Posted on 07/23/2018 10:46:51 AM PDT by jazusamo
Full title: Maxine Waters: Trump Is 'Putin's Apprentice,' Republicans Should Protest Putin Meeting Outside White House
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) accused President Trump of being “Putin’s apprentice” on MSNBC Sunday following the news that Trump will be meeting with the Russian president at the White House in the fall. Waters also claimed that she knew what Putin and Trump discussed during their private meeting in Helsinki, Finland earlier this month.
Waters, who has issued dramatic calls for Trump’s impeachment since the beginning of his presidency, said she believes Trump discussed lifting sanctions on Russia during his private meeting with Putin.
“I think I know what they talked about,” she told MSNBC’s Joy Reid, “they talked about lifting the sanctions, they talked about the upcoming elections, they talked about all of the things that they could not talk about in an email or on the phone. He had to go and meet with him in private so that he could talk about what he’s going to do what I believe is his commitment to get those sanctions lifted.”
“This president, I believe, has promised him (Putin) that, once he was elected, he would get those sanctions lifted,” she added, “I think he is Putin’s apprentice. He’s been under his tutelage for a long time now.”
Waters blamed Republicans for not protesting the president over his invitation for a fall meeting with Putin.
“I dare them to talk about how patriotic they are given what they’re allowing this president to do,” she said.
“He’s going to invite him unless the Congress of the United States really takes some serious action,” she continued, asking, “how many of the Republicans are saying I won’t come to the White House, I’m going to be outside demonstrating? How many of them saying don’t invite me to any dinner, you better not have a state dinner.”
This is not the first time Waters has called for protests. She faced serious backlash, including from members of her own party, when she told her supporters at a rally to harass Trump administration officials in restaurants, stores, and gas stations.
Some world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, consider President Trump’s planned meeting with Putin to be a positive thing for both countries.
However, Democrats reacted to the announcement with angry rhetoric Friday. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called on House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to promise that a “thug like Putin” would not address a joint session of Congress as world leaders occasionally do when visiting. Pelosi also shares Waters's theory that Putin has compromising information on Trump, calling the Russian president Trump's "puppeteer" last week.
High-ranking Democrats and some Republicans criticized President Trump’s remarks at a press conference last week following the Helsinki summit where he appeared to downplay Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump later clarified that he agreed with the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment of the issue.
Awwwww.
How kindergartner of her...
You mean like... : "...after I'm re-elected I'll have more flexibility?" that Obungo told the Russians?
You forgot also Dumbest!
Although the California version makes it a close race
More like a lobotomy to late for the straight jacket.
Could anyone here on FR make a list of the world leaders that met with:
President Jimmah Carter
President Bill Clinton
President Barack Obama
Sec of State Hillary Clinton
Then, convince all of here on FR that EVERYTHING any of these 4 EVER discussed with other world leaders was discussed entirely in the open & the public knows EVERYTHING that was said.
Tick Tock Tick Tock......
I must add:
Sec of State John Kerry
that mental illness is not new.
If it weren’t for gerrymandering congressional districts, we wouldn’t have these stupid morons in congress.
What causes Waters to go ape s#it all the time ?
She does not make any sense at all. She just talks and talks about Trump and how awful he is, but without anything more than she wants to impeach him. Impeach him for what? She cannot answer you.
Only California Democrats would elect a moron for a senator
Maxine, Russia was last week...this week it is Trump caused the Duck Boat sinking, next week it will be Trump caused the Amtrak to be late...
Yeah, she's nuts alright. Everyone knows by this time that the only ones found to be colluding with your Russian buddies were the sleaze ball treasonous democrats.
The Dems would do themselves and the country a favor if they have a straight jacket put on Mad Maxine.
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Yes, they would. I am quite sure Maxine Darling cannot put one word in front of another to make an adequate rebuttal of anything doesn’t like. I hate to see her demean herself so relentlessly. Sigh.
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