New: Jared Kushner, Mick Mulvaney and Mike Pence are now meeting with Schumer in his office.

[riversedge]

Wish Pelosi was with Schumer.



Christina Wilkie
‏Verified account @christinawilkie
6m6 minutes ago

New: Jared Kushner, Mick Mulvaney and Mike Pence are now meeting with Schumer in his office.

Safe to assume they didn't come empty-handed. If any deal can be reached, it'll be with Dems, not R's.

This is the best glimmer of hope we've seen all day.



Christina Wilkie

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. No reason for Pelosi to be there. This has to do with the upcoming Senate vote.

[riversedge]

11. I realize that. But she could glare anyone down. IMHO

[unblock]

12. if the idea is simply to twist schumer's arm and get democrats to vote for the bill as is, sure.

but if there's a deal that involves the slightest change to the bill, it gets kicked back to the house, where pelosi could help get enough democrats to overcome republican division (not an overly likely scenario, but possible).

alternatively, if these negotiations stretch to january 3rd, then certainly pelosi would be quite relevant as speaker of the house.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

2. I would sit kushner in a chair outside office

Wait here little boy.

[FSogol]

29. Give him some crayons and Cheerios, so he doesn't bother the adults. n/t

[allgood33]

3. I hope Shumer does not sell us out. He is capable.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

6. Yea and then trump yells democrats caved

Omg a disaster if Schumer deals ugh

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Yup,knew there was a

booger in the stew.

[Power 2 the People]

21. +1

[brooklynite]

4. Mike Pence: silent. Jared Kushner: not saying anything that could be used as evidence against him...

What's Mulvaney saying.

[PCIntern]

5. The brilliant Jared leading the Rethug

Circle-jerk

It’s like one of those tv shows where the cab driver comes in the house and becomes inveigled in the conversation of the family as they argue.

[oswaldactedalone]

7. He's saying

"Trump's views on a border wall and immigration are simplistic and absurd, almost childish."

At least that's what he said three years ago.

[Freethinker65]

8. Must get any deal votes through the house and senate clean before any voting on wall

For example: clean DACA vote passes both House and Senate and gets signed before any vote on increased border security funding (preferably not a wall).

Democrats keep their legislative negotiating promises, Trump and McConnell do not.

[BlueJac]

9. Schumer is cave able...

I have seen it before, but when you have the Orange Menace on the run, keep him there. Do not back down!

[a kennedy]

18. I know.....AND I DON'T LIKE THIS MEETING.....

[C_U_L8R]

14. Schumer to Kushner... "go get your shine box"

[LuvLoogie]

15. SC just denied trump's rule change on asylum.

So, I imagine they are loosing leverage. They are going to come with offers, but there is no deal to be made with that bigot in chief.

[haele]

16. A faint hope is that this is a meeting to discuss removal. But it's probably not.

Schumer previously indicated would allow them to add some border money for DACA protection. Maybe not the entire $5 billion, but he might agree to it for a billion and DACA, along with a promise to revisit the funding later.

Haele

[underpants]

17. I'll bet they are offering DACA

I read that Flake floated this idea at a Repub strategery lunch today

[Johonny]

23. Oddly, earlier this year Trump could have had DACA for 25 billion in funding

but turned it down. Now he's trying to get 5 billion for it. Great negotiations.

[underpants]

24. Only the best

THE BEST

[a kennedy]

19. and I'll tell ya, I do NOT LIKE THAT THE SON IN LAW HAS SO MUCH POWER.......

[oberliner]

20. Meeting is over - here is the statement from Schumer

:large

[UniteFightBack]

22. This seems quite reasonable.....so if anything happens it's the trump shutdown. He said he'd be

happy 'to take on that mantle'.

[Volaris]

25. 'he can sign what we give him, or..' (as the above poster said)

'...he can go get his fuckin shine box.'.

[samnsara]

26. ytf kushner?

[Thomas Hurt]

27. I would throw the wax princeling out, he isn't a government official, he is a Trump org...

influence peddler.

[Roland99]

28. Schumer should say Jared gets the fuck out or we don't talk