.@SenSchumer to @TheView: "
When you talk to Republicans quietly...they are having real problems with" Pres. Trump
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— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 21, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) predicted on Tuesday that
Republicans will split with President Trump within months unless the administration changes course.
"My prediction is he keeps up on this path...within three, four months
you're going to see a whole lot of Republicans breaking with him," Schumer said during an interview with ABC's "The View."
Schumer argued while most GOP lawmakers aren't yet willing to break publicly from the White House,
they are privately having "real problems" with Trump's policies in his first month.
"A lot of the Republicans, they're mainstream people. ... They will feel they have no choice but to break with him," he said.
GOP leadership are largely dismissing any early signs of discord between Congress and the White House as they slowly try to make progress on an ambitious agenda.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) noted late last week that he's not a fan of Trump's tweeting but he supports the administration's early actions — comparing it to hypothetical administrations led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) or Mitt Romney.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/320457-schumer-gop-will-break-from-trump-within-months
