GOP senator: Decisions on bills not made based on if they hurt or help Trump or Biden

North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer (R) said on Sunday that he doesn’t make decisions on proposed bills based on whether they hurt or help President Biden or former President Trump. 

On NBC’s “Meet The Press,” host Chuck Todd asked Cramer about the senator being the subject of recent attacks from Trump for his support of Biden’s infrastructure bill. 

“I don’t make my decision on legislation based on whether it hurts or helps Donald Trump or whether it hurts or helps Joe Biden,” Cramer told Todd. 

“Unfortunately, right now, a lot of the rhetoric is centered around, as much as anything, ‘This gave Joe Biden a victory.’ Whether he gets a victory or not, I happen to believe that … not every transaction in Washington requires a loser,” he added.

Trump recently attacked Republican lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-K.Y.), for supporting and voting for Biden’s infrastructure package. 

Cramer explained that, as a member of Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, he “helped write a good part of this bill,” adding that he had a “healthy conversation” with Trump about the legislation. 

“I was advocating for it long before Mr. McConnell announced his support for it, so he didn’t induce me in any way,” Cramer told Todd. “President Trump and I had a pretty healthy conversation about it after a previous national television appearance where I talked about the merits of the bill.” 

Cramer’s comments come after House Democrats on Friday were able to pass the social spending and climate bill as part of Biden’s Build Back Better plan by a 220-213 vote.