Feinstein calls Trump erratic and unfit. But she'll try to work with him

[alp227]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

President Trump is erratic, lacks stability and hasn’t shown himself fit to hold office, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday, but she hasn’t given up the notion of working with him.

“I do not believe he is a good president. I do not believe he is fit to be president. I do not believe that we have the stability in the executive office that we need to have,” Feinstein, D-Calif., said during an interview with The Chronicle’s editorial board.

“I think there’s an erratic behavior there that is deeply concerning,” Feinstein said.

But Feinstein, who is trying to win support for a new assault weapons ban — a bill for which she has no Republican co-sponsors — noted that she would need Trump’s signature on any measure she can get through Congress.

Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Feinstein-calls-Trump-erratic-and-unfit-But-12802918.php

[pnwmom]

1. She has to. That's her job. Fortunately for most of us, it's not OUR job. n/t

[NurseJackie]

9. She's trying her best do to her job for the good of the country and her constituents. Why...

She's trying her best do to her job for the good of the country and her constituents. Why does that bother so many people here? Why is she attacked for doing that? Why all the threats to "primary" her?

[we can do it]

10. Its the same kind of thinking that has put us in this mess.

[Demsrule86]

12. It is her job and what has put us in this situation is voters who fell for Russian and right wing

lies and who failed to show up at the polls in 2016...giving the GOP all three branches of government. It is the thinking that some Democrats aren't good enough and the parties are the same which has caused this situation. And I sincerely hope most have learned a lesson and won't allow the GOP to win again...because we really are looking at the destruction of the progressive movement if that happens and of our republic.

[pnwmom]

14. That kind of thinking -- essentially saying both parties are equally bad --

is what got us into this mess.

None of the Democrats including Feinstein can get anything done unless they interact with Republicans.

[we can do it]

17. Yep, the unrealistic purists never learn.

[Demsrule86]

13. Some have unreasonable expectations and are clueless about how government and elections really work.

They fervently believe that very liberal candidates can get elected in states like Alabama...and the 'message' is magical and the only problem is that we are not all on board with the 'message'. It is not that much different from the 70's and 80's where progressives got trounced in multiple presidential elections. It took Bill Clinton to figure out a new strategy and stop the GOP assault on the courts by winning in 1992...an election deemed so hopeless by Democrats that the most promising candidates didn't bother to run.

[Hekate]

2. Good for her. Anything that she can pry loose that is beneficial will be very welcome...

You work with what you've got, until you can change it.

[Eko]

3. Shell will without a doubt work with dump.

Feinstein on the other hand will only work with Dump when it progresses humanity and only if it does.

[herding cats]

4. Try means to attempt to get sane passages inserted in before he realizes they're not nuts.

She knows the drill... flatter him, trash his person he hates most that day... and boom! He agrees. At least for a few hours and a couple of tweets anyway. Which is enough to get it into a news cycle.

[democratisphere]

5. These are the saddest of times. How can anyone work with THIS situation?!

The wealthiest need to be made wealthier and there is truly nothing left for the rest.

[True Blue American]

6. Not impressed.

Feinstein was all giddy sitting next to Trump while he said they would put her ideas in the bill.

Trump lied.

[Demsrule86]

11. I would be giddy to if I thought we might get a ban on assault weapons...hope she trounces

her OR candidate.

[True Blue American]

15. So would I

But Trump is not about to do that.

[Demsrule86]

19. It doesn't hurt to try. And it makes the point that Democrats are working for the good of the

country while Republicans and Trump don't give a damn.

[True Blue American]

21. True

I do think things are changing. Just not fast enough, allowing Trump and his gang of crooks to do irreversible damage.

[Demsrule86]

26. There will be consequences to electing this piece of shit...but most things can be fixed in time.

[True Blue American]

27. From your lips to Gods ears!

I have not had a peaceful moment since Nov. 2016.

[Demsrule86]

29. Me either. I am fucking pissed.

[KPN]

7. Good luck with that.

[Maxheader]

8. Says it all..

“I do not believe he is a good president. I do not believe he is fit to be president. I do not believe that we have the stability in the executive office that we need to have,” Feinstein, D-Calif., said during an interview with The Chronicle’s editorial board.

IOWs, we don't have the votes for impeachment, IMHO

[angrychair]

16. Normalization of trump

“He is incompetent and unfit for office BUT I’ll work with him” is the most pretzel logic statement ever.

