On a day when they had hoped to focus messaging on last year’s tax cut law, congressional Republicans spent Tax Day focusing on theology.
A dayslong spat between the Trump administration and the Vatican left lawmakers urging the White House to stay in its lane on matters of liturgy and refocus its messaging.
The first question Speaker Mike Johnson took during a Wednesday morning press conference on Tax Day was about Trump’s social media posts criticizing the pope. In the Senate, Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., also faced questions about the feud.
