President Trump Pressures McConnell, GOP to Ditch Bipartisan Talks Until They Have Majority

President Donald Trump in a Monday statement called on Senate Republicans to ditch talks with Democrats on a bipartisan infrastructure deal until they can retake the majority. As Senate negotiators attempt to finalize a deal on the infrastructure bill, which is believed to be around $1 trillion, Trump said that GOP lawmakers “are being absolutely savaged by Democrats on the so-called ‘bipartisan’ infrastructure bill,” according to his statement. https://ho1.us/2021/07/july-26th-2021-statement-by-donald-j-trump-45th-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/ President Trump said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and negotiators, including Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), were only interested in proving they could come to a bipartisan agreement….