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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I somewhat disagree: mcconnell is a backstabbing a**clown.
“...as an attack on a member of his own team.”
McConnell a member of Trump’s team?
Certainly you jest, Shirley.
Typical GOPe wimpyness. They go out and do nothing but bash Trump. All he does is tell the truth and it turns into a cryfest. Poor whittle Mitch. You leave him alone.
All these things... and more.
“Trent Lott”
Senator Lott compared his job to that of herding cats.
Deals must be made.
Murkowski might get above average Trumpcare subsidies but below average infrastructure money.
McConnell/Ryan have one job; protect Wall Street/Goldman Sachs. Nothing else matters.
Don't worry Mitchie if that mean old Trump criticizes your incompetence, you're STILL 0bama's Bitch!
+1
Mitch is not incompetent. He gets done exactly what he wants to get done.
He’d not interested in repealing commie care.
Mitch the Swamp Turtle.
Maybe stunned enough to do what we sent him and his cohorts to DC to do???
Nah, I didn’t think so
El Tortuga is a bit slow isn’t he. Any Trump watcher knew it was coming. Will Elaine resign?
Surprised it took this long
‘I guess balls, dinners, country clubs, etc., have eaten up too much of their time.’
Don’t forget financial wheeling and dealing. They don’t become multi-millionaires on a $174,000 salary without putting some time and effort into it.
McConnell is stunned because Trump knew what McConnell was doing.
FUMM.
McConnell took a cheap shot at the president. He started it. Trump would have not said anything had McConnell not started it first
“I have said the politicos only have to freeze Trump out for 2 years”
Yes this is correct. I think they’re hoping Mueller “will get the goods” so they can run the clock out. I just read where Kennedy may not be retiring after all, if true then we can only guess who got to him. The time is long past when Trump should address the Nation and point out the outrageous improprieties (and there are many) of Mueller and his Rat hit squad and close it by saying it is for these reasons I am firing Rosenstein and Mueller.
Hell storm yes but this is just a slow death as it and Mueller is destroying everyone around Trump.
Stating the day of the week for the Senate record would “take time” for these treachers if doing so somehow displeased their donors and lobbyists.
Yertle the Turlte needs some stunning. And maybe some rotten fruit thrown his way too. What has he accomplished in The Senate other than getting a building named after him on the U of Louisville campus? Mitch, my dear, you’ve been in DC long enough to know it’s true what Harry Truman said - if you want a friend in this town, get a dog.
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