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Trump lashes out at 'very stupid' Republicans — but they’re ready to 'punch back'
The Senate’s Sudden Spine Is Still Too LateSource of the FightThe reporting describes a familiar scene: Trump wants Senate Republicans to bend, and some of them are finally admitting the bend is not automatic. At a GOP senators’ lunch, he was set to push the SAVE America Act and to demand an end to the filibuster. Several outgoing Republicans, including John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and Bill Cassidy, are now saying the bill lacks the votes and that the fight is already over.Who Actually Holds PowerThe institutional power here is not in Trump’s insults or Truth Social tantrums. It sits with the…
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