GOP voters frustrated with Congress, not president

NEWYORK— In firm control of the federal government, President Donald Trump and his Republican Party have so far failed to deliver on core campaign promises on health care, taxes and infrastructure. But in New York’s Trump Tower cafe, the Gentry family blames Congress, not the president.

Like many Trump voters across America, the Alabama couple, vacationing last week with their three children, says they are deeply frustrated with the president’s GOP allies. As the family of five lunched in Trump Tower, Sheila Gentry offered a pointed message to those concerned with the GOP’S ability to govern five months into the Trump presidency.

“Shut up. Get on board. And let’s give President Trump the benefit of the doubt. It takes a while,” said the 46-year-old nursing educator from Section, Alabama.

As Washington Republicans decry Trump’s latest round of Twitter attacks, Republicans on the ground continue to stand by the president and his unorthodox leadership style. For now, rank-and-file Republicans are far more willing to blame the Gop-led Congress for their party’s lack of progress.

In Iowa’s Adair County, GOP Chairman Ryan Frederick fears that Republican voters will begin to lose confidence in their party’s plans for taxes, infrastructure and immigration should the health care overhaul fail.

“Everyone I know looks at trying to get Obamacare repealed and says, ‘If we’re making this much of a pig’s breakfast out of that, what are we going to do with tax reform?’” Frederick said.