Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Democrats will have to act as one half of a divided government even if they win both the House and Senate in November because they would still share power with President Donald Trump. He said Democrats would need to find areas of agreement with Republicans to pass legislation.
Schatz is in line to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) as Senate Democratic whip, the party’s No. 2 leadership post, when Durbin retires. He made the comments in an interview with The Bulwark published on Oct. 11.
“I don’t think we should promise the world while we’re talking about a divided government,” Schatz said. “People understand what a divided government means, and if they give it to us, we should behave as if the government is divided and not like we just won the whole thing.”…