Senate Republicans: Even If You Can Find A Way To A Health Care Agreement This Week, Here’s Why You Shouldn’t
We know you want to prove your mettle as true Conservatives. We know you want to get something done. And even though we don’t agree with your policies, we respect that. Just not now.
Why? Because Trump will take all the credit and give you none. Even if you “win” at this late hour, it’s Trump’s win now, not yours.
Doesn’t it strike you as strange that he doesn’t care at all what’s in the bill that gets put on his desk? That his only requirement for signing is he has a pen and a hand?
Trump will belittle you, he will threaten you, say you were the knuckleheads for dilly-dallying, say it never could’ve happened without him. He’s really good at publicity. Better than you.
At this point it’s all about his glory, his getting a “win.”
As if to help us prove our point, as we were writing this, Trump tweeted:

How do you feel about that?

And on top of it, he’s calling you stupid?
Newly energized, he’s going to think you’re afraid of him, and that’ll turn up the abuse as you move on to the things you really want, like tax reform. You’ll find yourself passing all kinds of crazy things just to get him to stop yelling at you. You will lose your gravitas and your center of gravity.
Maybe some of you feel like you don’t care who gets the credit as long as you’re faithful to the party. Fine. Then let Trump have all the glory and sleep well knowing you “did the right thing” (aka denying lots of health care to people who really need it). Just be ready, because if this bill turns out to be a disaster, you can be damn sure Trump will make sure you own it again, 100%.

(This story originally appeared in “The Chaos Report” newsletter https://thechaosreport.com/subscribe/?scr=Medium)

