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Unaffordable home prices are not the kind of thing billionaire President Donald Trump has had to worry about his whole life, but his voters are having a hard time with it in his economy. Locally elected Republicans are feeling more heat over the economic situation than Trump in his gold-plated Oval Office, however, and this is pressing Columbia, SC. Mayor Daniel Rickenmann to plead Trump for mercy. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI think it’s terrible for the Republican Party, to be quite honest,\u201d said Rickenmann, speaking to an MS NOW \u201cWeekend\u201d panel Saturday morning about the possibility of Trump vetoing a popular housing bill to force Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE Act. \u201c\u2026 When you have Senator (Rick) Scott and Senator (Elizabeth) Warren working together, this is what this country is based on, so we’re really excited. You know, look, in 10 days this bill will be law. And I don’t think the President would be wise to even think about vetoing something like this. This is monumental. This is the beginning. First housing bill in 30-plus years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump is facing a likely disastrous midterm election threatening to remove his protective Republican buffer in the House and Senate \u2014 which is the only thing protecting him from numerous investigations into claims of fraud and various tampering. Knowing this, Trump is determined to pass the SAVE Act, an election bill that critics say will make it harder to vote.<\/p>\n

But passing the SAVE Act means also means nuking the Senate filibuster and removing the Senate parliamentarian, which Senate GOP leaders are loathe to do. For this reason, Trump is holding all bills hostage until the Republican majority commits to passing the SAVE Act to the White House for a signature.<\/p>\n

But Trump may have other reasons behind his indifference to the Housing Bill, said MS NOW Eugene Daniels, who played footage of Trump dismissing the need for lower housing prices.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI made billions of dollars with housing. I know housing better than anybody. Maybe anywhere. It is all about the interest rate. Lower the interest rate. You can have all the housing you want. But you have to understand: I don’t want to \u2026 hurt people that own houses too. These people, for the first time in their lives, they have valuable houses, they become rich. I don’t want to hurt them either.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat’s interesting is several weeks ago, a month ago, he talked about how this is important,\u201d responded Rickenmann. \u201cThis is the number one issue across America in every city. \u2026 If you’re a Democratic city, Republican city, whatever, there’s three and a half million units needed across this country. \u2026 We had over 1,800 [building permits issued] in our city. We’re pushing everything we can. But to say that it’s just interest rates is not true. And to say this isn\u2019t monumental as also very disappointing, in my point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very important for us to protect the integrity of elections,\u201d Rickenmann insisted. \u201cBut at the same time, we can’t hold one bill for other. We’ve got to work on thousands of things together, and I don’t like the impression that one bill is being held up for another. That’s just not the way things need to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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