Saying you “agree” or “willing to work with him” is a step to normalization.

He said he likes to grab women by the pussy!

He said hit was ok to call his own daughter “a piece of ass”!

He is driving the US economy into the sewer.

He is a racist.

He is a misogynist.

Democrats should not be working with him on anything as he has NEVER been an honest broker, even with his own party.

We should fight everything he does to the bitter end.

It’s not about the reality of the job or office. In what “reality” do you think trump would sign an assault weapons ban? He has been jerking Democrats around like fools on gun control and DACA but we keep coming to him like an abused spouse thinking we can make it work and he keeps hitting us. STOP!

[Demsrule86]

20. Sorry, I disagree. I hate the orange menace. But if we obstruct everything, we play into GOP hands.

We need seats in states and districts Trump won. Thus, we need to work with him if he will but I doubt he will anyway.

[True Blue American]

24. We are not obstructing everything.

Chuck Schumer was able to get funding for almost everything Democrats wanted in this last budget.

They had no choice, needed Democratic votes. Chuck Schumer is the true negotiator, not Trump.

[Demsrule86]

25. That was awesome.

[angrychair]

30. Obstructing what exactly?

Since republicans control both the house and senate, unless it’s legislation they agree on, it will never be voted on. Things like a clean DACA bill or a clean assault weapon ban will never see the light of day.

Democrats don’t have to obstruct anything, we can put forth all the bills we want because not a single one will see the light of day until January of 2019.


That fucking Wall is a money pit and completely useless but until trump goes away anything we do will have that nonsense attached to to it. We should not be conceding ANY ground on that useless piece of shit wall or vote for ANY bill that includes it.

Sorry, it’s counterintuitive to say he is
“unfit for office” and then imply you will work with him on anything.

[True Blue American]

31. As we posted , Chuck Schumer

Got most of what we wanted in the budget. Funding for the things that mattered.

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/speeches/schumer-floor-remarks-announcing-bipartisan-budget-deal-

[angrychair]

32. My point still stands

Those concessions were not because republicans became altruistic and bipartisan all of a sudden. There was a reason. Those items were included to counter the freedom caucus and other republicans from sabotaging the bill. In other words this was “must pass” legislation and republicans could not afford to be the reason it didn’t pass so they needed Democratic votes. Those votes came at a price.
Plus it wasn’t all rainbows and puppies. For all the good in there we spent $700 billion dollars on defense. We are allowing the CDC to study gun violence now but we didn’t allocate any funding to do it.

Clear backpacks and better door locks would not have stopped a single school shooting ever.

The omnibus spending bill has some wins in it but let’s not kid ourselves and think it’s because of actual bipartisan agreement or Democrats changing republican minds. It boiled down to republican infighting and we were able to, a certain degree, win some minor concessions on things that would have been there from the beginning on any Democratic spending bill.

[True Blue American]

33. That is not what I posted

McConnell did not have the votes without Democrats. That is why Schumer got much of what he wanted.

I never mentioned altruistic or bi partisan. He had to have Democratic votes.

[angrychair]

35. Sorry, misunderstood

Your statement is completely correct. Sorry for the misunderstanding

[True Blue American]

36. Thank you

I appreciate that.

Nothing Republicans do is compromise. Right now they are in survival mode.

Chuck surprised me that he knows just how to lead.

[LuckyLib]

23. He lies nonstop. Everything he says is idiocy. He won't be "working" with anyone --

Feinstein needs to be shouting from the rooftops along with others that this must end. Playing nice doesn't work. He has been normalized and we are now at the point of yawning at his daily diatribes.

Enough!

[mcar]

22. She is doing her job

Good for her.

[vi5]

28. Wait, I thought "normalizing Trump" or any of his positions was bad?

I mean that's what I read throughout the past couple days when Bernie took the position that Amazon being a monolithic, anti-labor, greedy corporation might possibly not be the best thing in the world, simply because that happened to mildly, slightly, and vaguely overlap with something Trump said.

Looking forward to all of those same folks being outraged at this.

[Bayard]

34. You can't work with crazy, Diane

He'll promise something to your face, then do what's totally different.

Don't waste the effort.

[True Blue American]

37. Exactly right.

Trump’s word is not worth a bucket of Spit.

[Orsino]

38. A senator who won't "try to work with him" ought to resign.

She is saying as much as she dares--and maybe too much--while trying to get some good legislation passed.