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TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 02:16 AM Jan 2019

Pelosi to Trump: 'Hawaii is part of the United States of America'

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is shooting back at critics who questioned why she was vacationing over the holidays in Hawaii amid a government shutdown.

Pelosi told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie that she observed Christmas in the islands, but that she and other Democrats in the U.S. House “stood ready” to reconvene if a deal could be reached to reopen the government.

She added, “And the president may not know this, but Hawaii is part of the United States of America. Maybe he doesn’t realize that. That’s why he said Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States when he was born in Hawaii.”

“Hawaii has airports and airlines and telephones.”

Pelosi came under fire for traveling to the Big Island over the holidays — while President Trump cancelled his planned visit to Florida because of the shutdown.

Read more: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/01/04/pelosi-trump-hawaii-is-part-united-states-america/


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Pelosi to Trump: 'Hawaii is part of the United States of America' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2019 OP
It was/is a #TrumpShutDown--Pelosi tried to keep it open. riversedge Jan 2019 #1
Nancy Pelosi was not yet Speaker of the House. Control-Z Jan 2019 #2
I feel we as Democrats should stop responding to Repug tweets. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #3

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
2. Nancy Pelosi was not yet Speaker of the House.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 04:00 AM
Jan 2019

That happened today. She had no new powers at the time to warrant her cancellation of holiday plans.

I guess the idiot still doesn't understand how any of it works.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
3. I feel we as Democrats should stop responding to Repug tweets.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 05:01 AM
Jan 2019

That is not the way government should work. It should not be a function of statements on any social media. I feel our Democrats should respond only to official written communique and if our guys feel they must respond, they might just say: "send it to my office in writing".

We must try to return our politics to standards of decorum and procedure and eliminate sensationalism.

Same applies to the rest of the world, especially with regard to Trump and his minions.....

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