Dem Senator pointedly trolls Trump’s OMB director pick during hearing
Note to Dems: this is how it is done. Go for The Donald’s weak spots and make his own people admit they exist:
During the confirmation hearing for Rep. Mike Mulvaney (R-SC), President Trump’s pick for director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) held up a comparison photo that showed the two inaugurations of former President Barack Obama in 2009 and Trump in 2017.
Merkley then asked Mulvaney to comment on whether the crowd shown in the Obama inauguration was bigger than the crowd showed in the Trump inauguration.
Mulvaney conceded that, from the photos shown, it appeared that Obama had the bigger inauguration crowd size.
Merkley then went on to explain that there was a real point behind this apparent trolling of the president.
“The reason I’m raising this is because budgets often contain varied deceptions,” Merkley explained. “You and I talked in my office about the ‘magic asterisk.’ This is an example of something where the president’s team, on something very simple and straightforward, wants to embrace a fantasy rather than a reality.”
To reemphasize his point, Merkley then went on Twitter to implore Mulvaney to deliver actual budgets with real numbers — and not fantasy papers filled with “alternative facts.”
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* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
9 responses to Dem Senator pointedly trolls Trump’s OMB director pick during hearing
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Suzanne McFly January 24th, 2017 at 21:59
It seems as if our democratic leaders are going to start leading, what a great day this is becoming!!!!!!!!!
whatthe46 January 24th, 2017 at 22:12
that was hilarious. to top it off, tRump just sh!t his pants again after being humiliated yet AGAIN about how small he is in every way. LOL
Suzanne McFly January 24th, 2017 at 22:18
I seen he just tweeted that he is going to build the wall. This is too easy, I feel like we are picking on the stupid kid in the room. Since we are adults, I am ok with picking on the dumb one though lol.
whatthe46 January 24th, 2017 at 23:00
lol
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 00:49
just make sure his wall builders understand that most Islamic terrorist have flown in at international airports – and it wouldn’t hurt to explain to KOWARD KOMMANDER Ponme that 19 of the terrorist on 9-11-2001 were from…..
SAUDI ARABIA, not the nation of Islam.
Suzanne McFly January 25th, 2017 at 10:09
And he can build a 20 ft wall all day long, they still have 21 ft ladders.
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 01:03
he hangs with the FAKE PHONY coward patriot? nugent, so it’s probably a daily thing.
stolen patriotism at it’s stinkiest.
granpa.usthai January 25th, 2017 at 00:59
it’s also coincidental that it was the Democrats (TRUE PATRIOTS) that led the charge against the Nazis of the 3rd Reich.
wouldn’t it be a bit of coincidence if in the 4th Reich, the KRAZY KOWARD KOMMANDER Ponme just happened to get a 4th wife?
strange things are starting to come together in trumpland almost like the final days of the 3rd Reich bunker – and so soon!
Suzanne McFly January 25th, 2017 at 10:12
He isn’t smart enough to last long, they haven’t invented a blue pill big enough to help this guy out. He is going down quick :)