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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho was present at the "Pocahontas" meeting??
I want to know which Democrats were there.
I am going to call their offices and ask them why they didn't raise holy Hell during that meeting.
We all should call and ask them.
cilla4progress
(24,761 posts)Exactly
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)people were bussed to New Hampshire to vote illegally on election day. They should have called him out over that as well.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/02/10/trump-makes-groundless-voter-fraud-claims/fcnMJfLgOx0UAVhJeTS8TP/amp.html?client=ms-android-att-us
Why didn't the Democrats immediately call a press conference and denounce all this?
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)People tend to tune that out.
I'm kinda liking the way this is working. I know about 6-8 people, new to politics, who suddenly are getting up every morning and devouring articles like the fantastic ones you leave around here every day. I dont believe they would watch any press conference.
Six of them made history in Washington by participating in the Historic Women's March.
I'm not quite sure that I have ever seen or felt anything like this, and I am old. But, I am loving it!
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)"Thursdays meeting was an attempt to foster bipartisan support for Gorsuch, whose confirmation requires 60 votes in the Senate, where Republicans hold 52 seats. Attending were: Sens. Joe Manchin, Heidi Heitkamp, Jon Tester, Lamar Alexander, Chris Coons, Shelley Moore Capito, John Cornyn, Chuck Grassley, Joe Donnelly and Michael Bennet.
Ayotte and White House counsel Don McGahn also took part, along with White House chief of staff Reince Priebus."
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-voter-fraud-senators-meeting-234909
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)It's easier to let the fool dig his own hole.
It's kinda like having to listen to your crazy uncle rant at the Christmas party...you can get outta there quicker if you just avoid getting engaged in the crazy.
That being said...I would love to know who was in the room. They (democrat and republican) must really be getting a little panicky about the situation.
I know I am.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)What are we waiting for?
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)We'll get there.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Because that's how it appears to me.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)No way, no how, would not never do that.
I read all your posts! I love your work! I am inspired by your passion and enthusiasm. And by those same qualities in so many of my fellow democrats, lately.
Seriously. I just woke up this morning with a sense that forces may be quietly working to save us from this disaster. I feel so calm today...just trying to share.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Just do not, under any circumstances, stop posting. I rely on you, and many others here, to stay informed.
But let's let Assface dig his whole wide as well as deep. We got a lot of fake elephants to catch!
SHRED
(28,136 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)It doesn't work. Start criticizing Republicans, not Democrats.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)To stand up.
treestar
(82,383 posts)They know we don't have their backs and get more spineless. Republicans don't do that, and they win. I think they all think they are doing the right thing and we can't expect to agree with them on everything, especially stuff like this. They didn't get mad enough about the Pocahontas insult. Let's worry them about that.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)They're both useless assholes, unworthy of my time and energy.
The Democratic senators who were in that meeting and who listened to trump vilify Senator Warren without any apparent objection---they're a different matter. They'll be hearing from me on Monday, for damned sure. I encourage other Democrats to do the same.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)space. Try to imagine a corporate meeting or any meeting with the owner of the company there and he goes off on a crazed rant...would you speak up right then and there and go at it? With people being people I'm not surprised that nobody took on Trashpot right then and there. Some of these folks are in red districts...of course that plays into it too. GUARANTEED as soon as they were all outta there they ALL said what a fucking nut this guy is...and they all need to get the fuck on board with taking this guy down....whether out front and center or behind the scenes...a takedown better be in the works... That better be going on..and please nobody tell me different it's what I say to myself to maintain my sanity.