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Michael Bennet: reflecting on his accomplishments to date in his administration, President Trump recently said: ``I think we've done…

On the recordMay 3, 2017
reflecting on his accomplishments to date in his administration, President Trump recently said: ``I think we've done more than, perhaps, any President in the first 100 days.'' Throughout the campaign and since coming to office, President Trump has repeatedly attacked politicians who are ``all talk, no action.'' It seems to be appropriate that, now that the first 100 days have passed, we should apply the President's standard. Over the course of the campaign, Candidate Trump promised to replace the ``very stupid people'' in our government who ``don't know how to win'' with the ``greatest minds'' and the ``best people.'' He said that the Presidency was ``going to be easy'' and that the ``jobs are coming back, folks; that's going to be easy.'' He promised a ``beautiful,'' ``terrific'' plan to provide ``such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost, and it's going to be so easy.'' He promised to build a wall so fast that ``your head will spin'' and that Mexico would pay for it. ``Just rely on me,'' he said. He promised to be the ``greatest jobs President that God ever created,'' to ``bring us all together,'' and to create a ``unified Nation--a Nation of love,'' he said. He predicted: ``We're gonna win so much that you may even get tired of winning, and you'll say, please, please, it's too much winning, we can't take it anymore. Mr. President, it's too much.'' He outlined that winning plan in no other place than Gettysburg last October.…
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado
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May 3, 2017

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