Donald Who? GOP Lawmakers Find Ways To Duck Hill Meeting With Trump
It's been months in the making, but when Donald Trump visits lawmakers in Washington Thursday, he may find the GOP turnout is a bit on the lighter side than what you would expect when rank and file lawmakers get the rare opportunity to meet with their party's nominee.
With less than two weeks to go before the official nominating convention in Cleveland, Republican lawmakers' frustration with their nominee's off-script message and dismal fundraising appears to be manifesting itself in their utter disinterest in showing up to visit him.
"I have not looked at my schedule yet to know," Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) said when asked by reporters if he planned to attend the meeting with Trump. "I'm very wrapped up as you know in this terror bill right now. That's what I'm totally focused on." Portmanlike several other senators needing to check their appointment books before committing to a meeting with Trump is up for re-election in 2016.
"I'm not sure I'm even going to be able to attend the meeting yet," Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) another member facing re-electionsaid as he dashed into an elevator in the basement of the Capitol. "I just don't know what I got on my schedule for tomorrow."
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