Posted on 12/11/2018 11:32:46 AM PST by Kaslin
For the first time since the 2018-midterm elections, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with President Trump at the White House Tuesday.
Their meeting was originally supposed to be closed press, but that all changed when the White House press pool was invited into the Oval Office to broadcast their remarks.
President Trump started the meeting by thanking Pelosi and Schumer for showing up and made his case for additional border security.
"I am proud to shut down the government over border security," Trump said. "I will take the mantle."
"They're pouring into our country. We have to have border security. We have to have a wall," he continued.
After some back and forth with the Democrat leaders, Pelosi started to panic and said they should not continue in front of the press.
"I don't think we should have a debate in front of the press on this," Pelosi said.
"Its called transparency Nancy," Trump shot back.
President Trump engages in an Oval Office clash with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi over border security as the shutdown deadline looms
Pelosi: "I don't think we should have a debate in front of the press on this" pic.twitter.com/gopvtJKpXO— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 11, 2018
President Trump then continued, leading Schumer to later argue the same.
"Let's debate, let's debate in private," he pleaded. "We shouldn't shut down the government over a dispute, and you want to shut it down."
"Let's debate in private": President Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi just sparred in the Oval Office on live TV about border security and funding Trump's wall https://t.co/uiiZgARky5 pic.twitter.com/EJBynT3NkR— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 11, 2018
Here is the full exchange:
WATCH: Full video of heated Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Democratic leaders Schumer and Pelosi over border security and a potential government shutdown https://t.co/agvypq00l2 pic.twitter.com/kdDLeeZ0R1— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) December 11, 2018
After the meeting, Pelosi and Schumer ran to the cameras outside of the West Wing and further slammed President Trump's position.
"He will get no wall and he will get a shutdown," Schumer said. "This temper tantrum that he seems to throw will not get him his wall."
My tagline.
the camera had a good angle on Schumer .....
As dems are islamist facilitators, yes.
I’m from Missouri . Show me the wall
Temper tantrum? Weak, pathetic, and inaccurate characterization, Chuck. Trump will get his wall, even if the military has to build it. Trust the plan.
MOST repubs still don’t do so. They are eunuchs.
Trump can take care of himself. At this time he does not need Pence to jump in.
Slimy political operatives, that care nothing about the country beyond preserving their own POWER, want to mouth off in private, so they can lie in public about what they say/do.
“I noted that the side repeatedly saying, “We should do this in private” is the side always braying about TRANSPARENCY.”
I wish Trump would read FR for his rebuttals and use them publicly.
“why should we take this in private Nancy, we’re here in front of the American people whom we work for....funny that you always talk about transparency until you’re the one who has to be transparent”
Today, my guess for 2024 would be...
Jared Kushner
Smug a##faced shumer
“Pence is waiting for someone to write a speech for him so he knows what to say”
Vice president Pence was there in his capacity as being the president of Congress. It wasn’t his show, and he did exactly what he probably should have done... which is to not interrupt the President of the United States and not interrupt the personages that the POTUS was having a conversation with.
Gosh! Who’s having the temper tantrum Chuckie?
NEVER. HAPPEN.
And the Republican leaders are where ?!!
I have a word for Nancy Pelosi.
MAGA
LOL! If all Rs were like him they'd have a veto proof, permanent majority.
Trump/Flynn in 2020.
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