GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A close aide to President Donald Trump hit back Wednesday [8-9-17] against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, exhibiting further tension between the White House and Congress over Republicans’ failure to pass health care legislation.
Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media, responded to McConnell’s comments that the President had ‘excessive expectations’ of how quickly Congress operates ‘in a Democratic process.’
Scavino, who has ardently defended the President against critics in the past, posted McConnell’s exact remarks on his personal Twitter and added his own take…
McConnell made the comments Tuesday at an event Kentucky. In what was perceived as another criticism of Trump, McConnell said that there’s a misperception that Congress is under-performing in part ‘because of too many artificial deadlines unrelated to the reality of the legislature, which may have not been understood.’
Scavino’s tweet echoes Twitter attacks that Trump himself has made against congressional Republicans. Late last month, the weekend after the Senate failed to pass a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Trump made a series of tweets attacking Republicans and urging them to change Senate rules to allow bills to pass with a 51-vote majority, rather than 60.”
-Ashley Killough, “White House official goes after McConnell over ‘excessive expectations’ comment,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Aug. 9, 2017 12:40pm