The call by House Democrats for over 75 investigations into President Trump and his administration will “backfire” on liberals and likely aid in the Republican’s re-election in 2020, according to top House leadership member Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La.
“If they move so far to the left that they only want to harass the president and ultimately impeach the president, that is going to backfire on them. We saw this with the (Brett) Kavanaugh hearings,” said the House GOP whip.
“The danger they’re going to have is that the far left wants them to move toward resistance and ultimately impeachment of the president regardless of the facts. And that’s not where the country is,” added Scalise.
He is beginning a media tour to promote his new book “Back in the Game,” the gripping and inspiring story about the June 14, 2017 assassination attempt on him and other members of the House Republican baseball team.
The book that reveals the minute-by-minute details of the shooting and his long recovery from two brushes with death, published by Hatchette, goes on sale tomorrow and Amazon is taking early orders.
Scalise, running unopposed for the No. 2 slot in the incoming Republican minority leadership, joined with others who raised concerns that while liberal, Rep. Nancy Pelosi will have to steer even further left to please her caucus should she become speaker as expected.
“Nancy Pelosi is already very liberal but I think her conference has moved even further to the left from the last time she was speaker,” said Scalise.
During the recent campaign, Scalise went to several swing districts and found support for the president’s approach on the economy and taxes. That is now threatened.
“Nancy Pelosi wants to increase taxes and resistance of President Trump. And that might work in San Francisco, but it’s not going to work in a lot of these swing districts that will give her the majority,” he said in the interview.
Scalise added that the Democrats and Republicans could work together on issues including the economy and infrastructure, but he worried that Pelosi will shut out Republicans as she did when she was speaker during the first years of the Obama presidency.
“I’m not sure the far left is going to allow the House to work with the president to get things done,” said the Louisiana lawmaker.
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