President Trump said Wednesday he sees a “very good chance” that his administration and Republicans will be able to work with a newly elected Democratic House in the next Congress.
“It can be without the trouble that we agree with them and they agree with us. I would like to see bipartisanship. I would like to see unity,” the president said at a White House press conference Wednesday. “And I think that we have a very good chance, maybe not on everything. But we have a very good chance of seeing that.”
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Democrats needed to pick up 23 seats in order to take control of the House with 218 seats, which most major polling houses pegged as a “more than likely” scenario heading into Election Day. As of Wednesday morning, Democrats had locked in a majority of 220 seats, with several races still left to call.
One obstacle to bipartisanship is the desire of some Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump. However, Democratic leaders and many in the left-leaning press have said this would be a bad idea, in part because it could drag down Democrats just the way Republicans suffered at the polls after voting to impeach President Bill Clinton.
The president responded to the possibility of impeachment or House-led investigations against the Trump administration, arguing that Senate Republicans would counterpunch with their own set of investigations into Democrats.
“If that happens, we are going to do the same thing,” Trump said. “And government comes to a halt. And I would blame them. Because they now are going to be coming up with policy.”
