Good for Lee and Moran. McConnell has failed dramatically here. He needed to go with the conservative’s role and force the left flank under public pressure (i.e. they ALLLLLL ran on his issue, and the moderates need to get in line on this issue). Instead he’s undercut the conservatives and told the moderates there will never be cuts to Medicaid.
I also blame Trump (who I think mostly has made excellent decisions in office). He gave the legislature the full role in this instead of leading with a template to drive up public support. He needed to lead and not try to get them to sign anything to declare victory.
I also blame Trump (who I think mostly has made excellent decisions in office). He gave the legislature the full role in this instead of leading with a template to drive up public support. He needed to lead and not try to get them to sign anything to declare victory.
Lead who? The beltway GOP has made it abundantly clear they won’t be supporting the POTUS of their own party. We are in uncharted territory in modern American history here. Never has a sitting POTUS been so abandoned by his own party immediately after he was elected.