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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:11 PM Feb 2018

Trump excludes Florida's Dem senator from 'bipartisan' meeting on guns - just like after hurricane

Source: RawStory

Trump excludes Florida’s Democratic senator from ‘bipartisan’ meeting on guns — just like he did after hurricane

DAVID EDWARDS
28 FEB 2018 AT 11:05 ET

Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida’s only Democratic senator, was excluded from a “bipartisan” meeting on gun laws at the White House even though the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School occurred in his state.

The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump had scheduled a bipartisan meeting to talk about gun legislation on Wednesday.

“An effort to tighten the national background-check system for gun sales bogged down on Capitol Hill Tuesday, but lawmakers held out hope that bipartisan negotiations, including a White House meeting on Wednesday, could spur legislative action in response to recent mass shootings,” the Journal noted.

But according to The Tampa Bay Times, Nelson office confirmed this week that he was snubbed from the meeting. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and other Florida lawmakers were invited to the event.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/trump-excludes-floridas-democratic-senator-bipartisan-meeting-guns-just-like-hurricane/

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Trump excludes Florida's Dem senator from 'bipartisan' meeting on guns - just like after hurricane (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP

Bill Nelson should show up to represent his constituents and Zoonart Feb 2018 #1

Very good idea. At this point, I dont think Bill Nelson has anything to lose. blake2012 Feb 2018 #5

huh Larrybanal Feb 2018 #7

You can show up to the guard house at the White House gate... Zoonart Feb 2018 #9

exactly this bluestarone Feb 2018 #17

love this idea.... dhill926 Feb 2018 #8

I Agree - That's What Would Happen If The Shoe Were On The Other Foot..... global1 Feb 2018 #11

Maybe f-ing moron is afraid Nelson will Inslee him ? fierywoman Feb 2018 #2

Trump can not understand the meaning of a bigly word like bipartisan !! riversedge Feb 2018 #3

CNN rightly brings in the key US Congress for townhall blake2012 Feb 2018 #4

Chickenshit coward. dalton99a Feb 2018 #6

"Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democratic, was excluded from a bipartisan meeting " mitch96 Feb 2018 #10

Sen Nelson can use it in a campaign Ad.. Cha Feb 2018 #20

Give IQ45 the benefit of the doubt............. MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #12

My senator packman Feb 2018 #13

What totally disgusting and scaredy behavior. sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #14

This is one-party rule by design. ancianita Feb 2018 #15

More evidence that Rubio is an asshole. SpankMe Feb 2018 #16

I am listening to the meeting now. missingm Feb 2018 #18

Nelson should send him a thank-you note. Turbineguy Feb 2018 #19

Zoonart

(11,879 posts)

1. Bill Nelson should show up to represent his constituents and

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:13 PM

Feb 2018

let tRump throw him out. Create a scene.

blake2012

(1,294 posts)

5. Very good idea. At this point, I dont think Bill Nelson has anything to lose.

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:19 PM

Feb 2018

He has the moral high ground. It’s his state and this is a snub by the fuckface Trump.

Larrybanal

(227 posts)

7. huh

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:26 PM

Feb 2018

you can't just pop in to the west wing of the white house
BUT it will not be long before trump is complaining that the dems will not be bi-partisan

Zoonart

(11,879 posts)

9. You can show up to the guard house at the White House gate...

Reply to Larrybanal (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:33 PM

Feb 2018

with the press in tow... present your credentials and wait there while they confer with the WH staff that will eventually bar you... then turn to the press and let it rip.
I have been to the White House and know how the check in proceedure works.

bluestarone

(17,060 posts)

17. exactly this

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #9)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 04:21 PM

Feb 2018

This would have been a hell of an idea!!!!! The students deserve this!!

dhill926

(16,364 posts)

8. love this idea....

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:26 PM

Feb 2018

global1

(25,272 posts)

11. I Agree - That's What Would Happen If The Shoe Were On The Other Foot.....

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:46 PM

Feb 2018

Let Trump throw him out. Maybe Trump won't let him have a chance to be thrown out - because he won't be let in. Either way - have the press waiting outside and hold an impromtu press conference pointing out that the shooting happened in his state and Trump is having a bipartisan meeting - but he won't let the Dem Senator from the State represent his constituency. Make a big deal about this and don't let up on Trump.

fierywoman

(7,696 posts)

2. Maybe f-ing moron is afraid Nelson will Inslee him ?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:14 PM

Feb 2018

riversedge

(70,314 posts)

3. Trump can not understand the meaning of a bigly word like bipartisan !!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:17 PM

Feb 2018

blake2012

(1,294 posts)

4. CNN rightly brings in the key US Congress for townhall

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:18 PM

Feb 2018

But our executive branch won’t? Man, we have got to send a many exclamation point loud message in 2018. Fuck Trump. We don’t deserve this shitbag.

Get busy Mueller! And everyone go vote!

dalton99a

(81,607 posts)

6. Chickenshit coward.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:21 PM

Feb 2018

mitch96

(13,926 posts)

10. "Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democratic, was excluded from a bipartisan meeting "

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:41 PM

Feb 2018

Stupid, They just opened the pandoras box for the future...Next administration can exclude Republicans and play the "what about tRump" card...

Cadet bone spurs idea of "bipartisan" is center right, right wing and crazy batshit right wing gun toting conservatives...

m

Cha

(297,733 posts)

20. Sen Nelson can use it in a campaign Ad..

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #10)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 06:32 PM

Feb 2018

"Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democratic, was excluded from a bipartisan meeting "

Doesn't sound like something a Dem prez would do.. that's an insecure, petty little trump thing.

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)

12. Give IQ45 the benefit of the doubt.............

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:49 PM

Feb 2018

I'd be willing to bet that he doesn't know that every state has TWO senators!

packman

(16,296 posts)

13. My senator

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 02:00 PM

Feb 2018

Only bright spot in the dismal political Florida landscape - Anyone with an "F" rating from the NRA is my friend

sinkingfeeling

(51,475 posts)

14. What totally disgusting and scaredy behavior.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 02:19 PM

Feb 2018

ancianita

(36,137 posts)

15. This is one-party rule by design.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 03:28 PM

Feb 2018

SpankMe

(2,969 posts)

16. More evidence that Rubio is an asshole.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 03:54 PM

Feb 2018

Even though he's of the opposite party from Nelson, he should have insisted that Nelson be invited, too. Or he should have declined.

missingm

(56 posts)

18. I am listening to the meeting now.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 04:48 PM

Feb 2018

Trump strongly opposed including concealed carry reciprocity in any bill (like the House Bill) and restated the need for a raise to 21 age for rifles. Some hope. Of course he wants to get rid of gun free zones, although Trump seems limited to military bases.

Also open to improving Brady Act confiscations.

Turbineguy

(37,372 posts)

19. Nelson should send him a thank-you note.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Feb 28, 2018, 06:16 PM

Feb 2018

"Thinks for not wasting my time dickhead!"

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