Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) on Wednesday described President Donald Trump’s ways to bully Republican House members who don’t vote his approach. (Watch the video under.)
But Boyle’s model of how the president reverses the votes of recalcitrant Republicans is a should to take a look at.
“I have seen time and time again House Republican members saying they’re a ‘no’ at the outset, and then suddenly they get a tap on the shoulder,” Boyle instructed MSNBC “All In” host Chris Hayes. “They’re dragged out of the House floor and back to their Republican members’ cloak room, and they’re handed a cellphone, and it’s Donald Trump literally yelling at them and cursing at them.”
Whether or not the president used his alleged high-volume powers of persuasion this time round, Boyle’s forecast that any GOP holdouts would cave appeared to return true.
“I tend to think that that history will repeat itself, and that one way or the other, they’ll be able to get the votes,” he mentioned earlier than the all-night session. “I hope I’m wrong. I pray that I’m wrong. I’m going to fight like hell to make sure this awful policy doesn’t become law. But I’ve just seen them fold too many times before to believe that they won’t fold again this time.”
The invoice faces an unsure future within the Senate.
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