WH accuses Schumer, Pelosi of 'pettiness' for pulling out of Trump meeting

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JORDAN FABIAN - 11/28/17 12:51 PM EST

The White House on Tuesday accused Democratic congressional leaders of “pettiness” after they abruptly pulled out of a meeting with President Trump.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders encouraged Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to attend the meeting with their GOP counterparts to discuss a government funding deal

“The president’s invitation to the Democrat leaders still stands and he encourages them to put aside their pettiness, stop the political grandstanding, show up and get to work,” Sanders said in a statement. “These issues are too important.”

Schumer and Pelosi canceled their appearance at the White House after Trump tweeted earlier Tuesday that he didn't "see a deal" to avoid a government shutdown.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362141-wh-accuses-schumer-pelosi-of-pettiness-for-pulling-out-of-trump

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Ryan, McConnell: Dems' 'antics' put government operations at risk

BY JOSH DELK - 11/28/17 12:52 PM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) ripped their Democratic counterparts for backing out of a meeting with President Trump, saying their "antics" are risking a government shutdown.

"We have important work to do, and Democratic leaders have continually found new excuses not to meet with the administration to discuss these issues. Democrats are putting government operations, particularly resources for our men and women on the battlefield, at great risk by pulling these antics," McConnell and Ryan said in a joint statement Tuesday.

The statement came shortly after Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pulled out of a scheduled bipartisan meeting with Trump at the White House to negotiate a deal ahead of the Dec. 8 funding deadline.

Schumer and Pelosi backed out of the meeting after Trump tweeted Tuesday morning that he didn't "see a deal" with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.

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[louis-t]

1. Dems in no win situation.

Dealing with a bunch of children. GOP has perfected the art of blaming others for their own failures.

[Lindsay]

3. They're playing a perpetual game of

"Heads we win, tails you lose."

And as long as they're interested only in power and grift, not in actual governing, it's working for them.

[vkkv]

20. Sad thing is that the GOP wins either way:

If they're in power they win.

If gov't breaks down due to incompetence or disagreement, they win again.

If they obstruct Dems' production, the win again.

The GOP WANTS gov't to fail so they can say that gov't does not work..

Privatize

Privatize

Privatize

Privatize

[Gothmog]

34. The GOP needs Democratic votes to pass anything and so need to be nice to Democrats

This is not a no win situation. The Democrats have some power and need to use it

[unblock]

2. accusing democrats of pettiness, donnie sues for patent infringement

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Good one! LOL

If I was brave I would drive out to the local Walmart, go up to the 67 year old white male greeter at the door and ask him to list the reasons why he is in favor of the Trump/GOP tax bill.

Or the auto mechanic across the street, or the secretary over at the lawyers office, etc.



Why do hard working people, doing honorable jobs, working more in one day than Donald Trump has worked in 3 lifetimes, support this shit?

[Iliyah]

16. One note about this exposure is that now the GOPers will have to

talk about it in detail which opens the door to Dems giving facts. It brings the issue front and center.

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. I wish someone like Gates or Soros or whoever would buy a 30 minute block

on CBS or whatever, putting forth a Hollywood style docu type presentation outlining just how devastating this will be, not might be, WILL be for average people.

I wish someone like Leonardo DiCaprio would narrate it like he did the climate change show.

I dont know if Gates and Soros are on our side or not, someone with that kind of money has to be. At least ONE of them?

[iluvtennis]

24. Like this idea

[sprinkleeninow]

28. That came to mind just earlier today. Where are the Dems/non-republucres

with the big $$$ to bankroll ads where/when needed to help get rid of the major infestation wrecking our nation.

'TRUTH OUT!'

[kwalter66]

38. You mean someone like

Tom Steyer. California billionaire that has already spent 20 mil for ads and commercials that are the national news stations daily. You mean someone like that?

[unblock]

27. i met my first example of this when i was about 8 years old.

my father was a physics professor and one day he took me to work and i met a machinist who helped build some of the equipment they would use for their physics experiments.

this was probably in 1971 or so.

so here was a guy 3 years away from his retirement, never made more than $25k/year in his life, no plans for any way to make more money, no rich uncle, nothing. not even a lottery ticket (this was way before powerball anyway, in fact, i don't think there was even a lottery at all in ohio at the time).

yet he was a republican, and for one reason only, he wanted lower taxes for the rich. he didn't really care about his own taxes, because plus or minus a few percent didn't change his lifestyle one bit.

but he was convinced that somehow, someday, he was going to be rich, and when that happened, he wanted the government to take as little as possible.


he was literally willing to pay in real life to make his fantasy a bit sweeter.


later in life i heard the following:

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires"

yup, that was this guy, somehow.

