Trump threatens to “fight” Freedom Caucus over legislative agenda

As Trump picked fights with congressmen, an ongoing controversy surrounding the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election got even more complicated. They said it didn’t matter that Scavino tweeted from an account marked as “personal” and not from his official government Twitter account.

Trump said Thursday. In follow-up tweets, the president singled out three Freedom Caucus members – Reps.

This came as a warning sign for Freedom Caucus members, who are opposing the American Health Care Act.

Southwest Virginia Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th, is a member of the Freedom Caucus but backed the Trump health care bill. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!’

Freedom Caucus members felt that the legislation was too similar to the Affordable Care Act and that it would not do enough to contain premium costs and in some circles called in “Obamacarelite”.

Reporters asked Rep. Amash if Trump’s tweets serve any negotiating objective or have any constructive purposes. “No shame, Mr. President. Nearly everyone succumbs to the D.C. Establishment”, the Michigan Republican, tweeted. While Ryan expressed openness to the idea, McConnell said he thought doing so would be futile.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told NBC after the defeat that the takeaway from the experience was knowing who the White House could trust and work with, and who they couldn’t.

Senator John McCain, who ran for president in 2008 and was defeated by Obama, said that if he were sitting in the White House, he would try to ease intraparty tensions rather than stoking them. His tweet carried the implied threat that he will support challengers to the conservative rebels in Republican primaries.

Rep. Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican in the caucus, was not happy.

SHAPIRO: Is the Freedom Caucus feeling much pressure? “The Freedom Caucus didn’t care”.

Trump had previously made electoral threats to wayward members of his party, but Thursday’s tweet was especially direct, threatening to cast them in the same light as Democrats.

Defying President Donald Trump on the seven-year Republican Party promise to repeal and replace “Obamacare” could appear to be political suicide, especially in the congressional districts Trump won handily. No Democrats were expected to vote for the legislation and Republicans could only lose about 20 votes for the bill to still pass. President Trump and aides excoriated some fellow Republicans and talked of working with Democrats to find a solution.

The mistrust between the White House and hardline conservatives in Congress has called into question the next big item on Trump’s agenda, sweeping tax cuts.

President Donald Trump won his office in spite of the best efforts of some in his party.

“I understand the frustration”, Ryan said.

Under the compromise proposal, the original “bathroom Bill” would be repealed, but the new proposal would not extend to multi-stall restrooms and it would also not extend to places of work, hotels or restaurants until 2020. House Speaker Paul Ryan has urged them to come around on issues such as health care, but recognized their beliefs: “I don’t want us to become a factionalized majority, he said to reporters during his weekly news conference”. The White House has suggested in recent days that it might be willing to work with some Democrats on the measure.

Republican Sen. Bob Corker quickly pounced on Ryan’s comments. Bob Corker of Tennessee, further showcasing the GOP’s intraparty divisions. That’s presented Republicans like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell with a potential problem here.

It turns out governing is hard.