Harwood on Threats of Vetoing Relief Bill: Trump’s Trying To Take Other Republicans Down with Him

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HARWOOD: “If he vetoes it, I think it is highly unlikely, if not impossible, that Congress would alter the bill to his liking. Congress might override the veto because there are more than enough votes to pass a presidential override. But if he vetoes the bill, many of these Republican congressmen who are so scared of him may not vote to override the veto of the bill that they had just supported it. So it's possible that he could kill this bill. If he kills this bill, I think that would be a terrible blow to those two Republican Senate candidates in Georgia who Mitch McConnell was trying to help with this bill. And, you know, the President after the election, when he was asked about Republicans down ballot doing well and him losing, he said, 'All these Republicans won and I am the one who lost?' That offended him. It is possible that he has embarked on a course where he’s trying to take other Republicans down with him by criticizing the bill that they just voted for."