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TexasTowelie

(112,125 posts)
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 02:25 AM Mar 2018

Trump warns of dire consequences if Democrats take House

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Tuesday night of dire consequences should Democrats take the House in this year's midterm elections, but predicted Republicans are "going to win."

Speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual March fundraiser, Trump said that, "on issue after issue," House Democrats are "way outside of the American mainstream."

"Democrats like to campaign as moderates, but they always govern like radicals," he said, warning that, if they win, Democrats will block efforts to secure the borders, "release dangerous criminals," and try to raise Americans' taxes, among other ills.

He also vowed to campaign tirelessly to help GOP candidates win, telling a room full of Republican party leaders and donors, "I'll be all over the country."

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politcs/trump-warns-of-dire-consequences-if-democrats-take-house/article_ef66ad3f-f6ec-5624-9690-98840a916211.html

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Trump warns of dire consequences if Democrats take House (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP
"outside the mainstream" backtoblue Mar 2018 #1
Trying to appeal to some moderate center? What a dope. That's not his target audience. nt greyl Mar 2018 #2
and they will vote for impeachment Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #3
IMPEACHMENT!!! dicksmc3 Mar 2018 #30
And we know who is going to suffer the dire consequences! edbermac Mar 2018 #4
please do, "campaign tirelessly to help GOP candidates". Please Proceed!! Lil Missy Mar 2018 #5
Amen! leftofcool Mar 2018 #9
Drop dead MFM008 Mar 2018 #19
he is good at peddling his wares, crappy as they might be. nt msongs Mar 2018 #6
Ugh! sheshe2 Mar 2018 #7
"Hold it!" "Wait a minute!" "....all over the country sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #8
As opposed to Republicans... jmowreader Mar 2018 #10
Sure. For him, Prince Jared, and the rest of the accomplices. sandensea Mar 2018 #11
Does that sound like a "nod and a wink" or what? So just what has Putin promised you, Traitor Trump? C Moon Mar 2018 #12
"Dire consequences"? area51 Mar 2018 #13
I call buddy-ing up to a communist thug videohead5 Mar 2018 #14
Communist? shanny Mar 2018 #28
Putin's not a communist! PJMcK Mar 2018 #31
I read he still is videohead5 Mar 2018 #34
"I'll be all over the country." rpannier Mar 2018 #15
I think he might have a few properties that don't have golf courses, TexasTowelie Mar 2018 #16
No shit! Let's hope so! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2018 #17
Trump admits he did not know what ANWR was until ....... riversedge Mar 2018 #18
Trump is so stupid PJMcK Mar 2018 #32
Hi Texas Towelie syringis Mar 2018 #20
Hello syringis, TexasTowelie Mar 2018 #21
I was watching an interview with Lawrence Tribe last night regarding obstruction of justice YessirAtsaFact Mar 2018 #24
Dire to whom? bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #22
For him onetexan Mar 2018 #25
Always the same five talking points recycled over and over again. BlueStater Mar 2018 #23
Compared to . . . . NOW? no_hypocrisy Mar 2018 #26
With your approval rating Soxfan58 Mar 2018 #27
tRump, a low class cheap dunce. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2018 #29
I Know "It" Is Delusional and Stupid, But. . . ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #33
I am hoping that trimp spends a great deal of time in Texas Gothmog Mar 2018 #35
Especially for Mr Trump. n/t malthaussen Mar 2018 #36
Yes, * will be impeached n/t dajoki Mar 2018 #37

dicksmc3

(262 posts)
30. IMPEACHMENT!!!
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 08:24 AM
Mar 2018

Exactly, that's what scares the shit outta Trump!! He can't stop the BLUE WAVE COMING!! And when we take out more EXTREME republicons along the way, we will be back on track to take our democracy back from those that could care less about our freedoms and care more for GREED AND POWER!!

sandensea

(21,624 posts)
11. Sure. For him, Prince Jared, and the rest of the accomplices.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 03:08 AM
Mar 2018

With a little luck, Uncle Vlad will visit him at Ft. Leavenworth (maybe just to rub it in though).

PJMcK

(22,031 posts)
31. Putin's not a communist!
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 08:32 AM
Mar 2018

He's an oligarch thug. A criminal. A dictator. His ideology is power and money for himself and a few friends.

That's not communism in any way. If anything, Putin is a criminally corrupted capitalist.

riversedge

(70,189 posts)
18. Trump admits he did not know what ANWR was until .......
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 03:59 AM
Mar 2018



............During one riff, Trump talked about how he'd lifted a ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Trump told the crowd he hadn't thought the issue was "a big deal," until he got a call from a friend in the oil business after the GOP tax bill passed in December.

"Is it true that you have ANWR in the bill?'" Trump recalled the friend asking. "I said: 'I don't know. Who cares? What is that? What does that mean?' ... What's the big deal if they did put it in?'"

Trump said the friend told him that "every single president" including Ronald Reagan had tried but failed to get it.

"I said, 'You've got to be kidding, I love it now.' And after that, we fought like hell to get ANWR."

syringis

(5,101 posts)
20. Hi Texas Towelie
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 04:31 AM
Mar 2018
He also vowed to campaign tirelessly to help GOP candidates win, telling a room full of Republican party leaders and donors, "I'll be all over the country."


Regarding the results of last elections, I'm not sure that will convince donors...

By the way, for one, I hope he will keep doing what he says.

TexasTowelie

(112,125 posts)
21. Hello syringis,
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 04:45 AM
Mar 2018

As I reflect over the Trump presidency thus far I've come to the conclusion that I'm having a flashback to a bad acid trip that never has an end. I strive to avoid any coverage of Trump on TV because it increases my blood pressure.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
24. I was watching an interview with Lawrence Tribe last night regarding obstruction of justice
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 06:38 AM
Mar 2018

It was surreal.

I thought that this is something that would happen as a "how did we get here" flashback in some dystopian themed movie.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
23. Always the same five talking points recycled over and over again.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 06:17 AM
Mar 2018

Get some new material already, you orange eyesore.

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)
33. I Know "It" Is Delusional and Stupid, But. . .
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 09:02 AM
Mar 2018

. . .for the sake of the lurking drones who might be reading:

The total vote numbers for ALL members of Congress show that more people voted for a democrat than a republican in the last 16 years. Even when R's took a majority, more PEOPLE still voted for D's than R's. That is true of both the Senate and the House.

So, it is IMPOSSIBLE for these people to be outside the mainstream if more PEOPLE actually vote for them than the other side. Literally impossible.

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