Paul Ryan warns that if Dems win, they'll hold Trump accountable | MSNBC
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Paul Ryan warns that if Dems win, they'll hold Trump accountable
05/03/18 10:42AM
By*Steve Benen
The article noted, among other things, that GOP leaders have tried to impress upon the president "just how bruising this November could be for Republicans -- and how high the stakes are for Mr. Trump personally, given that a Democratic-controlled Congress could pursue aggressive investigations and even impeachment."
It's a fair point to emphasize, but there's something cynical at the root of the observation: Republican lawmakers have effectively told the Republican president that they've looked the other way on Trump's scandals and misdeeds, ignoring their oversight responsibilities and undermining the entire idea of checks and balances, but Democrats won't.
House Speaker Paul Ryan warned that Democratic gains in November's congressional elections could make it impossible to get anything accomplished and expose President Donald Trump's administration to more aggressive oversight.
Should Republicans lose control of either the House or Senate, "you'll have gridlock, you'll have subpoenas," with the whole legislative system "shutting down," Ryan said Wednesday in Beverly Hills, California, at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference.
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