White House Says Report That Kelly, Miller Running DACA Talks 'Ridiculous'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Caitlin MacNeal | January 22, 2018 2:16 pm
The White House on Monday afternoon pushed back on a Sunday report in the New York Times that two top White House aides have overruled President Donald Trump as the administration negotiates with Congress on a deal to restore the protections from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Those charges are frankly ridiculous and theyre a little insulting, White House spokesperson Raj Shah said on CNN when asked about reporting that Chief of Staff John Kelly and White House adviser Stephen Miller have intervened in the negotiations between Trump and congressional leaders.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Kelly and Miller have intervened twice after Trump told congressional lawmakers that he was willing to strike a deal to restore DACAs protections. Kelly and Miller would follow up with a list of demands favored by conservatives, like funding for the border wall and measures that change the legal immigration system, according to the New York Times.
Shah told CNN on Monday that Trump alone is setting the immigration agenda, and he cast Kelly and Miller as experienced advisers that the President consults on immigration policy.
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Thekaspervote
(32,773 posts)grandpamike1
(193 posts)President Miller, and Vice President Kelly, with assistance to Dumb N Dumber, Cotton and Perdue.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)a. has no clue what he is doing
and
b. is going to do whatever the last person said to do
BTW, this proves he is the worst negotiator in history, worst businessperson who ever lived.
unblock
(52,250 posts)not fooled
(5,801 posts)have Nazis running this country."
Official White House denial.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)wasn't the Dotard doing the negotiating! That moron can't find his ample ass with both hands.
Raj Shah says the charges are a "little insulting"? To whom? Like they say: If the truth offends you, by all means avoid it.
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)First up a over 30 year old........... racist
Now a over 60 year old Lt. General.............racist
Skittles
(153,169 posts)I wonder what it's like, having to run the show while convincing others an orange ass clown is really in charge
tanyev
(42,564 posts)withoutapaddle
(263 posts)our nation is insulted every fucking time someone in the family, ahem administration, opens their goddamned mouths (or phone)