Monday on The Chad Hasty Show, Washington Times columnist and political analyst Matt Mackowiak joined Chad to discuss the latest in news and politics.

Mackowiak and Hasty talked about the differences between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and former Governor Rick Perry, as well as President Trump's frustrated attempts fulfilling his campaign promises, including repealing Obamacare and building the border wall.

While speaking about the budget and Trump's early-on struggles to accomplish his goals, Mackowiak said,

It's very, very hard to blame Democrats when you have the White House, the House and the Senate.

Listen to the entire interview with Matt Mackowiak in the video above.

Matt Mackowiak is a political analyst, a columnist for the Washington Times, and is the co-founder of the bipartisan political news blog Must Read Texas. Don't miss Mackowiak's Washington Times podcast, "Mack on Politics".

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