Less than a month into his new world order, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) could not believe the House majority’s tactics in trying to embarrass President Trump and his GOP colleagues. Now he has to learn an entirely different role, a work that is still in progress as Republicans have been banished to life in the House minority. That would have given Trump weeks to try to mount a pressure campaign on the new House speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). But Meadows lobbied Trump to blow up that plan and announce he would veto the temporary funding bill. The next morning, Meadows appeared on Trump’s favorite show, “Fox & Friends,” explaining conversations he had with Trump pushing him toward a shutdown.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2019 00:33 UTC