TRUMP ATTACKS REPUBLICANS

President Trump expressed frustration with Republicans, saying they “do very little to protect their President.”

In one of several tweets issued in the afternoon and evening, Trump said the lack of support happens even with “some that were carried over the line on my back.” Trump’s tweet came as Senate Republicans struggled to agree on a bill to overhaul President Barack Obama’s health care law. On that topic, another tweet from the president was more specific: “If Republicans don’t Repeal and Replace the disastrous ObamaCare, the repercussions will be far greater than any of them understand!” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was making a last-gasp effort to resuscitate the legislation after Trump insisted that senators not leave town for their August recess without passing a health bill.

Democrats did not escape Trump’s twitter rantings as he turned attention to the Russia probe.

“As the phony Russian Witch Hunt continues, two groups are laughing at this excuse for a lost election taking hold, Democrats and Russians!,” he wrote in another tweet. AP