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Could the GOP Oppose Some of President-Elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks?
Apparently Sen. Mitch McConnell is issuing a warning to Trump.
Well, let the circus continue.
As Trump gears up for the next four years of holding the Presidency, obviously his cabinet selections have begun to take shape, and the American people are getting a better idea of who he has in mind to put into positions of power. That said, it’s not exactly a surprise that none other than Senator Mitch McConnell seems to have seized the opportunity that the final say will have to go through him, and the other leaders of the Republican Party.
At least, that’s what they’d like to believe.
Philip Elliot with Time Magazine writes:
“…But if you want to really understand the posture key leaders are taking on Trump’s norm-busting nominees, listen carefully to what outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is telling allies in open session and, perhaps, in private counsel.
“Institutions worth preserving have to be defended. And this is the work which, by necessity, has occupied my focus during my time in Washington,” McConnell told a conservative think tank gala in his honor last week. “It’s been quite evident to me that a credible check on majority rule was…
