Hours after President Donald Trump told Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to “go to hell” in a Saturday post on social media, the Senate headed into recess without reaching a deal over confirming Trump’s nominees.
Senate Republican leader John Thune, Schumer and the White House had been engaged in a round of intense talks to end the standoff so senators could return to their home states, sources briefed on the conversations told CNN.
Schumer had requested federal funds be released and that Trump agree not to push another legislative package that would slash federal funding, sources told CNN. But, on social media, Trump called Schumer’s demands “egregious and unprecedented,” a sign that talks had collapsed.
Trump had wanted the Senate to confirm his nominees even if that meant skipping the August recess, but his post showed he wasn’t interested in agreeing to Democrats’ terms.
“Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL! Do not accept the offer, go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country. Have a great RECESS,” he wrote.
On the Senate floor Saturday night, Thune asked for unanimous consent for the chamber to vote on a handful of nominations and then break for a month.
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