There are outside voices already making Trump’s case. Sean Hannity called McConnell a “WEAK, SPINELESS leader who does not keep his word” and suggested the majority leader needs to retire. Lou Dobbs said McConnell “doesn’t give a damn about this president’s agenda” and called on Republicans to “ditch Mitch.”
Senate Republicans won’t “ditch Mitch” anytime soon, just as they won’t be bullied into supporting the agenda of a president with 30-something-percent approval ratings if it can’t find consensus. That’s because all of them had political careers long before Trump became a serious force within the party. They figure, with some reason, that they’ll have careers or legacies long after Trump has left the White House. But if Republicans have increasingly little incentive to tolerate Trump, he may make the same calculation about the GOP, the party’s conservative policy agenda, and the conservative movement as a whole.
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