GOP Split on Trump’s Ex-Im Bank Pick Because He Disagreed With GOP’s Gay Agenda

. . .[Rep. Scott] Garrett, the former chairman of a powerful subcommittee that regulates banks, is not popular because of his past attempts to shut down the Ex-Im bank and for his record on gay rights. Some groups have lobbied Republican senators to not move forward with a hearing and confirmation votes, while other groups who back Garrett have warned about failing to advance the nomination and are helping push it forward.

“The logjam over the Ex-Im Bank is just the most recent battle in the ongoing ideological war within the GOP between its pro-business wing and the free-market absolutists,” Compass Point analyst Isaac Boltansky told Politico. “The divides among congressional Republicans appear to be deepening, and I am left with the sense that for some issues, the GOP is closer to a coalition government than a unified party.” (Read more from “GOP Divided on Trump’s Ex-Im Bank Chair Pick” HERE)

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