The Lead With Jake Tapper: GOP Holdouts Appear Unmoved by Donald Trump's Visit To Push His Bill Forward

"President Donald Trump expressed confidence after meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill as he made a personal pitch for passing his massive domestic policy bill — but it’s unclear if he’s done enough to convince them to send the bill to the Senate this week. CNN's Manu Raju reports the future of the bill is "still unclear."

Source:CNN with a look at the King of Political Reality TV and 1 of his exec-producers on Capitol Hill. Perhaps you already know the names of these 2 men yourself.  

From CNN

I think Jamie Gangel made the key point here: "Donald Trump went to Capitol Hill to show some love. But when he was there, he told House Republicans "You either vote for this bill, or you deserved to be voted out of office". (That's a paraphrase) 

I'm not a whip in Congress, or anywhere else, (for that matter) but threatening your own members in the House, when your are the President, is not a sign of love. More like: "You do exactly what I say, or you are going to be in a lot of trouble". It's more like governing with an iron fist, instead of: "This is where we are. What can I do to bring people to my side and what can I do for them, to help them along". 

I don't know if this bill is going to pass the House or not... especially by Memorial Day. But in its current form, it's a huge deficit, perhaps even debt bomb. So it wouldn't pass in the Senate because of it's reconciliation rules, but also because of the cuts to Medicaid, Food Assistance, and School Lunches for low-income students, that vulnerable Senate Republicans don't want to vote for. 

So my question is: is it even worth passing this big, Donald Trump agenda bill, knowing it will be very unpopular when people actually find out what's in it and how it would affect interest rates, and all the health care and food cuts in it and also knowing that it won't even make it out of Congress, because the Senate might not even be able to take it up, without getting 60 votes, first? 

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