Sitting inside the White House, Mitch McConnell gave President Donald Trump some straightforward advice: Stop attacking senators — including Mitt Romney — who will likely soon judge your fate in an impeachment trial
Sitting inside the White House, Mitch McConnell gave Donald Trump some straightforward advice: Stop attacking senators — including Mitt Romney — who likely will soon judge your fate in an impeachment trial.
But the White House is largely leaving the prickly task of managing the Senate Republican Conference to McConnell. Though much of the pair's contact is concealed even from aides, people familiar with the conversations say they speak all the time — and there’s been an uptick in recent weeks as the impeachment threat grows more serious.
Instead, White House officials are leaning on Trump’s impromptu meetings at the White House and his direct calls to Republican senators including Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and John Kennedy of Louisiana. It’s a bet the cult of Trump’s personality and the power of his prolific Twitter feed will be enough to keep members within the fold, even as House Democrats quickly gather evidence as part of the impeachment proceedings.
It was part of an effort by the president to give senators “a sense of where his gut’s at and where his head’s at,” said Senate Majority Whip John Thune , who attended the White House meeting last week in the Situation Room. “I don’t know when the president sleeps,” Kennedy said of his manic style. “He’s not depressed or anything. He just really thinks he’s being treated unfairly.”
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