Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Trump holds National Council for the American Worker meeting — live updates
CBS News ^ | September 17, 2018

Posted on 09/17/2018 12:23:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Trump is expected to speak at what the White House is describing as the inaugural meeting of the President's National Council for the American Worker on Monday. The president praised the efforts of first responders after Hurricane Florence lashed out at the East Coast.

"Will not rest until that job is done and done perfectly," the president said, according to the White House press pool. "... It's a very dangerous situation. You have collapses. You have slides. Its very scary."

The council was formed to develop a national workforce strategy to help students and workers have access to the job education and job training they need to compete in the global economy.

Mr. Trump has yet to publicly comment on a claim from Palo Alto University professor Christine Ford alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her at a party when the two were both in high school. Ford has expressed a willingness to speak to the committee, as has Kavanaugh.

Some Republicans have suggested they want to hear from Ford before moving forward with a scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Thursday. But so far, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has yet to say he's even considering delaying the vote. Grassley did say he's looking to schedule follow-up calls with Ford and Kavanaugh. All 10 Democrats on the committee signed a letter urging Grassley to delay the vote.

Kavanaugh has flatly denied the accusation....

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americanworker; boycotts; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; economy; employment; hurricaneflorence; incometaxes; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; sanctions; seebs; smearmachine; tariffs; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; trade; trump; trumpfema; work; workers

1 posted on 09/17/2018 12:23:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Excellent.


2 posted on 09/17/2018 1:27:30 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gee, the article body barely gave lip service to the headline before they went straight to the Kavanaugh bashing.

Dirty bastards.


3 posted on 09/17/2018 4:51:55 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson