{"id":2373559,"date":"2024-11-26T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-trumps-maga-members-and-his-challenge-to-senators-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-26T09:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:13:55","slug":"wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-trumps-maga-members-and-his-challenge-to-senators-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-trumps-maga-members-and-his-challenge-to-senators-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Trump\u2019s MAGA members and his challenge to senators &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-trumps-maga-members-and-his-challenge-to-senators-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2373559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article from\u200c the Washington Examiner discusses\u200c President-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">elect<\/a> Donald Trump&#8217;s return\u200d to Washington and his reliance on a loyal group of Republican\u2063 legislators \u2064to help implement his policies. It introduces a faction of newly elected House Republicans\u2014Brandon Gill, Brian Jack, Addison McDowell, and Riley Moore\u2014who are closely aligned\u200b with Trump&#8217;s MAGA agenda. These legislators aim to work seriously towards \u200caccomplishing their goals rather than getting caught up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hits-worst-approval-rating-in-nbc-poll\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Approval Rating Plummets in NBC Poll\">internal party conflicts<\/a> that previously\u200c hindered Republican efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The piece highlights the challenges faced by Republicans in Congress due to previous infighting \u2064and a slimmer majority. However, these new legislators, backed by Trump, are eager to present themselves\u200d as effective lawmakers. The article \u2062also delves into Trump&#8217;s Cabinet selections, which show a strong preference for loyalty over traditional policy alignment. This has raised concerns among some\u2064 senators, especially regarding controversial nominees like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who holds views \u200ccontrary to \u2062conservative values on issues like\u200d abortion. The overarching theme emphasizes Trump&#8217;s focus on building a resilient coalition in Congress as he prepares for his new term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Trump&rsquo;s MAGA members and his challenge to senators<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1894453\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quad-core legislators<\/h2>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>  isn&rsquo;t returning to the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> without backup. Even with a Cabinet full of loyal followers, there will only be so much the president can accomplish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>That&rsquo;s where Congress comes in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3240242\/fresh-faces-house-ready-roll-up-sleeves-119th-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">first installment<\/a> of our Capitol&rsquo;s New Crop series, Associate Editor <strong>Hailey Bullis <\/strong>introduced some of the names to keep an eye on in the coming Congress. Those members range from experienced local and state officials to political neophytes. They were excited to get to work, and that includes reaching across the aisle if necessary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the factional nature of Washington politics is overpowering. There is a smaller core of new members, some of whom already have some Washington experience, who are coming to town with a singular goal in mind: making MAGA happen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rep.-elects <strong>Brandon Gill<\/strong> (R-TX), <strong>Brian Jack<\/strong> (R-GA), <strong>Addison McDowell<\/strong> (R-NC), and <strong>Riley Moore<\/strong> (R-WV) were all endorsed by Trump during their congressional runs and have already started seizing on GOP leadership opportunities,&rdquo; Hailey wrote for us this morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The four men all have strong political ties, ranging from being relatives of political operatives and senators to helping run the first Trump White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, they&rsquo;re all relying on each other rather than their friends and family to help move Trump&rsquo;s agenda forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&#8203;All four of us, we&rsquo;re kind of &hellip; this new right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-four-house-republicans-poised-to-become-maga-champions-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"The four House Republicans poised to become MAGA champions - Washington Examiner\">conservative younger group<\/a> of folks that are really in alignment &mdash; all four of us are, and particularly in alignment with President Trump&rsquo;s agenda and what I call, kind of the new, new direction of the party,&rdquo; Moore told the <em>Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>House Republicans were plagued by a small majority for two years that spent as much time fighting with itself as it did mixing it up with Democrats. Prolonged speaker fights &mdash; to elect one, to oust one, and then to select a new one &mdash; were emblematic of the general dysfunction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They might have had control of the chamber, but their hands were tied as infighting slowed the legislative process, and a Democratic-controlled Senate would have shot down most bills that made it across the building anyway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Things are different now. Republicans don&rsquo;t have a filibuster-proof margin in the Senate, though they&rsquo;re prepared to lean on their three-seat majority to make Minority Leader <strong>Chuck Schumer <\/strong>(D-NY) squirm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the new core of MAGA acolytes say they aren&rsquo;t interested in petty fights. They want to be taken seriously as legislators, not just bomb-throwers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The biggest thing is that we&rsquo;re looking to execute on the Trump agenda,&rdquo; Gill told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;Our goal is to be able to go back in two years, be able to tell our voters and our constituents that we did the things we said we were going to do in Washington, and we&rsquo;re looking to be serious legislators and to really get stuff done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3241837\/capitol-new-crop-four-house-republicans-maga-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>  to read more about Trump&rsquo;s new allies bringing a new perspective to the House.