{"id":86177,"date":"2025-07-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177"},"modified":"2025-07-19T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:05:18","slug":"sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is a lawyer, former state attorney general and a skilled navigator of the old \u2014 and new \u2014 wings of the Republican Party. He also has another title: White House whisperer.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt joins POLITICO\u2019s Dasha Burns to talk about his closeness with the Trump administration, driving the Senate\u2019s $9.4 billion rescissions bill, his involvement with passing Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill,\u201d his belief in Medicaid reform, the controversy over the release of the Epstein files and what he describes as his \u201cAmerica First\u201d \u2014 but not isolationist \u2014 foreign policy approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a slur that&#8217;s often uttered is that it&#8217;s an isolationist point of view,\u201d Schmitt told Burns. \u201cThat&#8217;s not true at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Note: This interview was conducted before the Senate and House passage of the rescissions bill.)<\/p>\n<p>Plus, POLITICO reporter Ben Jacobs digs into his reporting on social media influencers running for office and how the phenomenon is reshaping electoral politics.<\/p>\n<p>Listen and subscribe to <i>The Conversation with Dasha Burns<\/i> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/politico\" target=\"_blank\"><u>YouTube<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/the-conversation-with-dasha-burns\/id1111319839\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Apple Podcasts<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0YmkWN5cyxuqBh5Vl78yGp\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Spotify<\/u><\/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is a lawyer, former state attorney general and a skilled navigator&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer - Marin &amp; theNation Resists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer - Marin &amp; theNation Resists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is a lawyer, former state attorney general and a skilled navigator...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marin &amp; theNation Resists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T04:05:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rfoldnc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rfoldnc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"rfoldnc\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980\"},\"headline\":\"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-20T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-20T04:05:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798\",\"name\":\"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer - Marin &amp; theNation Resists\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-20T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-20T04:05:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/\",\"name\":\"Marin &amp; theNation Resists\",\"description\":\"Marin\/National Democratic Resistance to the MAGA Monstrosity\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Marin &amp; theNation Resists\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1\",\"width\":1521,\"height\":503,\"caption\":\"Marin &amp; theNation Resists\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980\",\"name\":\"rfoldnc\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"rfoldnc\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/marinresists.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer - Marin &amp; theNation Resists","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer - Marin &amp; theNation Resists","og_description":"Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt is a lawyer, former state attorney general and a skilled navigator...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798","og_site_name":"Marin &amp; theNation Resists","article_published_time":"2025-07-20T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-20T04:05:18+00:00","author":"rfoldnc","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rfoldnc","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177"},"author":{"name":"rfoldnc","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980"},"headline":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer","datePublished":"2025-07-20T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-20T04:05:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177"},"wordCount":190,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86177","url":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798","name":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer - Marin &amp; theNation Resists","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-07-20T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-20T04:05:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/20\/sen-eric-schmitt-on-being-a-white-house-whisperer-and-senate-budget-reformer-00463798#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/","name":"Marin &amp; theNation Resists","description":"Marin\/National Democratic Resistance to the MAGA Monstrosity","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization","name":"Marin &amp; theNation Resists","url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1","width":1521,"height":503,"caption":"Marin &amp; theNation Resists"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980","name":"rfoldnc","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rfoldnc"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/marinresists.com"],"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?author=1"}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","depicter-thumbnail":"","covernews-slider-full":"","covernews-slider-center":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":"","covernews-medium-square":"","bdpp-medium":"","psacp-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"rfoldnc","author_link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86179,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=86179","url_meta":{"origin":86177,"position":0},"title":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer | The Conversation","author":"rfoldnc","date":"July 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer | The Conversation lead image","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85986,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=85986","url_meta":{"origin":86177,"position":1},"title":"Sen. Eric Schmitt says isolationist label &#8216;is a slur&#8217;","author":"rfoldnc","date":"July 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. Eric Schmitt says isolationist label 'is a slur' lead image","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84494,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=84494","url_meta":{"origin":86177,"position":2},"title":"Sen. Eric Schmitt praises Pam Bondi, declines to opine on Epstein case | The Conversation","author":"rfoldnc","date":"July 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. Eric Schmitt praises Pam Bondi, declines to opine on Epstein case | The Conversation lead image","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46361,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=46361","url_meta":{"origin":86177,"position":3},"title":"Trump&#8217;s pick to lead the IRS raked in donations to pay off campaign debt after he was announced","author":"rfoldnc","date":"April 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"President Donald Trump\u2019s pick for Internal Revenue Service commissioner recently cleared a substantial debt from his failed 2022 Senate bid, using campaign contributions that rolled in after Trump announced his intent to nominate him to lead the tax agency, according to federal filings. Former Republican Rep. Billy Long raked in\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":110855,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110855","url_meta":{"origin":86177,"position":4},"title":"Why Sen. Rand Paul feels like GOP \u2018whipping boy\u2019","author":"rfoldnc","date":"October 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is known for being a firebrand when it comes to his conservative, small-government principles. He\u2019s also known for being a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, despite taking issue with some of the president\u2019s policies. But Paul takes issue with being what he says is the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":120238,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=120238","url_meta":{"origin":86177,"position":5},"title":"2026 Democrats jump to pan the shutdown deal","author":"rfoldnc","date":"November 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Senate Democrats\u2019 embrace of a shutdown deal that doesn\u2019t guarantee extended health care subsidies is already an electoral issue. Nearly every major Democratic Senate candidate panned the deal, from Texas hopeful Colin Allred, a former member of Congress, deriding it as a \u201cjoke\u201d to Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton condemning\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86178,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86177\/revisions\/86178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}