Two U.S. senators who did not support President-elect Trump during the election plan to hijack the Republican leader’s “Drain the Swamp” motto on Tuesday in a call to keep lobbyists out of the GOP-run White House.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI., will tag-team a “Drain the Swamp” media call Tuesday afternoon urging the incoming president “to keep his promises to reduce the influence of lobbyists and corporate special interests in his administration,” according to a media advisory issued late Monday.
The duo criticized Trump for comments he made knocking the Beltway during Sunday night’s “60 Minutes.” Trump, referring to Washington, D.C., said “everybody’s a lobbyist down there,” but Sanders and Whitehouse said he failed to outline any steps explaining how he would limit special interest and lobbyist activity in the administration.
The senators will demand Trump “at the very least” implement the type of ethics rules President Obama enacted during his 2008 transition and throughout his administration.
