Todd Frets to Sanders: Have Dems ‘Done enough’ to ‘Stop’ Tax Bill?

Nicholas Fondacaro | December 10, 2017
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During an interview with Vermont Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday’s Meet the Press, moderator Chuck Todd exposed just where he stood on the GOP tax reform bills making their way through Congress. And after questioning Sanders about the Democratic Party’s efforts to halt tax reform, he wanted to know about the Democratic Party’s latest efforts to impeach President Trump.

I know you are not a fan of this bill at all. Okay, I know where you believe the priorities are all wrong,” Todd prefaced as he lead into his first question for the Senator. “But what should the Democratic-- Has the Democratic Party collectively done enough, you think, in the institution of the House and the Senate to stop this bill?

Sanders did little to quell Todd’s fear of the bill ultimately passing Congress and being signed by the President. “Well, one of the absurdity of this whole process is the Republicans made a decision to go forward without any Democratic Party input,” the Senator complained, overlooking just how he and his colleagues passed ObamaCare.

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