President Trump sought to pump up House Republicans at their annual retreat. He replayed some of his greatest hits through 68 minutes of wide-ranging remarks alternating between his prepared teleprompter lines and his own free-flowing stream of jabs.
BALTIMORE — President Donald Trump tore into his 2020 Democratic rivals, the media and even plastic straws when he addressed House Republicans Thursday during their annual retreat, providing some animated counter-programming to a Democratic debate halfway across the nation focused on candidates slamming the president.
Trump ticked off a list of GOP accomplishments, from tax cuts to conservative judges, and hailed a pair of special election victories in North Carolina. He promised to unveil a middle-income tax cut next year, despite no real chance of passing it through a Democratic-controlled House. The president also vowed to pass his own health care legislation should the GOP win back the House, something he failed to do in his first year in office when Republicans controlled the House.
Earlier in the day, the House Judiciary Committee approved guidelines for its impeachment investigation into Trump — a significant, albeit technical step for the Democratic caucus. “He brought the diesel tonight. He was very jovial as he addressed the members of the Republican conference,” said Rep. Mark Meadows , one of Trump’s top allies on Capitol Hill. “But more importantly, he outlined why the 2020 election is so important.”
Trump’s summer Twitter attacks on Charm City came long after congressional Republicans chose the site for their annual retreat. But over six weeks later, the divisive rhetoric was still creating headaches for GOP leaders, who were forced to defend the president’s remarks just hours before Trump’s speech on Thursday.
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