Analysis: The growing signs of a rift between Trump and the Senate GOP
President Trump speaks to members of the media last month. He is accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , left, and Sen. Roy Blunt . By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow April 10 at 9:10 AM The Republican Party has spent most of the past three years kowtowing to President Trump, terrified of inflaming the conservative base he has cultivated.
Other senators have also expressed concern about how the dismissals have been handled. On Tuesday, Sen. John Neely Kennedy suggested the White House’s tendency to bash outgoing figures like Nielsen would make it difficult to find qualified replacements. Mr. Shelby told Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the committee’s top Democrat, that Mr. Mulvaney was “the most dangerous man” in Washington, according to three people familiar with the exchange.
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