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stocked Cabinet<\/h2>\n<p>The names Trump has announced as the key lieutenants staffing his administration are all loyal to Trump the man, though that&rsquo;s where the similarities end for some key picks.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting the president as a prerequisite for rising to power in the GOP has been common knowledge since 2016. Advisers and secretaries who wanted to break with Trump during his first administration were removed as swiftly as he could act and weren&rsquo;t invited back into the fold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump appears to have a clearer policy vision than he did in 2016, now that he is familiar with how Washington works and knows, roughly, what he can do on his own and when he needs assistance. But policy preferences are taking a back seat to the loyalty question for some of his appointees, shocking rank-and-file members and putting him on a collision course with senators, who need to give them their blessing before they can go to work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Reporter <strong>Ramsey Touchberry <\/strong>has taken a look at three of Trump&rsquo;s most controversial nominees for important roles in his administration. While personal scandal and questionable character sunk the nomination of former Rep. <strong>Matt Gaetz<\/strong>, senators&rsquo; quibbles with the conduct of some of his other picks will likely be secondary to their doubts about whether effective conservative policy can break through with the likes of <strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong>, <strong>Lori Chavez-DeRemer<\/strong>, and <strong>Scott Bessent <\/strong>running key agencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy is a Democrat-turned-independent who hasn&rsquo;t joined the Republican Party or recanted his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">strong abortion-rights stance<\/a>. Anti-abortion activists are queasy about Kennedy&rsquo;s own sexual scandals and the thought of him pulling the levers of the largest healthcare system in the country with the Department of Health and Human Services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no question that we need a pro-life HHS secretary, and of course, we have concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,&rdquo; <strong>Marjorie Dannenfelser<\/strong>, president of anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List, recently told Ramsey. &ldquo;I believe that no matter who is HHS secretary, baseline policies set by President Trump during his first term will be reestablished.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chavez-DeRemer is a pro-union Republican from a blue state who just lost reelection. She was one of just three Republicans to vote for the PRO Act. Senators interested in shoring up right-to-work laws, allowing states to make it illegal for unions to require membership, are wary about the pick.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bessent&rsquo;s skepticism about tariffs appeared to be an odd choice for the man who has said tariffs might be the &ldquo;most beautiful word&rdquo; in English while on the campaign trail. Hawks in the Senate see Trump&rsquo;s tariff plan as the best way to counter China, a promise Trump made during his first term and said he will prioritize going forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate gave Trump a quiet rebuke when offices let it be known they weren&rsquo;t going to support Gaetz taking control of the Department of Justice. His allies in Congress might cast a questioning eye on other Cabinet selections, but if Trump put aside policy differences to reward loyalty, senators are likely to do the same.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3241715\/trump-tees-up-policy-clash-gop-senate-cabinet-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>  to read more about how Trump is testing the Senate as he prepares to return to Washington.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New from us&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3241304\/californians-will-pay-newsom-electric-vehicle-war-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Californians will pay for Newsom&rsquo;s electric vehicle war on Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3241919\/trump-coalition-washington-republicans-senate-confirmations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump tries to bring his coalition to Washington, but Republicans are wary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3239221\/icc-us-adversary-as-well\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The ICC is a US adversary as well<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3240739\/trump-accelerates-news-cycle-return-white-house-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump accelerates political news cycle with return to the Oval Office<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3240767\/harris-future-forward-paid-companies-linked-founders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pro-Harris group paid $10 million to companies linked to its founders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3241335\/biden-administration-400000-interview-transgender-people-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration spent nearly $400,000 interviewing transgender people in India<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3241729\/doj-presses-forward-with-charging-jan-6-defendants-in-lame-duck-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DOJ presses forward with charging Jan. 6 defendants in lame-duck administration<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In case you missed it<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3241178\/jack-smith-files-to-dismiss-trump-jan-6-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump&rsquo;s legal troubles are sorting themselves out<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3241890\/trump-lawyers-investigated-boris-epshteyn-corruption-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump&rsquo;s inner circle is turning on one another<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3241853\/trump-tariffs-china-mexico-canada-drug-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tariffs are coming for our neighbors<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For your radar<\/h2>\n<p>Biden has no events on his public schedule, but he will travel to Nantucket, Massachusetts, this afternoon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris has no events on her public schedule, but she will return to Washington, D.C., from San Francisco.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1894453\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1894453\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Trump\u2019s MAGA allies and his Senate challenges. 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