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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt Road To Majority, Ralph Reed Brags Trump Called Him The Night Before Nominating Neil Gorsuch
Faith and Freedom Coalition chairman and Religious Right activist Ralph Reed told attendees at the congressional portion of his annual Road to Majority conference that President Trump had called him the night before Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was nominated to fill the seat that had been held by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Reed told about two hundred Religious Right activistsincluding MAGA-world vocalist Joy Villawho had been shuttled via bus into a room at the Dirksen Senate Office Building after the conferences kick-off luncheon that Trump had called him the night before the nomination and promised that he would be thrilled by his announcement to nominate Gorsuch. Reed also said that Trump invited him to attend the nomination ceremony at the White House.
I was privileged to get a phone call in my house the night before Neil Gorsuch was named. And I was sitting in my study at my home in Atlanta and my cell phone went off and it said No Caller ID. I dont usually answer those because it might be a reporter, but for some reason I answered it and a woman came on and said, Is this Pastor Reed? he told the audience.
Reed said the operator then connected him to Trump, who told him he was announcing who he would nominate to the Supreme Court the following day.
He said, Hey, I just wanted to call you and tell you Im naming the Supreme Court Justice tomorrow night at the White House. And he said, Are you going to be there? And, well, I said I can be. And he goes, Well, I think you should be. Because he said, Without your folks, I wouldnt be making this announcement tomorrow night. Reed said.
Reed said he asked Trump, Am I going to be happy?, to which Trump responded, No, youre going to be thrilled.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/at-road-to-majority-ralph-reed-brags-trump-called-him-the-night-before-nominating-neil-gorsuch/
Reed told about two hundred Religious Right activistsincluding MAGA-world vocalist Joy Villawho had been shuttled via bus into a room at the Dirksen Senate Office Building after the conferences kick-off luncheon that Trump had called him the night before the nomination and promised that he would be thrilled by his announcement to nominate Gorsuch. Reed also said that Trump invited him to attend the nomination ceremony at the White House.
I was privileged to get a phone call in my house the night before Neil Gorsuch was named. And I was sitting in my study at my home in Atlanta and my cell phone went off and it said No Caller ID. I dont usually answer those because it might be a reporter, but for some reason I answered it and a woman came on and said, Is this Pastor Reed? he told the audience.
Reed said the operator then connected him to Trump, who told him he was announcing who he would nominate to the Supreme Court the following day.
He said, Hey, I just wanted to call you and tell you Im naming the Supreme Court Justice tomorrow night at the White House. And he said, Are you going to be there? And, well, I said I can be. And he goes, Well, I think you should be. Because he said, Without your folks, I wouldnt be making this announcement tomorrow night. Reed said.
Reed said he asked Trump, Am I going to be happy?, to which Trump responded, No, youre going to be thrilled.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/at-road-to-majority-ralph-reed-brags-trump-called-him-the-night-before-nominating-neil-gorsuch/
We need to constantly remind these assholes that the US is not a totalitarian theocracy. We are a democracy! Fuck the Christian Taliban!
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At Road To Majority, Ralph Reed Brags Trump Called Him The Night Before Nominating Neil Gorsuch (Original Post)
Initech
Jun 2018
OP
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)1. I'm amazed that Ralph Reed never wound up in jail
after his involvement with Abramoff and his Indian casino ripoffs
KG
(28,752 posts)2. THERES no reason to believe a word ralph read says
Orsino
(37,428 posts)3. No, certainly not.
The part that rings true is Trump not knowing what the fuck he's doing and having to call up someone he's seen on TV.