It will also be Trump’s first public visit to Capitol Hill since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and his first since his felony convictions.
plans to return to Washington on Thursday to meet with congressional Republicans near the U.S. Capitol, as the GOP tries to present a united front and coalesce around a policy agendaof falsifying business records in his New York hush money case, making Trump the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime.
A Trump campaign official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the meeting said it would be “forward focused on how Republicans can work together to advance policies to save America.”House Republican leaders briefed conference members during their weekly meeting Wednesday about Trump’s visit the next day, urging lawmakers to arrive early to the Capitol Hill Club before the gathering.
Some moderate Republicans are still contemplating not attending, possibly stunting Trump’s attempt to unite the conference. Trump is aware of GOP disunity, according to Rep. Byron Donalds , who said he speaks to Trump frequently.“I think that if you’re just gonna go around just being a distraction for distraction’s sake, he has little patience for that — but quite frankly, I got little patience for that,” Donalds said Wednesday. “So I think members should show up. They should go.
McConnell broke with Trump over his refusal to accept the 2020 election results then and over the Jan. 6 attack, for which McConnell called Trump “practically and morally responsible.” Trump also later attacked McConnell’s wife — former Trump Cabinet secretary Elaine Chao — in racist terms. But McConnell, who is retiring as leader after the, has already endorsed Trump for reelection, saying “it should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support.
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