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Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« on: August 12, 2017, 02:32:57 pm »
by Charlie Spiering11 Aug 2017

President Donald Trump believes that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not do everything possible to pass an Obamacare replacement bill.

When reporters asked Trump why he continued to batter McConnell despite support for the Senate Majority Leader from his Republican colleagues, he replied shortly, “Don’t make anything of it, we should have health care approved.”

He hinted that McConnell should have threatened to remove Sen. John McCain, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, or Sen. Susan Collins from their chair positions in the Senate to force them to vote for the health care bill.

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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2017, 02:34:18 pm »
Mitch won't do that to two of his most loyal allies.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2017, 02:42:44 pm »
Mitch should do more than threaten.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2017, 02:53:30 pm »
It wouldn't have worked and its kind of sad and pathetic that Trump's only option in all matters is to threaten.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2017, 03:14:13 pm »
It's rather sickening that government positions are used as bargaining chips, not to put the best people in there.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2017, 03:23:37 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on August 12, 2017, 02:53:30 pm
It wouldn't have worked and its kind of sad and pathetic that Trump's only option in all matters is to threaten.


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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2017, 05:51:51 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on August 12, 2017, 02:34:18 pm
Mitch won't do that to two of his most loyal allies.

Trump will probably be criticized for the rhetoric but these kinds of threats are probably nothing new in the Senate.

But, no, McConnell won't make them because he doesn't care.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2017, 06:00:14 pm »
This thread is more evidence that "Conservatives" just want a dictatorship.
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2017, 06:06:57 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on August 12, 2017, 06:00:14 pm
This thread is more evidence that "Conservatives" just want a dictatorship.

Yeah! How dare anyone suggest Mitch should actually use the power of the office he holds to get things done!  Sacrilege!
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« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2017, 06:08:17 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on August 12, 2017, 06:06:57 pm
Yeah! How dare anyone suggest Mitch should actually use the power of the office he holds to get things done!  Sacrilege!

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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2017, 06:11:14 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on August 12, 2017, 06:06:57 pm
Yeah! How dare anyone suggest Mitch should actually use the power of the office he holds to get things done!  Sacrilege!

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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2017, 06:28:53 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on August 12, 2017, 02:34:18 pm
Mitch won't do that to two of his most loyal allies.
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Trump is the "threatener-in-chief".
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2017, 06:30:45 pm »
And replace them with whom?

It's not as if there's anyone better in the GOP.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2017, 06:32:51 pm »
I guess Trump should have run for the Senate... since he knows the best ways to run it.

It's not too late for him to resign and file to run in a Senate race for 2018.
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« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2017, 06:44:53 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on August 12, 2017, 06:06:57 pm
Yeah! How dare anyone suggest Mitch should actually use the power of the office he holds to get things done!  Sacrilege!

Where do they think the phrase 'arm twisting' came from?  It's been a valuable tactic in Senate leaders for years and it doesn't have to get physical.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2017, 06:56:45 pm »
It's what you have party whips for.

Use 'em.
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Quote from: EC on August 12, 2017, 06:56:45 pm
It's what you have party whips for.

Use 'em.

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Quote from: Victoria33 on August 12, 2017, 06:28:53 pm
@txradioguy

Trump is the "threatener-in-chief".

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And the sad thing is no one takes his threats seriously.
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« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2017, 07:14:56 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on August 12, 2017, 07:06:55 pm
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And the sad thing is no one takes his threats seriously.

I did say, during the 2016 election campaign, that he was the 'boy who cried wolf'.

Where his hyperbole would desensitize people.

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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2017, 01:37:25 am »
It is surprising to me that so many posters here don't see why the Rats achieve their goals and the Pubs come up short.

The Rats will exercise tough party discipline on key issues. If they need the votes everybody better vote for whatever it is they want, or their career in and out of office is done. They get tax increases through, they fund abortion, they grow govt.

The Pubs can't stop them even when they are the majority because the pubs play "nice" while the Rats are fighting for life or death.

The Pub party has no discipline. There are no consequences for breaking key campaign promises. Pres. Trump is right and people don't like it that he's naming names and placing blame. I just wish he would take the next step and stop endorsing establishment candidates.
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Quote from: bilo on August 13, 2017, 01:37:25 am
It is surprising to me that so many posters here don't see why the Rats achieve their goals and the Pubs come up short.

The Rats will exercise tough party discipline on key issues. If they need the votes everybody better vote for whatever it is they want, or their career in and out of office is done. They get tax increases through, they fund abortion, they grow govt.

The Pubs can't stop them even when they are the majority because the pubs play "nice" while the Rats are fighting for life or death.

The Pub party has no discipline. There are no consequences for breaking key campaign promises. Pres. Trump is right and people don't like it that he's naming names and placing blame. I just wish he would take the next step and stop endorsing establishment candidates.


IMHO I think we're making a false assumption that the current GOP leadership in DC actually wants a different agenda than their Rat counterparts.
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Re: Donald Trump: Mitch McConnell Should Have Threatened McCain, Murkowski, Collins Chair Positions
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2017, 02:09:36 am »
Quote from: Bigun on August 12, 2017, 06:06:57 pm
Yeah! How dare anyone suggest Mitch should actually use the power of the office he holds to get things done!  Sacrilege!
I believe that if McConnell couldn't count on McCain, Murkowski, or Collins...he could count on Cornyn, Cochran, or Graham.  This is all theater.
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Quote from: txradioguy on August 13, 2017, 01:38:38 am

IMHO I think we're making a false assumption that the current GOP leadership in DC actually wants a different agenda than their Rat counterparts.

I think more and more that it's not just some Pubs, but a lot of Pubs who don't have a core set of beliefs.
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