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By NICOLE LAFOND Published NOVEMBER 28, 2017 3:03 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) did not appear happy with Democratic leaders decision to not attend a meeting with President Donald Trump after the President criticized the Democratic lawmakers ahead of the gathering.
I never refused to go to a meeting that President Obama called, a bipartisan meeting, McConnell told reporters Tuesday afternoon. It never occurred to me that I could just say to President Obama Im not showing up. That strikes me as a lack of seriousness about the matter before us, which is the funding of the federal government of the United States for the rest of this fiscal year.
The Senate Republican leaders comments about never refusing a meeting with Trumps predecessor arent entirely accurate. In 2010, House Democratic leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) criticized McConnell and other Republican leaders, saying he was disappointed that Republicans were too busy to accept a bipartisan meeting with Obama and Democratic leaders, the Wall Street Journal reported. At the time, a McConnell spokesperson said the White House made the mistake of announcing the meeting before checking to see if he was available for it.
Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a statement Tuesday saying they werent going to attend the Presidents show meeting since it was clear Trump already had made up his mind about not reaching across the aisle.
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Fullduplexxx
(7,874 posts)That's turning them a down at once
imanamerican63
(13,830 posts)So was Ryan!
OnDoutside
(19,982 posts)angrychair
(8,749 posts)Why would we, Democrats, attend any meeting with a fog horn blowing racist and criminal and sexual predator who has officially endorsed a pedophile for Senate?
FUCK THAT
We should never be in the same room with this asshole. No women with, given the option, should ever be photographed next to him much less in a room alone with him.