That Republican civil war keeps simmering, and despite Donald Trump starting to attack some of them by name, the far-right members of the House Freedom Caucus do not seem afraid of him.
“The way to get votes is not to name call,” said Rep. Mo Brooks, a Freedom Caucus member from Alabama. “The way to get votes is to have better legislation that better reflects the will of the American people.” [...]
“It really doesn’t do anything to me,” said Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.). “We’re going to keep doing what we do because we all believe in what we do. I don’t know why he’s threatening us.”
Trump issued a direct primary threat to South Carolina’s Mark Sanford, but:
“Intimidation may work with some in the short term, but it never really works in the long run,” Mr. Sanford said, adding that Mr. Trump should interpret the recalcitrance of conservative lawmakers as an indication of a flawed bill: “What you can’t do is shoot messengers.”
The infighting continues: Late Thursday night, Trump’s social media director used his personal Twitter account to attack Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), and Friday morning, the Freedom Caucus also responded on Twitter to Trump’s attacks on its members.
The Freedom Caucus has been bullying from the right since its founding and was instrumental in bringing down John Boehner. It got a big win over Trump on health care last week. As a battle of bullies with their egos on the line, this is a pretty fair match-up.
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2ojjsMy
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