Five Republicans who could buck Trump

Posted by | December 24, 2016 10:52 | Filed under: Politics

Real Republicans wouldn’t stand for much of what he says he wants to do.

With a narrow 52-seat majority in the Senate, the president-elect will need to keep Republicans unified if he wants to clear nominations and legislation through the upper chamber in the face of likely Democratic opposition.

Many Senate Republicans tepidly embraced Trump during the campaign, and a handful refused to endorse him altogether. Trump’s ability to get his agenda cleared through Congress will largely depend on whether he can get some of his biggest critics on his side.

Here are five Republicans who could buck Trump in 2017:

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine): Collins is one of the caucuses’ more moderate Republicans and will be crucial for getting Trump’s agenda through the upper chamber…

She signaled for months that was uncomfortable with Trump’s campaign rhetoric and announced in August that she couldn’t support the real estate mogul because he “does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing that is critical to healing the divisions.”

…Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.): The Arizona Republican appears most likely to break with Trump on foreign policy and the military, where McCain has substantial sway as Armed Services Committee chairman…

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): The Senate’s top Republican largely avoided weighing in on Trump’s slew of controversies, regularly declining to answer questions about his party’s standard bearer in 2016.

But McConnell made headlines during his book tour for sharply criticizing the GOP nominee and denounced his 2005 comments about groping and kissing women without their consent. McConnell quickly demanded the real estate mogul take “full responsibility” for the leaked remarks…

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.): Paul ultimately backed Trump during the campaign—after ending his own failed White House bid—but he’s drawing early lines over some of the real estate moguls’ nominees.Paul, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, played hardball on the State Department, and is now threatening to block former U.N. ambassador John Bolton from taking the No. 2 spot…

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.): The Nebraska Republican has been a perennial critic of Trump, frequently comparing the 2016 White House race to a “dumpster fire” and spending months voicing concerns about his party’s standard bearer.

In a Facebook letter directed at Trump supporters, he warned that the real estate mogul was too divisive and could ignore constitutional checks and balances aimed at preventing executive overreach.

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10 responses to Five Republicans who could buck Trump

  1. Buford2k11 December 24th, 2016 at 12:05

    The problem is not so much Trump, as it is the GOP corrupted congress…Trump is an idiot, and he will do what he is told…regardless of the tweets…those folks mentioned above, I wouldn’t trust at all, either…If this is the best that the gop can do to assure the rest of the Nation that Trump will not destroy us, I am getting back to digging the bunker, much deeper, and install radiation detectors…

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  2. oldfart December 24th, 2016 at 12:17

    Could, being the operative word here…
    Should, being the imperative for rational republicans.
    And would, being how badly tRump screws up before the mid terms.

  3. mea_mark December 24th, 2016 at 12:30

    And then there is the Dominionist like Ted Cruz that would be happy to see him go and give the presidency to Pence.

    The back stabbing will begin in late January.

  4. Suzanne McFly December 24th, 2016 at 12:39

    We are in a sad state when these are the 5 we have to count on to save our democratic republic.

    • amersham1046 December 24th, 2016 at 20:48

      But would be even sadder if they stood on the sidelines and did nothing

      • Suzanne McFly December 24th, 2016 at 22:00

        Very true, I don’t plan on standing around with my hands in my pockets.

  5. Foundryman December 24th, 2016 at 18:18

    BS…all of it…none of these will ever go against Trump…Trump is the leader of their party, they don’t care about anything else.

  6. robert December 24th, 2016 at 20:53

    LoL where was the efforts when trump was a nominee ?

    The horses have left the barn !

  7. Mike December 24th, 2016 at 21:55

    I love a good comedy piece thrown in with the real news … it spices things up !

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