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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) engaged in a fierce clash on Tuesday, squaring off amid rising antagonism between the White House and congressional Democrats.
Their disagreement appeared to be over something innocuous how long Mnuchin would continue to testify at a hearing but Waters refused to budge and Mnuchin became furious when he wasnt dismissed after more than three hours of testimony.
When Waters told Mnuchin he was free to get up and leave, Mnuchin appeared nervous, unsure what that would mean.
Please dismiss everybody, Mnuchin said, he then mispronounced the wooden mallet she held in her hand.
I believe you are supposed to take the gravel [sic] and bang it, he said.
Waters snapped back at him immediately.
Please do not instruct me as to how I am to conduct this committee, she said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mnuchin-waters-engage-in-angry-exchange-with-cameras-rolling-on-capitol-hill/ar-BBVMlso?li=BBnb7Kz
Oh you poor dear. Somewhere Hillary Clinton is chuckling to herself.
3catwoman3
(23,993 posts)Dont mess with Auntie Maxine.
Mnuchin is such an arrogant asshole.
magicarpet
(14,150 posts)... is 10X tougher than Mnuchin,... a bit more pretty,.. but every bit as obscenely driven by conspicuous consumption as he is, avarice is their best friend.
Mike Nelson
(9,956 posts)
GREAT! really elevated my view of Maxine Waters - a woman of very high IQ, obviously!
skylucy
(3,739 posts)I think I've underestimated her! She is AWESOME! (And Mnuchin obviously cannot handle any pressure at all. What a woos.)
DFW
(54,386 posts)Does Trump give fake speech therapy to his remaining cabinet secretaries?
I would have loved to see Mnuchin's face if Waters had said, "Well, Mr. Secretary, if you have any gravel on your person, you are welcome to bring it up here and I will bang it."
3catwoman3
(23,993 posts)...to have seen just such scenario.
Representative Waters dont take no crap from bullshitters.
Takket
(21,570 posts)she gets up and leaves, goes outside and makes everyone wait while she gathers some gravel to bang LOL
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)Rep Waters shouldn't even have to deal with this criminal.
watoos
(7,142 posts)I'm not a violent person at 71 years old but Mnuchin just has that look that would entice someone to bust his glasses right across the bridge of his nose. Just a joke of course, like the joke that McCarthy told Ryan about Trump and Rohrabacher being on Putin's payroll.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)what a disrespectful POS he is. To show his utter arrogance to a Committee head, especially to Maxine Waters.
spooky3
(34,455 posts)byronius
(7,395 posts)Fascist freak. Nazi-worshiping monster. I hope he finds himself hunted. I hope he gets justice.
Sorry, but displays of arrogance like that to Maxine Waters FUCKING FREAK ME OUT.
Mnuchin is a Traitor to this nation. He deserves neither respect nor consideration, but incarceration.
Fucker.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)Go Maxine, GO!
Digital Puppy
(496 posts)Idiot.
Irishxs
(622 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,427 posts)Wall Street "smartest guys in the room?"..... seriously??
Must have been a really frickin' small room. I'm guessing it's a bathroom stall, and a tiny one on top of it.
George II
(67,782 posts)....to the point of Gowdy looking suicidal after the hearing.
Munchkin? Suck it up or resign.
Volaris
(10,271 posts)Hillary has more balls in her fingernail clippings than these CUCKS have in their whole manly bodies...
AND THATS WHY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM HER.
3 hours lol.
spooky3
(34,455 posts)Thank you, Cong. Waters, for not backing down.
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)I'd be scared shitless and do all my homework.