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.
Rich
Its not a coincidence that its those two. Hes showing them their rap sheets and explaining why they need play according to the new rules.
They lead with the unspecified discussion aka “lunch” being with “two of his biggest Senate Republican critics”.
But why make it about them when they were but two among many, including a “D” senator, too? The horrors.
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.).
To me, one of the most fascinating things about President Trump in all of this is that he knows everything about the deep state, who they are, what they’re doing and what they’ve done.
Justice may be/will be blind, but President Trump is not.
“...explaining why they need play according to the new rules...”
This is correct. President Trump holds the aces now. He is letting the two potential traitors know that they do not have the upper hand anymore.
I need to work on my observer skills and get some reader glasses or a Snickers bar and an overnight at a Holiday Inn Express before posting again.
I saw “N.D.” but, with Romney and Collins on my mind, I only saw the “D” part and reacted, immediately thinking the worse about John Hoeven ... please forgive me ... I know better.
“ Romney IS a weird duck.”
Well face it, you have to be if your going to be a Mormon. Next to Islam it is the kookiest cult to fool stupid people into a false religion. Not sure which one has the more insane founder.
The Democommies have just released a transcript from Adam Schiff who was in the basement of the White House and overheard the conversation.
PDJT said, "If you folks go along with my plans, I will give each of you $15 million. I know that's not much to you, but it's just a little sign of my respect for you. And, thanks for not bringing any black people with you to lunch. I didn't want to serve fried chicken and watermelon."
Notice that he didn’t invite Murkowski’s precious baby girl lisa. As bad as these two are it signals that lisa murky is beyond any hope. As an Alaskan let me say I am ashamed of this woman. Don’t blame me.
I was happily surprised when she opted to back Kavanaugh - perhaps she was putting a chip in her pocket or paying one off...
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Yes it was .... and it was a very good speech she made.
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