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In his first round of Sunday show interviews since securing a stunning victory in red state Alabama over accused sexual predator Roy Moore, Jones said he doesn’t want to get bogged down in Trump’s sexual harassment allegations and would rather work on “real issues.”
“I think we need to move on and not get distracted by those issues,” Jones added. “Let’s get on with the real issues that are facing the people of this country right now.”
That’s at odds with some high-profile Democrats like Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Cory Booker (NJ) who believe the president should step down because at least 19 women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct.
Unlike other politicians who have stepped down, like Sen. Al Franken and Rep. John Conyers, Jones said the difference is the voters knew about these allegations and still elected Trump to the highest office.
“Those allegations were made and he was elected president of the United States,” Jones said. “I think the American people spoke.”
Jones said he’s willing to work with Republicans on passing some of Trump’s priorities like infrastructure investment said the sexual harassment allegations are not reason to get on Trump’s bad side.
“We need to move on and try to work with some real issues that are facing the country and not worry about getting at odds with the president any more than we have to,” Jones said.
coming from alabama, jones is going to be a bit more conservative than most democrats today. if he continues down this path, he will likely be reelected when the time rolls around, and he may be the one to bring the democrat party back to sanity in the coming years, we shall see.
Jones has to let Trump think he's the one running the show though. If Trump gets any whiff that Jones is initiating this and might get credit for initiating it Trump will shut it down. He can't have someone else getting credit. It just doesn't work that way for him.
In his first round of Sunday show interviews since securing a stunning victory in red state Alabama over accused sexual predator Roy Moore, Jones said he doesn’t want to get bogged down in Trump’s sexual harassment allegations and would rather work on “real issues.”
“I think we need to move on and not get distracted by those issues,” Jones added. “Let’s get on with the real issues that are facing the people of this country right now.”
That’s at odds with some high-profile Democrats like Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Cory Booker (NJ) who believe the president should step down because at least 19 women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct.
Unlike other politicians who have stepped down, like Sen. Al Franken and Rep. John Conyers, Jones said the difference is the voters knew about these allegations and still elected Trump to the highest office.
“Those allegations were made and he was elected president of the United States,” Jones said. “I think the American people spoke.”
Jones said he’s willing to work with Republicans on passing some of Trump’s priorities like infrastructure investment said the sexual harassment allegations are not reason to get on Trump’s bad side.
“We need to move on and try to work with some real issues that are facing the country and not worry about getting at odds with the president any more than we have to,” Jones said.
Infrastructure is DOA, Trump is killing any big infrastructure bill with that tax plan....
shame really because we could have left taxes alone and funded a multi trillion infrastructure bill that would have created real jobs AND improved the lives of the public AND help business compete...
but that would not save Trump and his buddies billions...
Lol. And the first time Jones votes against a bill Trump wants, he'll get the twitterstorm insult treatment. Trump will turn on anyone except Putin--he is not trustworthy. Jones knows that.
Lol. And the first time Jones votes against a bill Trump wants, he'll get the twitterstorm insult treatment. Trump will turn on anyone except Putin--he is not trustworthy. Jones knows that.
Yep, Trump even throws people on his team under the bus (regularly) so, as much as Jones is making a nice gesture, Trump will find a way to twist it around.
coming from alabama, jones is going to be a bit more conservative than most democrats today. if he continues down this path, he will likely be reelected when the time rolls around, and he may be the one to bring the democrat party back to sanity in the coming years, we shall see.
I'd say it all depends on how conservative he actually is. Throwing a bit of support to one or two conservative bills per year won't cut it, not if he's not voting to confirm conservative judges or blocking pro-life bills. Still, he's taking the smart approach for sure.
It looks like those that elected him won't be supporting him.
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