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"Threats don't go over well": Republicans move from fearing Trump to "mostly ignoring" him
‘Threats don’t go over well’: Republicans move from fearing Trump to ‘mostly ignoring’ him
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/threats-dont-go-over-well-republicans-move-from-fearing-trump-to-mostly-ignoring-him/
After a brief moment of jubilation when the House of Representatives passed a bill designed to “repeal and replace Obamacare” — only to watch it die an ignominious death in the Senate — the relationship between Trump and Republicans has cooled. Where once they feared alienating the former reality TV game show host, they are now working in concert with Democrats to prevent him from sabotaging the Mueller probe.
“The Mueller situation really gave rise to our thinking about how we can address this, address the current situation,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) to the Washington Post regarding his decision to work with Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT) to introduce a bipartisan bill this week. The legislation is designed to place legal hurdles in the path of the Trump administration should it move to eliminate Mueller’s investigation or fire him as its director.
“Republicans used to be afraid of Trump. Now, they’re mostly ignoring him,” wrote Tracy. “The administration’s ham-handed attempts to coerce Senators Dean Heller and Lisa Murkowski to vote ‘yes’ on Obamacare repeal were met with sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers. And Trump’s threats in the aftermath of the failed health-care vote last week fell on deaf ears.”
She quoted Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), who was blasé about the president’s threats to cut his healthcare and to stop Obamacare reimbursement payments to insurance companies. “If that’s what he wants to do, he ought to just do it,” said Corker to Politico. “[As] probably he’s learned over the last couple of weeks, threats don’t really go over particularly well. My advice would be to either do it or don’t do it.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/threats-dont-go-over-well-republicans-move-from-fearing-trump-to-mostly-ignoring-him/
After a brief moment of jubilation when the House of Representatives passed a bill designed to “repeal and replace Obamacare” — only to watch it die an ignominious death in the Senate — the relationship between Trump and Republicans has cooled. Where once they feared alienating the former reality TV game show host, they are now working in concert with Democrats to prevent him from sabotaging the Mueller probe.
“The Mueller situation really gave rise to our thinking about how we can address this, address the current situation,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) to the Washington Post regarding his decision to work with Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT) to introduce a bipartisan bill this week. The legislation is designed to place legal hurdles in the path of the Trump administration should it move to eliminate Mueller’s investigation or fire him as its director.
“Republicans used to be afraid of Trump. Now, they’re mostly ignoring him,” wrote Tracy. “The administration’s ham-handed attempts to coerce Senators Dean Heller and Lisa Murkowski to vote ‘yes’ on Obamacare repeal were met with sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers. And Trump’s threats in the aftermath of the failed health-care vote last week fell on deaf ears.”
She quoted Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), who was blasé about the president’s threats to cut his healthcare and to stop Obamacare reimbursement payments to insurance companies. “If that’s what he wants to do, he ought to just do it,” said Corker to Politico. “[As] probably he’s learned over the last couple of weeks, threats don’t really go over particularly well. My advice would be to either do it or don’t do it.”
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So in love. 
