This CNN hit piece is off the scale ...
Posted on 01/24/2019 4:24:18 AM PST by Zakeet
The House speaker, fortified by brutal polling for Donald Trump, refuses to provide the President an easy way out of his own political box as the government shutdown sparked by his demand for a border wall drags into a 34th day.
In his latest skirmish with Pelosi, Trump effectively admitted defeat late Wednesday and conceded that he would not be able to give his State of the Union address until after the shutdown ends. Earlier in the day, he had publicly thrown down a gauntlet and tried to force the speaker to back down over her refusal to let next Tuesday's showpiece speech take place in the House chamber.
Pelosi's victory came ahead of a pair of Senate votes due to take place on Thursday on dueling Republican and Democratic plans designed to end the shutdown. Neither is likely to break the deadlock, and may simply underline that Trump's hopes of a win remain slim.
The President is trying hard to reshape a political battlefield that is stacked against him, as sources suggest he is increasingly mystified that his tactics have not turned the tables on Democrats. Throughout his life, in business and in politics, Trump has leveraged his domineering personality, flair for showmanship and an unshakable self-belief that often defies the facts of a situation to get his way.
But he is finding in the new political context of divided Washington against an experienced adversary that his force of will and talent for engineering televised spectacles are not moving the political needle.
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This CNN hit piece is off the scale ...
Truly off the scales. I think these people are panicking.
Paging all wimpy freepers wimpy wimpy chicken littles you know who you are go ahead post your President Trump under the bus.
Well, with the available information we have, she did win this round. I asked last night, what happened to McConnell, he’s the other half of the legislative branch. Did he quietly side with Pelosi? Did he cede authority to her?
Had Republicans done this to Obama?
Obstructionist! Petty! Historic mistake and display of partisanship! And, of course, racist!
AOC voted against the Dem budget because she wants to defund ICE. She’s the ‘future of the party’ - crazier, further to the left, and more destructive to our country.
Trump has a plan for Nan. Keep bragging old sow.
Something about this whole thing reeks of contrived, orchestrated bullsh!t — from both Trump and Pelosi.
LOL!
CNN your slip is showing.
He wants Pelosi sitting behind him when he gives the address. In other words, he didn't fall for the give it in writing crap.
And he now has a new addition for his speech....it's not about the money...it's the wall standing as a permanent working legacy.
She won? All she did was ensure that this coming SOTU (whenever it is delivered) is the most watched SOTU in history.
Best election, best POTUS, evah!!
This is not over and we will see what Trump’s next move is, I hope it is a good one.
“Sources say”
Win? Really? She just set the stage for all future congress/presidential interactions. What they have done to President Trump will be done to their guy or gal.
They set the stage, all the wanna bes need to be asked if they are prepared to be treated the same way.
So Trump is in cahoots with Nasty Nancy?
I don’t think so, but you are entitled hold what ever opinions you wish.
It is in his own tweets.
Sort of like Ol’ One-Eye Harry decision to go nuclear?
That's my view also, but I hope we're wrong. Perhaps President Trump has a better plan (perhaps not?). I'd at least like to see him give his biggest rally ever on the night he was supposed to give the SOTU. That could be done right and give him two shots at a SOTU audience instead of just one.
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