It was a transparent and disingenuous misreading of political blockages created almost entirely by
Republicans as a matter of policy.
Not exact matches
The reason why there is an assumption that the
Republicans won't vote against Trump in unanimous lockstep, like they did
as a
matter of policy with Obama, is if the Congressional
Republicans basically declare war on their own party leader, no one but the Dems can win (given their track record, that's not a given, either), short or long term.
In Albany, where a number
of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's
policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate
Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York
as an intermediary to press politicians on a
matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.