‘It’s Donald Trump Literally Yelling at Them’: Congressman Describes How the President Whips House Republicans Into Line

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) painted quite the picture of how President Donald Trump whips votes in the House of Representatives.

Republicans are aiming to pass a bill that would cut Medicaid and food stamps.

A handful of Republicans have signaled a willingness to oppose the bill for the time being because it does not cut enough from those programs. That prompted Trump to visit Capitol Hill this week to meet with holdouts and whip them into line.

On Wednesday, Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) appeared on MSNBC’s All In, where Chris Hayes requested a status update.

“What’s your understanding of where we are in this process?” the host asked.

“This is the entirety of the Republican agenda, not just for this year, not just for this term in Congress, but this term of Donald Trump’s presidency, because what else do they have other than ‘fight woke’?” Boyle replied.

The lawmaker, who was in Congress during Trump’s first term, went on to say the pressure on his Republican colleagues is “enormous,” and explained that he’s seen this movie before:

I have seen time and time again House Republican members saying they’re a “no” at the outset, and then suddenly they get a tap on the shoulder.

They’re dragged out of the House floor and back into the Republican members’ cloakroom. And they’re handed a cell phone, and it’s Donald Trump literally yelling at them and cursing at them.

I tend to think that that history will repeat itself, and that one way or the other, they’ll be able to get the votes. I hope I’m wrong. I pray that I’m wrong. I’m going to fight like hell to make sure this awful policy doesn’t become law. But I’ve just seen them fold too many times before to believe that they won’t fold again this time.

Watch above via MSNBC.