Trump: GOPers ‘Horrible Poker Players’ For Not Threatening Gov’t Shutdown

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 at Robarts Arena in Sarasota, Fla. Trump bragged about his high standing in the polls, slammed super PA... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 at Robarts Arena in Sarasota, Fla. Trump bragged about his high standing in the polls, slammed super PACS as "a scam" and dismissed nomination rivals Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush in a campaign stop Saturday in their home state of Florida. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) MORE LESS
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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump slammed Republicans in Congress for not being willing to threaten a government shutdown in recent budget negotiations, Business Insider reported. The real estate mogul said historians would ultimately blame “Barack Hussein Obama” if the government had shutdown in a budget standoff.

“They’re horrible poker players. Horrible,” Trump said at a rally in Florida Saturday, according to Business Insider. “I like Boehner as a person. He’s a nice guy. But … I heard Boehner before he left say there’s no way we’re going to close up government.”

Trump said the “other side just won” because Republicans backed away from shutdown threats.

“By the way, in 50 years from now, nobody is going to know about Boehner or Ryan or any of these guys if the government closes for a little while,” Trump continued. “They’re going to know about Barack Hussein Obama. That’s who they’re going to know about. That’s who they’re going to know about.”

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