Byron York: Trump, GOP Know They Have to Get Taxes Done

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HEMMER: "You described this as a love fest primarily because each was saying what the other wanted to hear. And that they’re fighting for the same thing. Lindsey Graham went to the point a bit more the day before. He said, 'If you don’t get tax reform done you’ll lose the majority in Congress.'"
YORK: "Specifically he said, 'If we don’t do it, we’re dead.' It was very, very clear. And actually President Trump said something similar. He said, 'If we get taxes done, I think we’ll do spectacularly well next year.' He didn't have to say, 'If we don't get it done, maybe we won't.' But the most important thing said in the entire news conference from Mitch McConnell’s point of view was when the President came out and opened by saying, 'We’re fighting for the same thing. Our agenda is the same, we have to get this budget done, which for procedural reasons has to come before taxes, and then we have to do taxes.' You heard John ask whether taxes had to be done this calendar year or early next year. The point is, they know they’ve got to get taxes done."