Pelosi's spokesman accused Trump of posing a 'grave threat' to House Democrats' personal security in a statement on the postponed trip that invoked the warnings of his own State Department.
'After President Trump revoked the use of military aircraft to travel to Afghanistan, the delegation was prepared to fly commercially to proceed with this vital trip to meet with our commanders and troops on the front lines,' Drew Hammill explained.
'In the middle of the night, the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service provided an updated threat assessment detailing that the President announcing this sensitive travel had significantly increased the danger to the delegation and to the troops, security, and other officials supporting the trip,' he said.
'This morning, we learned that the Administration had leaked the commercial travel plans as well.'
White House spokesman Hogan Gidley declined to stop and talk to reporters after an appearance on Fox News about Pelosi's claims. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the charges, either.
President Trump had assailed Pelosi earlier in the morning, calling her cancelled trip to visit the troops an 'excursion' in a tweet that slammed her for trying to 'leave the Country' during a government shutdown.
Trump asked, 'Why would Nancy Pelosi leave the Country with other Democrats on a seven day excursion when 800,000 great people are not getting paid.
'Also, could somebody please explain to Nancy & her “big donors” in wine country that people working on farms (grapes) will have easy access in!'
Not his state department. Obama holdovers in the dept.
Sounds like there might be some State Department holdovers that need to be let go.
How did the letter sent to Nancy hit the News ?
Her security? Selfish porkface. How about OUR security? Build the wall.
picking up chocolate in Belgium, maybe..?
She did it once before, diverted her yuuuuuge plane maybe 1,000 miles to do it, too.
How can announcing a non-trip be dangerous? DUH
Just keep talking, Nancy. Never stop.
Would have loved to be a fly on the wall as the Dems went nuts...would have also loved to be part of the air crew - would have cracked my face wide open with the biggest grin ever....
The state department has been full of Communists since Joe McCarthy’s investigation was blocked by the lying press.
Just as Pelosi suggested to Trump, she could have done that in writing and skipped the appearance.
-PJ
The Empire Strikes Back......movie
The Vile Botoxian Strikes Back.....reality
Both provide great entertainment....LOL
Pelousy puts real meaning into the phrase, “grasping at straws”, LOL!
Politicians always plan these trips to include a brief “business” meeting or two stuck in between the dinners, parties, and hazardous beach duty. The meetings provide the legal justification for sticking the taxpayers with the bill.
Both parties do it.
If they were planning to fly commercially, then there would have been at least several hundred people OUTSIDE the White House who would have known about their travel plans.
Anyone who thinks these Democrats had any intention of taking a commercial flight to Brussels, let along AFGHANISTAN, is a moron.
Since the excursion was canceled, how was her anti-American a** endangered? Of course, logic doesn’t matter; only feelings and hatred.
She worried about being attacked in CA?
F off Nancy. Look in a F^^king mirror and then talk B^^CH!
How convenient! Just when you need a crisis, the Dems are sure to provide the situational description. It does not matter it lacks credibility and not reality based. The Narrative/Branding is what is important.
The State Department’s the heart of the Swamp - - ‘intelligence’ the fists...
I guess Nancy thinks she was voted into office to hog-up 24/7 TV face time by any and every means conceivable... including (but NOT limited to) infantile tantrums and incessant displays of abject lunacy!