He had railed against a 2015 debt-ceiling compromise as “absurd,” and as recently as March called for President Trump to use the vote to “create real reforms” to cut spending. That line was echoed from the White House, which has sought to cast Trump’s embrace of Democrats as an effort to disrupt politics as usual. Meanwhile, Trump’s recent tweets criticizing McConnell — “Get back to work,” the president demanded — have helped carry Moore’s anti-incumbent message. That stands in marked contrast to Trump’s overall approval rating among American adults, which hovers around 40 percent, according to polling averages. “What we’re doing in this body today is not draining the swamp,” he announced on the Senate floor, before the vote on Trump’s deal with Democrats.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2017 22:30 UTC