McConnell: Trump’s tweets make life ‘more challenging’

Published February 15, 2017 10:21pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is urging President Trump privately and publicly to sync his messaging and tweets with the Republican agenda in Congress and prevent unnecessary distractions for the party.

McConnell, in a lengthy interview with the Washington Examiner Wednesday afternoon, said he generally agrees with the president’s agenda, his Cabinet choices and even his executive action imposing a temporary halt on immigrants and travelers from seven countries.

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