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Thune Gives GOP Voters and Trump Middle Finger

 

Majority Leader John Thune's decision to adjourn the Senate for the weekend is a flat-out "f-you" to Republican voters. And his decision not to go into recess is a giant "f-you" to President Trump. Do you realize that President Trump is the only Republican president in modern American history who has not been allowed to make recess appointments? Richard Nixon: 41; Gerald Ford: 8; Ronald Reagan: 232; George H.W. Bush: 78; George W. Bush: 171; Donald Trump: 0. Thune and Senate Republican leadership are colluding with Democrats to stop President Trump's agenda. That's the only plausible reason for the Majority Leader's behavior. The man's integrity has now been called into question

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