Senate Republicans’ long, hot summer of Trump is finally ending. And for many in the GOP, it can’t come soon enough.
In just the month of July, the party has weathered a flurry of racist tweets from President Donald Trump attacking four minority congresswomen, a pro-Trump “send her back” chant and the president’s
poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201907/2630/1155968404_6060560989001_6060565889001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"On Thursday, the Senate is expected to recess for five weeks. Few Republican senators will have town halls; some will hold public events in which they are pressed on the latest from the White House. But overall, the GOP says they expect a respite from the constant tension between their majority, the president, the media and the larger political atmosphere.
Sen. Mitt Romney vowed that if there are “things I thought were highly divisive, racist, misogynistic, anti-immigrant I would speak out. And I’ve done out.” “I’ve been dealing with this since 2015 when I got in the race. And now he’s the president, it’s relevant and he gets a lot of coverage,” said Sen. Marco Rubio , who ran against Trump. His philosophy: “You don’t have to comment on every issue going on the planet. Or every political statement.”
The full Senate will still have to weigh in, a potentially difficult vote for some senators. Moreover, axing Labor Secretary Alex Acosta over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal means the Senate will have to confirm a new Labor secretary in an election year; Trump has nominated Eugene Scalia, a labor lawyer and the son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. And replacing Coats, a former Indiana senator, with Rep.
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