White House plans to invite group of House Democrats to meet with Trump CNN, Jan 14, 2019, Phil Mattingly and Sarah Westwood
The White House is planning to invite a group of moderate House Democrats to meet with President Trump, two sources said.
Democrats from districts President Trump won in 2016, including members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, will be invited to the meeting, according to two GOP sources. Their hope is that freshmen Democrats in these swing districts might be more interested in getting credit for looking like they want to problems than in denying Trump a wall.
The goal: They are trying and isolate and peel off these Democrats. House Democratic aides note that there has been no sign these Democrats are in danger of leaving the fold.
The White House had put together a draft list of the Democrats they’d invite, according to a White House official, who said they’d only invite members who they believe would be willing to buck House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“If Pelosi won’t even start to negotiate, we’ll go around her,†the official said.
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