Trump Says Senate 'Killing Our Country' Ahead of Return
President Donald Trump said Friday the Senate is "killing our country" and must act in the lame-duck session. He spoke in Florida after remarks at the Kennedy Space Center.
Trump called the Senate "the biggest problem we have" and a roadblock.
He said Senate inaction was the biggest factor in Tuesday's Republican losses.
He called Majority Leader John Thune a "good man" who must deliver.
He blamed unified Democrats and a few Republicans for blocking his bills.
Why it matters: Republicans lose their Senate majority when the new Congress is sworn in in January. Democrats will then hold both the House and Senate.
The SAVE America Act, Trump's voter ID bill, stalls without a filibuster workaround.
Judicial confirmations will be harder once Democrats run the Senate.
Right coverage, 2 sources: The right frames Trump's remarks as a rebuke of his own party's Senate after a bad midterm, blaming Republican holdouts for stalled priorities.
