The mounting tension indicates the beginning of bigger problems for the Republican Party. Throughout the 2016 Presidential election, the GOP vowed to fix the plethora of problems associated with roads, healthcare, taxes, and much more. Now that election season has passed, all the people who voted President Trump into office are understandably waiting to see the results which were promised to them. The infighting within Congress is not engendering any progress whatsoever. This first term is critical. Its fruitfulness, or lack thereof, could have a significant impact on the 2020 election, should President Trump decide to run for a second term, which he most likely will.
“Everyone I know looks at trying to get Obamacare repealed and says, ‘If we’re making this much of a pig’s breakfast out of that, what are we going to do with tax reform?’ We’ve dreamed of killing Obamacare for seven years. And we have the House, the Senate, and the presidency, and we can’t do it,” admonished GOP chairman Ryan Frederick.
