House GOPer Warns Trump Not To ‘Bully’ Senators: ‘This Isn’t The Apprentice’

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2013 file photo shows U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, speaking during a town hall meeting in Duncan, Okla. As Oklahoma Democrats look for traction in races against three incumbent Republican cong... FILE - This Aug. 28, 2013 file photo shows U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, speaking during a town hall meeting in Duncan, Okla. As Oklahoma Democrats look for traction in races against three incumbent Republican congressmen, the state Democratic Party chairman says he hasnít even heard from one of the partyís nominees. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) MORE LESS
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Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), a high-ranking Republican who sits on the House Budget and Appropriations committees, on Wednesday warned President Donald Trump against publicly attacking Republican senators.

“You’re not going to bully United States senators, this isn’t the Apprentice,” Cole told the Associated Press. “You can’t look at them and say you’re fired, you’re going to need their vote and you oughta remember that they’re going to be at the table in every major deal you need for the next three years. So I just don’t think that’s a productive way to proceed.”

While Republican lawmakers have been away from Washington, D.C. for the August recess, Trump has gone after several Republican senators. His feud with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spilled into the open, with Trump publishing tweets chastising McConnell for failing to pass Obamacare repeal. Trump has also launched attacks against Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who recently published a book critical of Trump.

When Congress returns in September, lawmakers must tackle several must-pass bills, including legislation to fund the government and to raise the debt ceiling. They will likely push for an aid package to fund recovery in Texas and other parts of the south following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. Trump has also pushed for the funding legislation to include money to build a border wall, and he will need all the support he can muster in the Senate, which has a slim majority of just 52 Republican senators.

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  1. Oooooooooh, so now we know who the next Gooper is to be threatened with being “primaried off the ticket”…

    Commence tweets slamming Cole in 3…2…1…

  2. Dumbass okie aint ever seen no bullyin in politics before trump?

  3. “You’re not going to bully United States senators, this isn’t the Apprentice,
    Could have fooled me, the script is the same.
    Asshole narcissist boss no one can control makes everyone suffer.
    Ends up firing everyone and getting cancelled.

  4. Too funny.

    “This isn’t the Apprentice.”

    No, it is Amateur Hour.

  5. Oh, please, Tom Cole. Donald won’t need to give a crap about what any senator thinks. In about a year and a half from now, ol’ Donny boy will need to worry far more what the warden thinks of him than any damned senator.

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