But step by step, Senate Republicans are turning their backs on U.S. President Donald Trump. The other 50 Senate Republicans are largely insulated from blowback from Trump’s still-loyal base, at least in the short term, since they won’t face voters for several years. That is likely contributing to their defiance, which is emerging now after an accumulation of frustrations, culminating in the failure of the health care bill Friday. That ignored the fact that Republicans tried to pass the health care bill under rules that required only a simple majority. “It’s pretty obvious that our problem on health care was not the Democrats,” McConnell said drily on Tuesday.

Source: thestar August 02, 2017 00:00 UTC