Ex-Obama and Reid staffers: McConnell would pretend to be busy to avoid meeting with Obama

BY BRETT SAMUELS at the Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/362180-ex-obama-and-reid-staffers-mcconnell-would-pretend-to-be-busy-to-avoid

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Former staffers for President Obama and former Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday ripped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for criticizing Democratic leaders for declining a meeting with President Trump, saying McConnell used to pretend to be busy to avoid scheduling meetings with Obama.

“I never refused to go to a meeting that President Obama called,” McConnell told reporters after Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) canceled a scheduled meeting with Trump, McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

McConnell said Schumer and Pelosi’s decision showed “a lack of seriousness” to work toward a deal on a government spending bill before the end of the year.

“McConnell would also pretend to be ‘busy’ to prevent a meeting from being scheduled because he didn’t want his base to see him with Obama,” former Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer tweeted.


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