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“It is clear Congressman Gonzalez’s wrongful decision to vote with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer ADVERTISEMENT “President Trump is the leader of our Party and we must have conservative leaders committed to the team if we are going to keep Ohio red and win back majorities in the U.S. House and Senate in 2022,” she added. “Gonzalez should put his constituents and the Republican Party first by resigning from Congress.” A spokesperson for Gonzalez declined to comment on Timken’s remarks. Timken’s demand comes days after Trump endorsed his former aide Max Miller, who on Friday launched a campaign to unseat Gonzalez. ....
“Well, he s very popular among Republicans, and the polling shows that. I do think that the policies are what s even more popular,” Portman said. “That s why Republicans actually did pretty well in 2020, other than the presidential level, as you know. Not a single House Republican lost. In fact, 15 seats were picked up in the House, he added. We did better in the Senate than was expected. We picked up some statehouses.” Stephanopoulos pressed Portman, asking if policies could be the focus of the GOP if Trump continues to be the dominating force in the party. Well, it sometimes makes it more difficult. But, look, I think he has an opportunity today to talk about his accomplishments. I mean, instead of talking about personalities or, you know, who might have not agreed with him on the impeachment process, talk about what you did, Portman said, pointing to the economic growth that occurred during Trump s term before the COVID-19 pandemic. ....
My hope is the president will meet with us, Portman said, adding that Republicans have had little success in their attempts to meet with the Biden administration to present their priorities for the next stimulus package. This one, nobody was consulted, including the Democrats on our bipartisan group that compiled the previous legislation, and, frankly, we haven’t gotten much of a response yet until today, he added. Bash then asked how much Republicans would be willing to spend on a COVID-19 stimulus package, noting that a letter released Sunday by Sen. Susan Collins “It’ll be less than $1.9 [trillion] because a lot of what the administration has released has nothing to do with COVID-19,” Portman responded. ....
Sanders comments suggests that Democrats believe they could avoid defections among members of their own party. “Yes, I believe that we do [have the votes] because it s hard for me to imagine any Democrat, no matter what state he or she may come from, who doesn t understand the need to go forward right now in an aggressive way to protect the working families of this country,” Sanders said. [A]t the end of the day, we re going to support the president of the United States, and we re going to come forward, and we re going to do what the American people overwhelmingly want us to do. ....