Posted on 07/13/2014 7:58:50 AM PDT by mandaladon
On Wednesday of this past week, Rep. Henry Cuellar revealed to Fox & Friends that he has received some “angry” calls from the White House, pushing back against his criticism of the way President Barack Obama is handling the crisis on the U.S. border with Mexico. The following night, CNN’s Anderson Cooper pushed Cuellar to expand on how exactly the White House expresses its displeasure with him.
“I understand someone from the White House actually called you up, angry that you were criticizing the president publicly. What did they say?” Cooper asked.
“I thought we had a very constructive, positive conversation,” Cuellar said, downplaying the “angry” factor. Though Obama did not choose the visit the border on his trip this week, the congressman said he still hopes he will return and visit it soon. “I’m not asking for anything else, come down to the boarder and just see it for yourself. If it’s not important, then why is he asking us for $3.7 billion of help? And I want to be supportive of the president on that funding.”
Pushing Cuellar to reveal more, Cooper said, “I know you don’t want to say who called you from the White House, but did they yell at you? You said it was constructive dialogue. Clearly, they are not happy at you being on television talking out.”
“I think they are very smart. They are not going to yell at a member of congress who sits on an appropriations committee,” Cuellar answered, perhaps tossing a subtle threat in the Obama administration’s direction. “There was no yelling, there were conversations.”
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Excellent!!
Good for Cuellar for speaking up. That’s one.
He had better be thinking four steps ahead of the party though.
Democrat Party motto - “Party Uber Alles”
Things get ugly when minorities on the Dem Plantation get “uppity”.
I agree. I smell lies. He’s just spouting off to get more attention from news media. All lies all the time from the DemonCraps.
“Which party is that?”
Tea.
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