Trump Demands Firing of Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough
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President Trump demands Senate Majority Leader John Thune fire nonpartisan parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after she blocked GOP plans to fund his ballroom project via border security legislation, accusing her of being "brutal to Republicans" and calling for her replacement with a partisan figure.
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President Donald Trump is demanding that Senate Majority Leader John Thune sack the upper chamber’s nonpartisan parliamentarian in favor of a more compliant and partisan replacement after she scuttled GOP plans to attach funding for his massive ballroom project to a piece of border security and immigration enforcement legislation. [...] Thune told reporters on Wednesday that the president’s broadside against MacDonough was “concerning” because it could put her safety at risk.
