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Vice President Mike Pence defended President Trump's conduct on Wednesday following a meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), following claims from Democrats that the president had stormed out of the meeting.
"The president walked into the room and passed out candy. It's true," Pence told reporters. "I don't recall him ever raising his voice or slamming his hand."
"He never raised his voice," added McCarthy, who was standing behind Pence during the press conference.
Democrats exited Wednesday's meeting complaining of a "temper tantrum" they said Trump had during the meeting, which according to Pelosi and Schumer ended with the president abruptly leaving the meeting after Pelosi refused his latest demand for $5.7 billion in border security funding.
McCarthy reported it was Butterfingers and a couple of other types. It was a nice mix.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424616-pence-says-trump-passed-out-candy-and-didnt-raise-his-voice-in
LisaM
(27,762 posts)what's with this weird habit of handing out candy? Didn't he give Starbursts to Angela Merkel or some weird thing?
rurallib
(62,346 posts)maybe snorting that Adderall makes him crave sweets?
Ohiogal
(31,669 posts)it makes him look magnanimous
he saw GWBush JR give mints to Michelle and optics were great, so why not try?
LisaM
(27,762 posts)about ever taking candy from a Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/donald-trump-jnr-compares-refugees-poisoned-skittles-twitter-reacted
I made a basic quick thought and was corrected by dated facts,,well done. I will add,,, do you think he remembers that tweet from 2 years ago?
Koz
LisaM
(27,762 posts)They are all so conditioned to lying, that I doubt that they truly remember anything.
malaise
(267,830 posts)He is mad
Croney
(4,646 posts)He thinks other people are addicted to sugar and junk food like he is.
onethatcares
(16,133 posts)I wonder where his "butterfingers" have been..........but seriously, he probably wanted to say, "what would you doooooo for a Klondike bar".
Or
He's been pretending he's the president for so long and thinks it's Halloween and he's handing out candy to the kids.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)Shell_Seas
(3,319 posts)I can see it now... "Hello Democrats *sniff sniff.* You're so awful. Bad. Here have a snickers. *sniff sniff* WITCH HUNT!"
Seems unlikely.
rainin
(3,010 posts)Maybe trump supporters think that is the sign of a GREAT negotiator. He brought candy!
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)a cheap salesman's trick using a piece of candy (reciprocation) would work?
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Probably not a good idea to offer up proof of that concept.
Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)
Pence, I would expect he passed out the cigarettes.
Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)spanone
(135,636 posts)Pompous Pious Mike
honest.abe
(8,556 posts)it went all downhill from there.
TlalocW
(15,359 posts)If you're going to offer up candy like that, make it a Chick-O-Stick.
TlalocW
Caliman73
(11,694 posts)I used to like Butterfinger but one too many times I got those sharp ass shards of peanut butter impaled in the roof of my mouth.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)to be absolutely undefinable even in Sci Fi terms.
He gave them CANDY?????????
He...
I...
Dont see a sane way out of this hideous nightmare.
Dealing with lunatics, liars, traitors, twisted Narcissists, truly soulless monsters. And then there is the cadre of shameless self serving ass kissers.
Pence.
McConnell
Any fing Republican actually.
Just beyond intelligence.
Just...
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)we'll escape this insane nightmare without PTSD, being adrenaline junkies, dissociation from "reasonable" sounding things later because we've all been in crisis mode for years, and these clowns in the GOP that have been wasting our precious time and lives? In a sane country they would have been locked up & studied closely.
I may just smoke some dope & go to bed.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,063 posts)FUCK YOU!!
Baitball Blogger
(46,576 posts)The Candy King would have been more appropriate:
area51
(11,868 posts)to the VP of gaslighting, Pence.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)It was a good observation---Pence ceased to be an actual person some time ago, and settled for being a ceremonial doll. Just another indication of trump's malignant effect on people.
LiberalFighter
(50,504 posts)He states he doesn't recall DT doing it. He doesn't say that DT didn't do it. Pence added the words "doesn't recall". If a person can't unequivocally state someone didn't do it then they must have done it.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)badhair77
(4,191 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Tantrump is right?
Buckeyeblue
(5,491 posts)And, of course, he is a liar.
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)thegoose
(3,115 posts)And his fucking jelly bellies. Senile! Asshole! Criminal!
0rganism
(23,856 posts)or passed gas
candy? really? does he think we're all 8 years old? maybe he should try passing out candy to actual children so they won't visibly hate him as much during photo ops.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)louis-t
(23,199 posts)"Here, don't say I never gave ya nuthin'."
trc
(823 posts)Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)n/t
lame54
(35,141 posts)Don't say i never gave you anything
Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)They used to put candy in bomb shelters, for short term emergency food.
Maybe Trump was alluding to going into his bunker, and waiting out the Apocalypse he may cause.
If so, the candy is getting better. In my day, there were only two flavors. Both hard candy. Think it was something like lemon, and cherry.