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‘She wields the knife’: Pelosi moves to belittle and undercut Trump in shutdown fight
WaPo via MSN ^ | 17 Jan 2019 | Paul Kane, Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey

Posted on 01/17/2019 1:21:06 PM PST by blueplum

House Democrats on Wednesday were making plans to undermine President Trump at his Jan. 29 State of the Union address. Just past 8:30 a.m., the leadership’s communications arm sent an email to lawmakers urging them to bring furloughed federal workers or other “message-related” guests to the nationally televised event. Unknown to most of her caucus, however, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had decided on a more confrontational approach. Addressing a closed-door meeting of House Democrats, the speaker read a letter she had just sent to Trump asking him to either postpone the speech until the federal government reopens or deliver the text in writing, citing security concerns. Surprised Democratic lawmakers cheered their leader’s rationale: If the government stays shut down, Pelosi would deprive Trump of the spotlight he craves....

n the two weeks since she reclaimed the speaker’s gavel, Pelosi has moved aggressively to leverage her decades of congressional experience to needle, belittle and undercut Trump with swipes at his competence and even his masculinity.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clippedwings; congress; pelosi; sou
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in other words, she's mental.
1 posted on 01/17/2019 1:21:07 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

And incredibly stupid to think Trump wouldn’t just respond, but lay waste.


2 posted on 01/17/2019 1:23:07 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: blueplum

He’ll give the SOTU in the Senate. No House members needed...............


3 posted on 01/17/2019 1:23:09 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: blueplum

This was written before Tuna Nan’s grounding.

Sorry Charlie!


4 posted on 01/17/2019 1:23:18 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: mewzilla

Keep teeing them up for him, Nancy!

Bwah hah hah hah hah!


5 posted on 01/17/2019 1:24:08 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: blueplum

She’s a crackpot.


6 posted on 01/17/2019 1:24:10 PM PST by ProudDeplorable
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To: Red Badger

What’s the capacity of the Senate chamber? Can the Senate Rats bring Rat House members to join in the boos?


7 posted on 01/17/2019 1:24:18 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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Trump trolled her good on FB today..

sent her a letter cancelling some trip she was making around the world.


8 posted on 01/17/2019 1:24:37 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: blueplum

Hope she can find her way off the bus now.

tee hee


9 posted on 01/17/2019 1:25:10 PM PST by servo1969
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You can bet that the SOTU will happen. Even better without the Dem's shenanigans.
10 posted on 01/17/2019 1:25:12 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

FWIW, I wouldn’t trust the Senate not to stab him in the back...


11 posted on 01/17/2019 1:25:16 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Dems think they’re in a School Yard and not running a Country


12 posted on 01/17/2019 1:25:18 PM PST by butlerweave
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::::‘She wields the knife’::::

She is playing mumble-de-peg and will soon put the shiv right through her own hand. Wait for it....

13 posted on 01/17/2019 1:25:21 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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I think her original decision to try to cancel the SOTU address was a smart move politically — because I suspect Trump was already hatching a plan to give the address from somewhere other than Congress.


14 posted on 01/17/2019 1:25:29 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: blueplum

He doesn’t need to be invited to the House to give it in the House. He’s the President, he can do whatever he wants.


15 posted on 01/17/2019 1:26:01 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: blueplum
in other words, she's mental.

Still.

Still mental.

She ain't been right in the head for a while now.

.

16 posted on 01/17/2019 1:26:19 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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He’ll give the SOTU in the Senate. No House members needed...............

That would be "historic," right?

17 posted on 01/17/2019 1:26:38 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: blueplum

Not just mental.

Dedicated anti-American.


18 posted on 01/17/2019 1:27:03 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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If Pelosi sneezes, her eyebrows will fall off.

5.56mm


19 posted on 01/17/2019 1:27:04 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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“(I)n the two weeks since she reclaimed the speaker’s gavel, Pelosi has moved aggressively to leverage her decades of congressional experience to needle, belittle and undercut Trump with swipes at his competence and even his masculinity.”

In the two weeks she has showed the American people what the definition of a shrew is.

An uncaring, power hungry and unAmerican shrew.

She may ‘wield the knife’ but if it’s made out of rubber, as Pelosi Galore’s is, it cannot do too much...


20 posted on 01/17/2019 1:27:08 PM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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