What was he thinking putting this on camera?
Pence looks half dead or wishes he were. And never opens his mouth. Maybe he's afraid he's going to throw up if he does. He looks like he's going to.
I bet White House staff are running for their hiding places right now.
This was before their actual meeting? I'm sure that went well.
Dems: This was great!
Republicans: How dare those two be so disrespectful!
Trump on the ropes.
Watch for an exploding head any day now.
UPDATE:
Watch as Pelosi tries, not altogether angrily, to explain to him that he doesn't have the votes for the big, beautiful, stupid wall for which, of course, Mexico is going to pay. She says the votes aren't there. He keeps saying he can get them instantly, but that the problem is that he can't get the votes in the Senate. They're both right. He doesn't have the votes in either place. But he runs down all the applause lines that get the rubes all ginned up at his rallies, and Pelosi keeps calmly telling him that, while he's as full of shit as the Christmas goose, nevertheless he and his big, beautiful, stupid wall should get further stuffed anyway.
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She knows he's a loser here, and she will patiently explain how he's a loser as many times as he wants to say he's not.
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Even Schumer suddenly discovers a thin vein of iron in his spine and maneuvers El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago into bragging about shutting down the government unless he gets his way, thereby undercutting any political strategy the Republicans in Congress might have been developing to blame a prospective shutdown on the Democrats. That sound you hear is the Republican congressional leadership taking delivery of a barge-load of bourbon.
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As I said, this was a notable exchange only in that it happened among American politicians. There are exchanges overseas that make this sound like a Sunday school chorale. But that's what makes it all the more compelling. It happened here, and in the White House, and in the president*'s face. Fundamentally, this was mockery, and eminently well-deserved. And, in case anyone, including the president*, missed the point, Pelosi was more than happy to sharpen it for him. From Politico:
“It’s like a manhood thing with him — as if manhood can be associated with him,” she deadpanned. “This wall thing.”Charles P Pierce
Also Trump: And if I can't get the money and if the military won't build it, I'll shut down the government. Proudly.
LOL.
UPDATE:
From CBS White House correspondent:
I'm dying.
UPDATE:
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