Fmr. Sen. McCaskill: There’s So Much About the Trump Bill That Is ‘Politically Toxic’

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MCCASKILL: “Yeah, Lisa got stuff for Alaska. And I think she probably got herself in a position where she was saying, I won’t vote for it. And they said, well, let’s do this for you, let’s do that for you. And she said, well, if you’ll do this for me, and I’m betting that they kept giving her everything she asked for. And then she kind of was in a hole. She kept, you know, it would have been like her keep moving the goalposts. I’m not going to make excuses for Lisa Murkowski and what she did, but what about somebody like John Cornyn running in Texas next year? What about somebody like McCormick in Pennsylvania who barely beat Bob Casey? And there is so much about this bill that is politically toxic, Alicia. I mean, you know, the fact that the mere pittance they’re giving on taxes on tips and Social Security, guess what? That goes away immediately after the next presidential election. And then, on the other hand, the tax cuts for billionaires, they’re permanent. And the cuts for Medicaid don’t happen until after the midterms. So, there’s so much cynicism in this bill. There is — they are banking so much that people will buy what they’re selling, which is a lie. And what’s going to happen? There’s going to be real devastation and people are going to feel the pain. And I do believe that the people who voted for this bill will regret it.”