After issuing fiery comments and tweets in response to reports on North Korea advancing its nuclear capabilities Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump trained his ire on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Trump hit back at McConnell after the Senate leader said that Trump has “excessive expectations” about how quickly Congress can pass legislation:
Senator Mitch McConnell said I had "excessive expectations," but I don't think so. After 7 years of hearing Repeal & Replace, why not done?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 9, 2017
Trump’s tweet lashing out at McConnell came just a few hours after one of his closest aides, White House social media director Dan Scavino, sent a similar tweet bashing McConnell for making “excuses” for the Senate’s failure to repeal and replace Obamacare this summer.
More excuses. @SenateMajLdr must have needed another 4 years – in addition to the 7 years — to repeal and replace Obamacare….. https://t.co/6FOVBm6BQU
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) August 9, 2017
Yeah! Kelly’s doing a bang-up job!
Is it the job of the White House Social Media Director to comment of congressional issues?
What exactly is his function?
Good to see such discipline among the GOP!
The best part is, he’s not even wrong! No amount of messaging or soothing of ruffled feathers can detract from the facts that
but
Well, much as I loathe the man and his frigging lying tweets, I do have to admit that he is actually right in this case.
McTurtle and his band of “morans” had seven years to come up with something and whiffed.