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Gowdy: Trump/Sessions fight 'heartbreaking' - 'If I was the Attorney General I would not stay'



Yesterday, I argued that President Trump had botched the Jeff Sessions situation. One of the main things behind that opinion is the fact that attacking Sessions - rather than simply firing him - would make important congressional allies wonder just what the heck was going on inside the administration. Dan Calabrese made a similar point this morning. If you fire someone for a solid reason, people will accept it. If you decide to torture them in the media, your 'friends' will always be wondering when their turn is coming. Most of you agreed. Some of you, though, said Trump was going to war with...well...everyone. While I share your desire to see the swamp drained, I'm also aware that it's incredibly difficult to run a presidency sans political partners. There are people in Congress that Trump needs to keep on his side. ...And it sounds like the Sessions kerfuffle is making them question the President's leadership.
Case in point is Trey Gowdy, who has some pretty obvious concerns about President Trump's management style.
"I don't think personnel decisions are usually well-resolved over Twitter. I think the President's frustation was not the recusal - I hope it wasn't because I don't think Attorney General Sessions had a choice but to recuse himself. If the President is gonna be frustrated, he should be frustrated by what lead up to the recusal, which was Senator Sessions had a faulty memory. ...If I was the Attorney General I would not stay if my employer had lost confidence in me. On the other hand, Attorney General Sessions may believe he's doing the job the way he's supposed to. He doesn't work for the President, he works for a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales. ...It is heartbreaking to me to see public squabbling between the commander-in-chief and the nation's top law enforcement officer."
Admittedly, this is just one guy, but he's an important guy. No doubt hardcore Trump supporters will be willing to throw Gowdy overboard, but they'd do well to remember that just a couple short years ago, he was their "go-to" conservative bulldog. You can make (and I've made) the point that Gowdy's bluster has produced little in the way of tangible results, but think of him as a canary in the coal mine.

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Trump can't accomplish his goals - many of which I wholeheartedly support - alone. Like it or not, D.C. is a machine built on relationships. It gets sleazy, slimy, and incestuous, but that's how it is. No one man has the power to drain the swamp, because the swamp is just too big. So, you have to play at least some ball. I know; Trey Gowdy hasn't completely abandoned ship, and there's still time to repair the Sessions debacle. ...But I wonder if the President wants to. He needs to ask himself how many "Gowdys" he's willing to jeopardize, because the more he loses, the more he risks his agenda. I'm all for taking tough positions, but I'd like to see them bring conservatives together - not drive them away.


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