Posted on 04/21/2018 1:17:52 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
Politico reported on Friday that Trump has not invited any Democratic lawmakers to the Tuesday dinner, nor has he extended invitations to members of the media — a departure from past state dinners.
Of the roughly 150 people that are set to attend the dinner, only four are members of Congress: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.); Rep. Ed Royce, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), according to Politico.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was invited, but is unable to attend, Politico reported. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) was not extended an invite.
Lea Berman, the White House social secretary under former President George W. Bush, told Politico that the exclusion of Democrats and members of the media is "a break with tradition."
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You don’t win wars through “hate”. You think Washington hated Gen. Clinton or Lee hated Grant? You win through intelligence and clear-headed thinking.
Bloody fantasies don’t help anything either. Americans fight wars then work with the losers showing great generosity, intelligence and humanity.
Our concentration should be on the future, not the past and attack the biggest problem the country is Illegalism not the crimes of the past.
How about current ongoing crimes?
How many millions of current on-going crimes do the Illegals register every day? Illegalism is our greatest threat on many levels.
Ryan is part of the rebirth of the Republican Party in Wisconsin, he has been helpful to Trump.
Why do you think he was singled out for the honor of being invited to this dinner?
Prudent words. However, Washington was extremely pissed at Arnold. Washington offered Andre in exchange for Arnold which was refused. Andre was subsequently hanged. Enemies are one thing; traitors are another. Lord Haw Haw was hung by the Brits in 1946.Leval and Petain were both sentenced to death by DeGaulle’s government. Look how the Jews went after the Nazis with a vengeance.
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