Trump says Fauci can testify before Senate, but not House

[Bob Ross]

Why?

Because The House is a bunch of haters!  

President Trump on Tuesday said Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify before the Senate, but that the White House will not allow him to testify in the House because he contends they are “a bunch of Trump haters.”

The president, in response to a question on why the White House would not approve Fauci’s testimony in the House, said, “because the House is a setup.”

“The House is a bunch of Trump haters,” he said. “They put every Trump hater on the committee. The same old stuff.”

Note to all future POTUS: be sure to keep the ultra-valid "hater" defense in your arsenal of BS excuses when trying to block testimony.

Also note the link below is to Fox News of all places.

www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-fauci-wont-testify-to-house-because-theyre-haters-oks-senate-appearance

[busymom]

Awwwwwwww!  They hate him?!?  Poor little snowflake...  

[dondub]

He keeps restricting 1st amendment rights to free speech.

[laterbloomer]

“They put every Trump hater on the committee.

LOL Not even close

[oped]

May 5, 2020 12:00:15 GMT -5 dondub said:

He keeps restricting 1st amendment rights to free speech.

He keeps ignoring congressional oversight... he really is anti-Republic.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Well the house should really be looking into Clinton's emails again instead of picking on Trump.  She is the real criminal here people.

[swamp]

May 5, 2020 11:56:54 GMT -5 Bob Ross said:

Why?

Because The House is a bunch of haters!  

President Trump on Tuesday said Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify before the Senate, but that the White House will not allow him to testify in the House because he contends they are “a bunch of Trump haters.”

The president, in response to a question on why the White House would not approve Fauci’s testimony in the House, said, “because the House is a setup.”

“The House is a bunch of Trump haters,” he said. “They put every Trump hater on the committee. The same old stuff.”

Note to all future POTUS: be sure to keep the ultra-valid "hater" defense in your arsenal of BS excuses when trying to block testimony.

Also note the link below is to Fox News of all places.

www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-fauci-wont-testify-to-house-because-theyre-haters-oks-senate-appearance

yes, he discovered a little known provision in the constutition.  The executive shall have no oversight of the legislative branch, unless they are a bunch of haters, then it's OK.  

[mollyanna58]

How can Trump prevent anyone from testifying before any Congressional committee?

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Anyone else picture this in their heads any time Trump goes off about executive privilege?

[Tiny]

It's just a way for Trump to blame Democrats.  He doesn't want to work with them - because they are out to get him.    
I'm sure this is some part of his re-election campaign.    

[pulmonarymd]

Nah, he knows he can't control what he says, and it is not going to look good for him when they ask the questions they are going to ask. There won't be any softballs from the democrats. They'll ask if they really think 200k will die now. Just think of the tweets after that. Might have a stroke when he sees the news clips if he is testifying at the House

[jelloshots4all]

I was watching CNN when they broke to this interview.  He looked pathetic, but what else is new??  he is such a dumb@ss!!!

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

May 5, 2020 12:20:53 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

How can Trump prevent anyone from testifying before any Congressional committee?

I keep wondering this myself.

[Deleted]

"I alone can fix it." Now he says he's going to disband the task force. Might as well; except for Fauci and Birx they're just a bunch of yes-men/women. Jared Kushner et al. Birx is apparently scared of trump.

Can trump even (legally) allow someone to testify before the Senate while forbidding testimony before the House? Rhetorical question. He's prez. He can do whatever he wants to do.

[swamp]

[quote source="/post/3127712/thread" timestamp="1588699515" author="Tiny"]It's just a way for Trump to blame Democrats.  He doesn't want to work with them - because they are out to get him.    
I'm sure this is [strike]some part of his[/strike] [b]his entire[/b] re-election campaign.    

[/quote]fixed it. 

[swamp]

On a side note, WTF is up with the quoting feature? 

[Tennesseer]

[quote author="swamp" source="/post/3127795/thread" timestamp="1588707686"]On a side note, WTF is up with the quoting feature? [/quote]

[img]https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/thumbsup.png[/img]

Thought it was just me screwing up quoting someone on another thread until I came to this thread.

[Tennesseer]

LOL.

[moon/Laura]

I reported the quoting issue on the PB support forum.

[justme]

I honestly can't figure out how the Republicans aren't scared as shit for the next Democrat to take full advantage of the giant whopping holes they've punched through everything.

[grumpyhermit]

May 5, 2020 21:57:21 GMT -5 justme said:

I honestly can't figure out how the Republicans aren't scared as shit for the next Democrat to take full advantage of the giant whopping holes they've punched through everything.

Because they know it won't happen. Republicans seem to have this weird double standard immunity I have just never been able to figure out. 

If the Dems tried to pull even half this shit it would be Armageddon.


And or they know they have shit so rigged, it's deeply unlikely to happen.  

[dezii]

"test"    seems to work ok....

[bean29]

I am thinking they are going to stop reporting cases/hospitalizations and deaths, and pretend everything is fine.

[oped]

May 6, 2020 6:01:34 GMT -5 bean29 said:

I am thinking they are going to stop reporting cases/hospitalizations and deaths, and pretend everything is fine.

I think some already have.

[happyhoix]

May 6, 2020 6:01:34 GMT -5 bean29 said:

I am thinking they are going to stop reporting cases/hospitalizations and deaths, and pretend everything is fine.

Fake news. All those people died of natural causes, it’s just the trump haters trying to make him look bad in an election year.

[happyhoix]

May 5, 2020 21:57:21 GMT -5 justme said:

I honestly can't figure out how the Republicans aren't scared as shit for the next Democrat to take full advantage of the giant whopping holes they've punched through everything.

I know this is practically impossible, but imagine what would happen if the house, senate and potus all went Dem? And the dems ran with the ‘executive privilege ‘ bullshit like Trump has?

First thing that would happen- the deficit would start to matter again, as would the notion of ‘checks and balances’.

[happyhoix]

I just had a scary thought- what if trump loses in 2020 and decides to run for re-election in 2024?

Hopefully the GOP would be able to squash that like a bug. Then - oh the tweet whining.

[billisonboard]

May 6, 2020 9:57:54 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

I just had a scary thought- what if trump loses in 2020 and decides to run for re-election in 2024?

Hopefully the GOP would be able to squash that like a bug. Then - oh the tweet whining.

If he isn't re-elected in 2020, I don't see him behaving in a way that would increase his popularity enough to make a 2024 run successful. However if the GOP primary voters wanted to give it a go, more power to them. I don't plan on paying attention to the tweets of private citizen Trump.

[Wisconsin Beth]

May 6, 2020 9:57:54 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

I just had a scary thought- what if trump loses in 2020 and decides to run for re-election in 2024?

Hopefully the GOP would be able to squash that like a bug. Then - oh the tweet whining.

He'd be 77. 

[oped]

And quite likely in prison or broke. He really needs another term to avoid the potential lawsuits.