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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:27 AM Mar 2019

GOP Senators Interrupt Trump's Family Dinner To Change His Mind On Emergency

By Kate Riga
March 14, 2019 10:18 am

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Sasse (R-NE) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) busted in on President Donald Trump’s family dinner in his private residence Wednesday night to craft a last-minute out for Trump as a bicameral rebuke on his national emergency declaration becomes more and more likely.

According to a Thursday Washington Post report, they pushed an 11th hour proposal to give senators a way to vote for the emergency declaration and also take a stand on what is being perceived as presidential overreach.

A White House lawyer was hauled in to explain why the proposal wouldn’t work. Trump reportedly ended the exchange irritated and surly and began Thursday morning with a new veto threat on Twitter.

Link to tweet

With Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) last-minute effort to give the President some cover in the garbage, a rejection in the Senate and Trump’s first presidential veto seem to be on the docket.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gop-senators-bust-into-trump-family-dinner-national-emergency

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GOP Senators Interrupt Trump's Family Dinner To Change His Mind On Emergency (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2019 OP

"Family dinner?" Cracklin Charlie Mar 2019 #1

Melania never smiles when she's with her husband... dubyadiprecession Mar 2019 #4

Trump and his random commas Botany Mar 2019 #2

looks like that went well Kurt V. Mar 2019 #3

More repugnant mental gymnastic backflips to enable drumph. No shame at all. BSdetect Mar 2019 #5

"Trump reportedly ended the exchange irritated and surly" yellowcanine Mar 2019 #6

Why did they even add this?? The Genealogist Mar 2019 #11

He's half right. klook Mar 2019 #7

Oxymoron of the day: "Trump Family Dinner". greatauntoftriplets Mar 2019 #8

Don't see how Big Mac Combo + 2 scoops of ice cream equals Family Dinner. yellowcanine Mar 2019 #9

What's the matter with those senators? aka-chmeee Mar 2019 #12

Yeah, exactly! smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #10

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

1. "Family dinner?"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:32 AM

Mar 2019

Just Trump, Mayor McCheese, and The Colonel.

dubyadiprecession

(5,714 posts)

4. Melania never smiles when she's with her husband...

Reply to Cracklin Charlie (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:46 AM

Mar 2019

I’m sure, she’s prefers not to eat with him.

Botany

(70,516 posts)

2. Trump and his random commas

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:34 AM

Mar 2019

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)

3. looks like that went well

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:36 AM

Mar 2019

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)

5. More repugnant mental gymnastic backflips to enable drumph. No shame at all.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:47 AM

Mar 2019

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

6. "Trump reportedly ended the exchange irritated and surly"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:49 AM

Mar 2019

Sounds as if it went really well then.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)

11. Why did they even add this??

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 11:56 AM

Mar 2019

When is he NOT irritated and surly?? To include it would be like reporting in a story on a car wreck that the asphalt is black.

klook

(12,157 posts)

7. He's half right.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:51 AM

Mar 2019

The southern border is a humanitarian nightmare all right — and Trump’s policies are a major contributor to that situation.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,742 posts)

8. Oxymoron of the day: "Trump Family Dinner".

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:56 AM

Mar 2019

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

9. Don't see how Big Mac Combo + 2 scoops of ice cream equals Family Dinner.

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 11:03 AM

Mar 2019

Just sayin'

aka-chmeee

(1,132 posts)

12. What's the matter with those senators?

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 01:00 PM

Mar 2019

Surely they know McDonalds fries are terrible unless they are hot; and they don't reheat worth a damn.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

10. Yeah, exactly!

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 11:29 AM

Mar 2019

A Trump Family Dinner? What is that? Trump stuffing Big Macs and fries down his gullet while texting in bed in his dirty, greasy bathrobe, Melania picking at a salad while plotting her escape w/ her Russian lover via Skype and Barron eating candy and ice cream while he plays endless hours of Fortnite alone in his room?

Does anyone think they actually sit down together like a civilized, normal family and eat dinner?

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