President Donald Trump threatened to veto every piece of legislation put forward during the second half of his administration if Democrats flip control of the House or Senate during next month’s midterm elections.
“Well, I think the Republicans are going to win. But if there was, you call it gridlock, what happens is I veto everything,” Trump told reporters Friday morning while speaking on the South Lawn. “And then the Democrats come and they want to make a deal. So we’ll work it out.”
Historical precedent and polling data suggest Democrats are on the cusp of flipping at least the House next month and possibly the Senate, due to public frustration over the Iran war and high costs of living.
So, they will override his veto
Sounds like a quick way to get impeached(again) with the followup removal this time… Because Trump doesn’t have the decency to step down.
Well, this wouldn’t be impeachable, it’s not that far off from business as usual.
Back during Obama’s presidency, the GOP in fact relied upon that reality. They passed a repeal of ACA multiple times to pander to their campaign promises of getting rid of it. Then as soon as they held the presidency, suddenly they couldn’t pass that repeal.
There’s a roughly 20% swing on polling if it’s called the “Affordable Care Act” compared to “Obamacare”. It’s one of the most underappreciated bills in American history; the GOP doesn’t want to become the dog that caught the very popular car.
Delusion, cons politician would never, everything about their behavior suggests they would continue backing him.
Maybe but their primary motive is keeping their power. If there’s a big loss for Republicans because of Trump it might cause them to decide that Trump is a liability.