Uh, yeah, you do realize it’s only day #67 of 1,460 right? It only takes a couple small victories (or one large one) and less twitter for POTUS Donnie to right the ship. And just because he stated he’s willing to work with you doesn’t mean you’re gonna be taking long shower at Mar-A-Largo over the weekend – PB/TK
Democrats, once threatened by Trump, see little reason to worry – David Weigel March 29 2017
President Trump meets with Democratic senators tonight, but he has already put them on notice. On Friday, he announced that the American Health Care Act had been pulled by warning that the health-care system would “explode,” and that voters would blame Democrats.
“I think the losers are Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, because now they own Obamacare,” the president said.
Corey Lewandowski, the president’s former campaign manager, told the weekend hosts of “Fox and Friends” that 10 Senate Democrats up for reelection in November 2018 are from states carried by Trump.
“You know what that means: They’re going to negotiate with the president,” Lewandowski said.
But with a few exceptions, Democrats are feeling no public pressure to work with Trump — and not expecting blame if the health-care system bristles under the new administration. Before the failure of the American Health Care Act, the president’s approval rating was underwater in most of the country. Afterward, Democrats are speaking more confidently about resisting the president and being rewarded at the polls.
“If people have a sense that he’s not just rooting for failure but creating it, that’s not a good position to be in,” said Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and one of the 10 Democrats up for reelection next year in a state that voted for Trump. “It’ll be clear to people who did the damage.”
In conversations Tuesday, a dozen Democrats from Trump-voting states and districts generally dismissed the political threats from the White House — which, confusingly, have alternated with rhetoric about the president reaching across the aisle to cut deals. Badgered in hallways about what sort of negotiations they could have with Trump, most suggested long-standing Democratic policies.
“I’d like to see the public option back on the table,” said Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.).
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