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ecstatic

(32,740 posts)
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 08:31 PM Oct 2019

CNN: trump is calling MoscowMitch 3 times a day seeking to lock down GOP loyalty

...the President has spent hours tweeting about the impeachment and lighting up the phone lines of his allies on Capitol Hill -- including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to whom he's stressed the importance of Republican unity.

In private, Trump is increasingly leaning on the Republican leader in the Senate. In a return to the President's panicked behavior during the height of the Mueller investigation, Trump is calling McConnell as often as three times a day, according to a person familiar with the conversations.

"This story, based on a single anonymous source, is categorically false. Leader McConnell never said anything like this," Doug Andres, a McConnell spokesman, said.

Trump has been lashing out at GOP senators he sees as disloyal, according to this person, telling McConnell he will amplify attacks on those Republicans who criticize him.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell/index.html


Wow! So trump is scared that the senate might actually vote to remove him. Interesting.
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CNN: trump is calling MoscowMitch 3 times a day seeking to lock down GOP loyalty (Original Post) ecstatic Oct 2019 OP
The fact that he needs to call at all is a tell tale sign Moscow Mitch is hanging Red Don out to dry uponit7771 Oct 2019 #1
kick & rec. Ilsa Oct 2019 #2
Why not try... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #3
Politics is in a "no fault" jurisdiction. WheelWalker Oct 2019 #4
Do they have a multi-line budget plan?!1 UTUSN Oct 2019 #5

uponit7771

(90,367 posts)
1. The fact that he needs to call at all is a tell tale sign Moscow Mitch is hanging Red Don out to dry
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 08:41 PM
Oct 2019

... and will cut him loose once the impeachment numbers are solid above 55 - ish

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
3. Why not try...
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 08:51 PM
Oct 2019

Why doesn't he try some quid pro quo? It seems to be a strategy he is familiar and comfortable with?

This is good to hear, though.

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