[sprinkleeninow]

29. The answer to your query--🤔.

We got them around us. Not many, but hard headed and not pliable. Personally, I'm done with them. Some are 'unusually quiet' lately. If ya know what I'm saying.

They must 'come to the end of themselves' by themselves. Their speech, 'thinking' and 'reasoning' sets my teeth on an edge of colossal magnitude. To preserve my blood pressure, I do not engage anymore.

[Thor_MN]

4. After Dolt45 pre-emptively scuttled the purpose of the meeting, what's the point of going?

Someone must have told Dolt45 that his tax plan is a piece of shit and it's going no where. Shitgibbon is looking for scapegoats.

[pandr32]

31. Agreed

45 signaled via Twitter that he saw no deal ahead of the scheduled WH meeting, which is why Dems pulled out.
He had nothing to offer but pressure and likely some of his usual posturing for ring kissing, and of course the gift of being able to endlessly claim he tried.

[bluestarone]

5. fuck tRump

don't go PERFECT CHOICE

[yuiyoshida]

6. Tell Sarah Huckabee Sanders to shove it where

the sun doesn't shine.

[iluvtennis]

25. Agree, what a tool she is.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Pot, Kettle is holding for you on line 1.

[mr_lebowski]

10. Yeah, no shit ... talk about 'antics' and 'pettiness' ... those should be the GOPees

And esp. the head GOPee honcho ... middle f***ing NAMES ffs.

God I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEE these people!!!!!!!!!!

[Bleacher Creature]

9. Petty? Have they checked their boss's twitter lately? NT

[Fred Sanders]

11. Art of the deal means inviting negotiations on your own turf and then public messaging there will be

no deal?

So that is how you start negotiations... did not know that being petty was the way to go.

[onetexan]

12. What a FANTASTIC SNUB!!!

WAY TO GO NANCY & CHUCK!!

i'm glad they didn't give this idiot-in-chief the foto-op or chance to claim he was being bi-partisan. They stuck their figurative middle finger to him. Glad they showed him what a jackass he is by not wasting their time w/ him.

[Botany]

13. Trump's tweet prior to Schumer and Pelosi's meeting w/him

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account
@realDonaldTrump
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Meeting with “Chuck and Nancy” today about keeping government open and working. Problem is they want illegal immigrants flooding into our Country unchecked, are weak on Crime and want to substantially RAISE Taxes. I don’t see a deal!


****
Why bother showing up?

[sprinkleeninow]

30. They flipped him a huge spectacular 'BIRD'. 🤣

[Iliyah]

14. School yard bullying

I read that Lying Ryan and McTurtle are now attacking Dems about this. Bullies like to circle round whomever they are attacking. Dems will stand firm. LOL

[kwalter66]

39. Comical

It's hysterical to watch the GOP scream about obstruction when they control ALL of it. Their base sure is stupid to not have figured that out.

[leftynyc]

15. That pig calling anyone else petty

is a freaking joke.

[chowder66]

18. What nerve. nt

[BootinUp]

19. Let the pukes own it. Nt

[bucolic_frolic]

21. How does Huckabee-Sanders not get laughed off the podium three times a week?

[Plucketeer]

22. Shut it down!

Turn off the power and gas and water to the capitol building and the White House. A shut down should be just that - not a fucking of the citizens who really have NO say as to how things go in DC.

[Mr. Ected]

23. Somebody BESCUMBER* that cacafuego* immediately

Before he launches another buncombe*.

* to spray with poo
* swaggering braggart or boaster
* a ludicrously false statement that means bullshit or nonsense

All of these are safe words to use in the presence of any Trumpy.

[MikeydaDog]

26. Republicans are good with spend to blind the voter. With no moral or ethic base, they can go

anywhere to defend a position. Honesty certainly does not get in their way.

[saidsimplesimon]

32. Thank you, Madame Pelosi.

Of course, Ryan and McConnell are upset. I am so grateful when Democrats stand up, instead of cowering.

[CakeGrrl]

33. All they do is use the Goebbels playbook

'Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty.'

It works when the media is soft on the GOP.

[angrychair]

35. Screw them

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, given the option, should ever be photographed next to him much less in a room alone with him.

We should never cooperate with him or even give the impression to be in negotiations as it only seems to validate him and his opinions.

Most importantly, it’s not like they actually give a crap what we are saying anyway.

[question everything]

36. Show him that he cannot snap his fingers and say Jump!

and his minions will ask how high.

Good for "Chuck and Nancy"

[hexola]

37. Trump didn't want them there - he knew he had the votes

So why let them have any credit?

[kwalter66]

40. Oh but he doesn't

Govt shutdown is looming Paulie. What's that, you have the majority but you don't have 218. Sucks to be you. Hmmmmm, wonder where you could find the votes to prevent you from again looking like the tool you are? I bet John Boehner laughs his ass off daily.