Live from the Republicans' Self-Made Gehenna: Can one die of schadenfreude? Asking for a friend:
**: Trump, seeking GOP unity, has tense meeting with Senate Republicans: "Donald Trump’s private meeting Thursday with Senate Republicans... grew combative...
...Trump said... that he has yet to attack [Senator] Flake hard but threatened to begin doing so.... Trump predicted that Flake would lose his reelection, at which point Flake informed Trump that he was not on the ballot this year, the sources said.... Trump also called out Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)... Characterizing Kirk as a loser, Trump vowed that he would carry Illinois in the general election even though the state traditionally has been solidly Democratic in presidential contests.... Trump also singled out Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)...
Before his meeting with Senate Republicans, Trump visited with the House GOP conference in what leaders billed as a chance for rank-and-file members to get to know the party’s presumptive presidential nominee. ‘What I thought was especially helpful today was our members just got access and got to ask their questions and talk about their issues,’ said House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). ‘I thought he did a great job engaging with our members, and I think our members appreciated it.’... House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the presumptive Republican nominee a 'here today, gone tomorrow' presidential candidate.... ‘We clearly have a presumptive nominee who wants to work with us on moving this agenda forward,’ Ryan said...
