Vulnerable Sen. Heller Begged Trump Not To Shut Down Gov Before Midterms

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At Tuesday’s lunch with President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) implored Trump not to shut down the government over his border wall before the midterms. Trump’s response? “We’ll see what happens.”

According to a Wednesday Politico report, Heller lavished praise on the President before making his request, reminding him that vulnerable Republicans have a lot to lose from a shutdown. Trump was noncommittal.

Trump has threatened lawmakers not to take their August break until they can secure funding for his wall in next year’s budget.

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  1. Praise the Emperor!
    All praise the Emperor!

    Oh great and mighty Emperor, please don’t encourage my peasantry to revolt. As your humble servant, I beg of your wisdom and mercy!

  2. Avatar for phi phi says:

    “Heller lavished praise on the President before making his request”

    This was just embarrassing to read. Haven’t the R’s learned yet that kissing Dump’s bloated keister will get them absolutely nothing but humiliation? He’s a black hole of degradation and Heller blithely flung himself across the event horizon.

  3. Pleading Heller implies he couldn’t care less about the damage resulting from any government shutdown following the midterms because it would be to the country, not to him and the GOP.

  4. Further proof that there is no separating the Republican’t Party from Trump. They are one in the same. Any claims of independence or of some members being mavericks has always been a Pavlovian-inspired media creation design to counteract charges of being Liberal or biased…

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