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To: Alberta's Child

Alberta I understand you point. Well taken. However,in my opinion, many of these FCers won’t support Trump with tax reform/ building the wall because they are beholden to the lobbyists/Koch brothers/CoC etc etc.
President Trump does not have much support except for those of us who voted for him.


38 posted on 03/26/2017 1:40:53 PM PDT by pugmama (Ports Moon.)
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To: pugmama

You’ll have “deficit hawks” opposing him on taxes and infrastructure and “compassionate Conservatives” opposing him on immigration. He’ll get nothing done if he sticks to Republicans alone


50 posted on 03/26/2017 1:47:41 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: pugmama

The COC supports the “political center”. If they and the Kochs are claiming to support the FC, it is just a tactical move to get conservatives to turn their backs on principle.

I support Trump, but I support the Republic first.


51 posted on 03/26/2017 1:48:07 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: pugmama
That's a fair point, but why do you act as if only the Freedom Caucus members are beholden to lobbyists? Now that Hillary Clinton is wandering around the woods looking for bear droppings in New York, is there anyone in Washington more compromised in this regard than Paul Ryan?

I'll bet that if you went through all of the districts those guys represent, you'll find that Trump won them overwhelmingly -- mainly because he promised to repeal ObamaCare. Why would anyone criticize them for representing their constituents and expecting the president to fulfill his campaign promises?

76 posted on 03/26/2017 2:07:32 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (President Donald J. Trump ... Making America Great Again, 140 Characters at a Time)
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