Year the success. The base of our party is so pleased with the president right now. I just cant imagine Anyone Running against a record like this, and this is just the first year. Imagine where well be next november. Well, the president isnt the only one touting the tax plan. Republicans reportedly are planning a Mega Marketing push to sell the unpopular tax plan. Prominent republicans are speaking out this holiday break. Senator Susan Collins of maine wrote an oped telling constituents new tax law will benefit mainerds. Not washington elites. Reporter the president finished golfing for the day. Hes back i shoe say finished at his golf course. The white house neither confirmed nor denied whether or not he played golf today. Hes back in maralago at the moment. The sales job on this tax bill is important for republicans going into the new year. Unless youre someone who works for a company where theyve paid out bonuses to their employees, and after the tax bill was passed, i should say co
So, President Trump, you will not get your wall. Abandon your shutdown strategy. Youre not getting the wall today. Next week. Or on january 3rd when democrats take control of the house. Lets advance this legislation, mr. President. Lets pass it. Finish our work for this year. Lets secure our country. Republicans are in charge. And so, the shutdown is on us. If we cant figure this out. You are in charge of the house, senate and white house get a grip and learn how to govern the country james mattis departure marks the First Time Ever a defense secretary has resigned in protest. Thats according to president ial historians. The president s taken a wrecking ball to every pillar of stability and security we have erected over the past 60, 70 years. Systematically demolishing this them. This country right now is going through a steady diet of chaos and crisis. President trump, of course, weakest american president to ever lead the nato alliance. He said president obama is the founder of isis.
Only the vote to declare war would be something more serious than this. We take it very seriously. Its not personal, its not political, its not partisan. Its patriotic. So, again, i thank our distinguished managers for their courage, their dedication, for being willing to spend the time to do the job, to honor the oath that we take. As she spoke, on the other side of congress, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell accused democrats of watering down the impeachment process. If the senate blesses this unprecedented and dangerous house process by agreeing that an incomplete case and a subjective basis are enough to impeach a president , we will almost guarantee the impeachment of every future president of either party when the house doesnt like that person. And President Trump is back on twitter. He reacted to the announcement by tweeting that this was, quote, just another con job by the do nothing democrats. All of this work was supposed to be done by the house, not the senate. Pelosi a