Analysis: Trump’s strange tweet about an obscure 'casino bill'
CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp stands as President Trump speaks at a CPAC event in March. By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 8 at 3:36 PM President Trump took a position Wednesday on one of the most obscure bills of his presidency. Shortly thereafter, the measure was pulled from the House floor because it lacked Republican support. And now the story behind it is causing more than a few furrowed brows.Republicans shouldn’t vote for H.R.
The measure Trump is referring to would put Massachusetts land into a trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe. The Interior Department last year overturned an Obama-era decision allowing for the trust, which threw a planned $1 billion casino project into doubt. But the House Natural Resources Committee recently approved the bill, and it was put on the fast track for a vote this week, a vote that would require two-thirds of the House to support it.
No matter what happened, it is extremely unusual for a president to weigh in on a bill like this. So Trump’s potential role is now raising some valid questions. The Daily Beast broke the news Wednesday afternoon that Trump’s position aligned with a lobbying client of his adviser, Matt Schlapp. Schlapp, who is married to a White House communications aide, recently began lobbying Congress and the White House.
Another is that this is simply a reflection of Trump’s desire to deprive Warren of a win. Shortly after the Interior Department overturned the earlier decision last year, the senator and Democratic presidential candidate made the cause her own. Warren also invoked Trump.
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