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dalton99a

(81,663 posts)
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 03:13 PM Mar 2019

Howard "I love my tax cuts" Schultz vows to reject partisan bills as president

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-vows-to-reject-partisan-bills-as-president/2019/03/13/91e6b8ae-45ae-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz vows to reject partisan bills as president
By Michael Scherer
March 13 at 2:42 PM

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said Wednesday he would establish an informal partisan veto in Congress if he is elected president, pledging to refuse to sign any bill unless it is supported by members of both parties.

He made the un­or­tho­dox proposal, which risks grinding Congress to a halt if Democrats or Republicans are united in opposition to a bill, as he launched a second phase of his effort to drum up support for a possible independent presidential campaign with a policy speech in Miami.

“I would not sign any legislation — none — into law that does not have bipartisan support,” Schultz said. “We need to be candid with the American people and admit, yes, that both sides have good ideas if we work together.”

The speech was the first of a series of policy addresses Schultz plans to make in coming weeks to lay out his vision of a post-partisan presidential campaign. His advisers say he has been encouraged by the reception to his book tour over the last six weeks, despite criticism from many Democrats that he could divide the anti-Trump vote, a notion he rejects.
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Howard "I love my tax cuts" Schultz vows to reject partisan bills as president (Original Post) dalton99a Mar 2019 OP
Go the Fuck away Howard. leftieNanner Mar 2019 #1
+1 what a bitter little crybaby he is. just disgusting. EveHammond13 Mar 2019 #2
I already forgot about him. n/t monmouth4 Mar 2019 #3
Who? Iggo Mar 2019 #4
I was just going to post the same thing, I had to Google him to remember who he is. Snake Plissken Mar 2019 #5
What's he polling at? DeminPennswoods Mar 2019 #6
Hasn't he gone away yet? wryter2000 Mar 2019 #7
Not yet - such an entitled dumb fuck: dalton99a Mar 2019 #8
Give it up for Howard Horseshultz and the Both Sides Band! JHB Mar 2019 #9
He'll fade away after the first wave of debates. nt oasis Mar 2019 #10
To hell with anyone Turin_C3PO Mar 2019 #11

JHB

(37,163 posts)
9. Give it up for Howard Horseshultz and the Both Sides Band!
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 04:43 PM
Mar 2019

Ther's only one side that has spent years slapping away any hand extended in hope of compromise. Pretending that both sides are the problem only further encourages the one that IS.

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