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A Tough Week For President Trump And Mitch McConnell

NPR
Published September 27, 2017 at 2:06 PM EDT

It’s been a tough week for two party leaders in Washington. President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were unable to muster enough support for their health care bill, and the candidate they’d supported in the Alabama primary for the Senate lost.

NPR’s Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNPR) talks with Here & Now‘s Robin Young about where the Republican leaders go from here.

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Republican candidate for the Senate in Alabama, Roy Moore, speaks to supporters at an election-night rally on Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Republican candidate for the Senate in Alabama, Roy Moore, speaks to supporters at an election-night rally on Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)