in attempt to cause a reversal of power in the House, and Senate in 2018 that would lead to extreme difficulties, and possible Impeachment of President Trump.
I wouldn’t put it past the establishment bastard to think along those lines, and take such actions.
McTurtle thought it would be business as usual and Trump would not hold him accountable for anything. Sorry Mitch, but this isn’t another “Swamp Dweller” you’re dealing with here. This president expects you to do your FREAKING job and pass legislation to help the American people. You remember them Mitch, right? A good many of them in Kentucky voted you into office. They’re the ones who don’t have lots of cash to stuff into your bank accounts.
McConnell, as pointed out many times in this forum is spineless.
In the military one of the criteria for leadership is called command presence, i.e., looking the part. Mitch McConnell looks like a bowl of jello, he gets little respect because his weak physical appearance offsets any legislative abilities he may have ... he's a loser.
SEVEN YEARS, Mitch, you and your pals have had 7+ YEARS to prepare and pass legislation to “repeal and replace” Obozocare.
Don’t tell us you didn’t have enough time and don’t tell us that with both houses of Congress the Republicans are incapable of getting anything done.
McConnel is an ass.
The lazy, low energy, slimy swamp turd-le McConnell needs to get back to work (or discover what real “work” is).
He’s also a LIAR (to quote Ted Cruz) as he was the one that put the repeal as the first priority.
I don't think McConnell cares whether we ignore it or not.
McConnell has been using his NRSC to control the primary process to make sure that opposition to his base is futile. He even increased its funding by sneaking legislation into a recent bill to give him more power to control the primaries.
-PJ
——They think are royalty.-—
Not Royalty but perhaps Nobility.
I think the real problem is they exist in a very deep rut and cannot visualize any change. They are firmly stuck in the past. They are old. Many old people can not tolerate any change at all.
“We have only the expectations that you will do what you campaigned on.”
That’s it right there. Eight years of promises, and... not one thing accomplished. Expecting people to do what they promise over and over again is not “excessive”; it’s “realistic”. The fact that they lied to us for years, and that we know they did, does not faze them in the least. They just sashay out the door for vacation as nonchalant as can be. We peons are supposed to say, “No problem; that’s OK. Lie to us. We like it.”
A beautiful Repeal Bill should’ve been on DJT’s desk 1/21/17 for his signature. There’s no excuse for them not to have worked out everything over seven years’ time. I guess balls, dinners, country clubs, etc., have eaten up too much of their time.
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