RNC: Dems Using ‘Service Members as Political Leverage’

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans preemptively protected U.S. troop pay as Senate Democrats continued to block nine continuing resolution votes, leading the Republican National Committee to denounce Democrats’ use of “our service members as political leverage.”

“Radical Democrats would have allowed our troops to go unpaid if President Trump didn’t step in,” RNC Chairman Joe Gruters wrote in a statement Wednesday. “While Democrats are busy bending over backward for illegal immigrants, President Trump is protecting America’s heroes.”

“Democrats shamelessly tried to use our service members as political leverage, but President Trump stood up for the men and women who defend our nation.”