Posted on 02/16/2017 3:22:17 PM PST by COUNTrecount
Black Democratic congressman says Trump 'made up' story about him canceling White House meeting because Chuck Schumer told him to
Donald Trump said during Thursday's press conference that Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings had canceled a White House meeting with him
The president said he was willing to meet with the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss urban issues, and cited Cummings as a Democrat he could work with
But Cummings, he said, had made it impossible to schedule a meeting – and he blamed Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer for telling him not to come
Cummings disputed the story, but only denied the portion involving supposed pressure from Schumer
The reporter who asked Trump about urban issues, April Ryan, made headlines this week over an angry confrontation with Trump aide Omarosa Manigault
A Maryland Democratic congressman says Donald Trump invented part of a story on Thursday about a planned meeting between the two men that never happened.
During a White House press conference, the president said Rep. Elijah Cummings was scheduled to sit down with him but canceled because of pressure from Democratic leaders who are concerned about political appearances.
'I actually thought I had a meeting with Congressman Cummings. And he was all excited,' Trump told reporter April Ryan – who, like Cummings, is a vocal advocate for African-Americans.
'And then he said, "Oh, I can't move – it might be bad for me politically. I can't have that meeting." I was all set to have the meeting," the president claimed.
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I think Trump was speculating about Schumer
Cummings? Who would believe anything that guy said?
Sorry Snowflakes. I believe the president. Not that whiny little b*tch, Cummings. Cummings is a liar.
In the first place it’s hard to figure out what is actually going on from this story.
In the second place, yeah, I really believe anything that comes from Congressman Cumming’s mouth.
Does anyone find the need to preface the headline with “Black” to be a little like a bait bucket?
Chuck runs the Plantation ?
You know he’s texting zero ‘are you gonna do something about this cracker?!’
Ahem......I think I’ll take the Presidents word over that far left Cummings.
LOL. With you screenname, I can see where you’d be sensitive. We’re not colorist, really :)
LOL. With you screenname, I can see where you’d be sensitive. We’re not colorist, really :)
Trump made it CLEAR he was speculating about Schumer influence, he did not “make up a story” — he was wondering why the commie Cummings cannot have a simple meeting.
Cummings is PAID by the taxpayers (paid much more than his sorry ass is worth), and he accomplishes NOTHING for his constituents.
President Trump has been trying to engage Cummings constructively, but the a-hole would rather be a petty partisan DemocRAT.
Too bad, I always liked his poetry....
Trump was being nice. The real reason was because Trump reminded himself what a disagreeable ugly skank Cummings is.
I believed he also said it would be the first inauguration he ever skipped, and then it was discovered that he'd skipped the inauguration of Bush '41.
When he caught "making things up," he blamed his age and his infirm brain.
This is embarrassing. What passes for news is now just gossip with the threat of the NSA having it all on secret recordings.
Ceausescu had secret police too.
Just imagine what sort of people believe Schumer OR Cummings! Neither could find the truth with a large print map.
Hmmm, let’s see, should I believe President Trump, or Cummings, who has already been caught in his own lies over his collusion with Lois Lerner to discriminate against voter fraud prevention group True the Vote?
The only reason I would schedule a meeting with that worthless jackass Elijah Cummings is so I could have the joy of canceling it.
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