Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been vocal in private and public about his hatred of shutdowns and ardent desire to avoid another one.
According to a Wednesday Politico report, McConnell shares this sentiment with most of his caucus, who see three possible (and negative) outcomes for the party, should a deal not be brokered: President Donald Trump declares a national emergency that will likely be overturned by the courts, Republicans rebel and vote with Democrats on a funding bill or another shutdown.
“I’ve just been pointing out what an impractical idea the emergency route is,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) told Politico, adding that there is a “99 percent likelihood” that the courts would block a national emergency declaration. “It’s a much stronger opportunity for good border security if we work something out.”
Good luck with that,
Lindsey Graham will undermine McConnell in a minute or two…
What are the chances that we’ll be seeing an error-ridden tweet about his judges taking care of the emergency declaration. Why put judges in place if they’re going to use a metric other than what Trump wants?
The reality is that if pushed, at last thirteen republicans will vote for a clean funding bill (I.e. w/o wall funding) provided the Democrats agree to substantial ‘border security funding”. And if McConnell does not give them a vote they may rebel or will face the consequences in 2020. Even someone like John Cornyn (up in tx in 2020) is sounding scared. He hears beto’s footsteps behind him.
The reality is that McConnell has been backed into a corner by his slavish support of trump, and have aided trump’s craziness, is starting to have to pay a major price for it.
A plan b (a fake emergency) polls worse than holding firm for a wall…fun times.
Nobody puts the baby in a corner.
Somewhere in the White House hangs a sign that reads: When you’ve lost McConnell, you’re screwed.’