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Posted on 11/21/2019 10:52:02 AM PST by jazusamo
President Trump invited two of his biggest Senate Republican critics, Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), to the White House Thursday for an unspecified discussion.
The invitation comes as impeachment hearings in the House continue. The House is widely expected to impeach Trump, which would create a trial in the Senate where Romney and Collins would be two of the most scrutinized GOP votes.
Romney said before the meeting that he planned to talk about his own bill, the Trust Act, and the president’s plan for regulating vaping products.
“If I’m asked for questions I want to talk to him about my Trust Act and get his perspectives on that. Vaping as well, I’d like to talk to him about his vaping plans,” Romney said.
The other Senate attendees at Thursday’s lunch were Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
Thursday’s event was the latest in a series of lunches that Trump has held with Republican senators.
Last week he previewed for a small group of senators the transcript from his April 21 phone call congratulating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his election.
Some Republican senators have used these meetings as a chance to give the president advice, such as Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who in a recent lunch session urged the president to not let himself become too personally consumed by impeachment and let his Republican allies on Capitol Hill take up more of the burden of defense.
Grassley on Thursday said he had no agenda for the meeting.
“I’m going to see how the meeting goes. If they have an agenda, we’ll have to stick to their agenda,” he said.
They’re bringing Nancy Deal , you stop Barr and we’ll stop impeachment
We will see if Romney and Collins have even one iota of the President’s courage.
Trust Act dead on arrival. There is no new taxes that will ever be acceptable as long as the US Federal Govt demonstrates it total lack of fiscal responsibility
Clean up you act for the next 5 years Congress and then you can ask us for more taxes.
Friends close, enemies closer.
No deal.
PDJT is winning this war, despite overwhelming odds.That’s why they are at the table.
Couple of new food tasters ?
Now we know the poor GOP-es are likely undergoing edification on the subject of the bovine's mastication of Brassica oleracea.
Quid pro quo Monte cristo.
Romney said before the meeting that he planned to talk about his own bill, the Trust Act, and the president’s plan for regulating vaping products.
This is McConnell’s game plan. Have Trump over the barrel on impeachment so he can ram through more stinking piles of garbage bills. BOHICA.
Nah they don’t have that much bargaining power especially if implicated. No deals!
Romney needs to be crushed like the worm he is.
Nah! The military does not make deals with traitors.
Collins voted to place Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. She knew there would be a good chance it would cost her her Senate seat. I don’t agree with a lot of her politics but I certainly call that vote courageous.
Yep, Mittens priorities are about as interesting watching grass grow.
You bet. Maybe Trump is making them a deal they can’t refuse.
Sure ... when you are up to your ass in synthetic alligators while trying to drain a swamp ... it is always important to discuss vaping products!!
This is going to sound like a stupid question, and well that prospect never stopped me before, so....
Why all these business ‘Lunches’ and ‘Dinners’.
Why not just have a business ‘Meeting’?
Could it be that Mr. Trump has become accustomed to this traditional way of discussing topics of great importance, and he feels better approaching the issues in the manner of an afterthought. “The Filet Mignon was delicious! Tender but not over cooked. Oh and Mitt, what do you think about the Impeachment Hearings?”
I have never liked business lunches. My mind is on the topics at hand, and I often just lose my appetite waiting to hear the ‘real reasons’ we were asked here today.
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