Forty-four states and DC have refused to give certain voter information to the rich asshole commission
Updated 5:49 AM ET, Wed July 5, 2017
Washington, DC (CNN)Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have refused to provide certain types of voter information to the the rich asshole administration's election integrity commission, according to a CNN inquiry to all 50 states.
State leaders and voting boards across the country have responded to the letter with varying degrees of cooperation -- from altogether rejecting the request to expressing eagerness to supply information that is public.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which President some rich asshole created by executive order in May, sent a letter to all 50 states last Wednesday requesting a bevy of voter data, which he notes will eventually be made available to the public.
The order came months after the rich asshole claimed without evidence that millions had voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election. When states began to express concerns about the legality of his administration's efforts to investigate voter fraud, the rich asshole called them outon Twitter on Saturday, questioning whether they were hiding something.
"Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL. What are they trying to hide?" the rich asshole tweeted.
The information the commission is seeking includes registrants' full names, addresses, dates of birth, political parties, the last four digits of their social security numbers, a list of the elections they voted in since 2006, information on any felony convictions, information on whether they were registered to vote in other states, their military status, and whether they lived overseas.
The vice chairman's letter twice requests only "public" voter information, and Kobach clarified the specifics of his request Friday: "Every state receives the same letter, but we're not asking for it if it's not publicly available," he told The Kansas City Star.
Kobach also told CNN's Anderson Cooper last week, "Whatever a person on the street can walk in and get, that's what we would like."
Kobach cited a Pew Center on the States study from February 2012 that called for revisions of state voter registration lists.
"The Pew Center estimated last year that 1.8 million deceased people are still on the voter rolls throughout the states," Kobach told Cooper. "They said that's an estimate. They think it's a low estimate. Now, for the first time, we can actually bounce the states' voter rolls against the Social Security administration's own database to find out how many of those people actually are on the voter rolls."
The Kansas secretary also addressed the criticism from several secretaries of state over the past few days that the commission might be seeking to legitimize the rich asshole's assertions that widespread voter fraud cost him votes last November.
"First of all, the commission is not to prove or disprove what the President speculated about in January," Kobach said. "The purpose of the commission is to find facts and put them on the table. Importantly, it's a bipartisan commission."
But the commission, which is chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, seemed to misunderstand voter privacy laws nationwide. Every state that responded to the commission's letter said it could not provide Social Security numbers, for example. Others said they consider information such as birth dates and party affiliations to be private.
What's more, Kobach asked states to supply the information through an online portal. Many states have rejected this specific request, noting that the commission should file a voter information request through established state websites, as any other party would.
As of Tuesday afternoon, two states -- Florida and Nebraska -- are still reviewing the commission's request. Another two states -- Hawaii and New Jersey -- have not returned CNN's request for comment. And while six states are still awaiting a letter from the commission, four of them -- New Mexico, Michigan, South Carolina and West Virginia -- have already pledged not to provide voters' private information. The other two of those six states, Arkansas and Illinois, have not released statements ahead of receiving the letter.
Just three states -- Colorado, Missouri and Tennessee -- commended Kobach's attempt to investigate voter fraud in their respective statements.
"We are very glad they are asking for information before making decisions," said Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, a Republican. "I wish more federal agencies would ask folks for their opinion and for information before they made decisions."
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, also a Republican, echoed Williams' sentiment in a statement Friday: "The commission's questions are fair and we will be glad to assist in offering our thoughts on these important matters," he said. "I look forward to working with Sec. Kris Kobach and the commission on its findings and offer our support in the collective effort to enhance the American people's confidence in the integrity of the elections process."
Other states were more critical. Nineteen openly criticized the commission's request.
"The President's Commission has quickly politicized its work by asking states for an incredible amount of voter data that I have, time and time again, refused to release," said Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler, a Republican, on Monday afternoon. "My response to the Commission is, you're not going to play politics with Louisiana's voter data, and if you are, then you can purchase the limited public information available by law, to any candidate running for office. That's it."
Mississippi's Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, also a Republican, took the criticism a step further.
"My reply would be: They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico, and Mississippi is a great state to launch from," Hosemann said in a statement Friday. "Mississippi residents should celebrate Independence Day and our state's right to protect the privacy of our citizens by conducting our own electoral processes."
Three state leaders also raised doubts about the integrity of the commission itself, and many questioned the existence of widespread voter fraud.
"This entire commission is based on the specious and false notion that there was widespread voter fraud last November," Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, said Thursday. "At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate some rich asshole's alternative election facts, and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression."
"Given Sec. Kobach's history we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this Commission," Connecticut Sec. of State Denise Merrill, also a Democrat, said in a statement Thursday, pointing to what she alleged was Kobach's "lengthy record of illegally disenfranchising eligible voters in Kansas."
As Kansas' secretary of state, Kobach backed a national cross-referencing system to allow states to check their voter rolls for overlaps, which drew criticisms that the system was too prone to allowing legitimate voters to be purged from voting systems. Kobach also fought unsuccessfully in court for the ability to require verification of citizenship on voter registration forms.
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Alabama: "This office will not share any information not already available to the public. ..." Secretary of State John Merrill said in a statement Friday. "The Secretary of State's Office will comply with the request if we are convinced that the overall effort will produce the necessary results to accomplish the Commission's stated goal without compromising the integrity of the voter rolls and the elections process in Alabama,"
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Alaska: The Division of Elections will release only public information, according to a press release from Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott Friday. "State law allows only some information to be public. Public information does not include: last four numbers of SSN, date of birth, or residence address," among other data.
Arizona: "We will only make available the same redacted information that is available to the general public through a public records request," Secretary of State Michele Reagan said in a statement Friday. "Social security numbers, Date of Birth and identifying information such as Mother's maiden name will not be transmitted. Arizona's voters can expect to have their personal information remain private and safe."
Arkansas: "We have not yet received a letter. When we do, we will review it," Assistant Director of Communications and Education Chris Powell told CNN Monday, adding, "We're keeping an eye out for it."
California: "I will not provide sensitive voter information to a commission that has already inaccurately passed judgment that millions of Californians voted illegally. ..." Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in a statement Thursday. "California's participation would only serve to legitimize the false and already debunked claims of massive voter fraud made by the President, the Vice President, and Mr. Kobach. The President's Commission is a waste of taxpayer money and a distraction from the real threats to the integrity of our elections today: aging voting systems and documented Russian interference in our elections."
Colorado: "We are very glad they are asking for information before making decisions. I wish more federal agencies would ask folks for their opinion and for information before they made decisions," Secretary of State Wayne Williams said in a press release Thursday, which noted that his office will release voter-roll information that is public under state law but withhold data that is confidential.
Connecticut: "Given Secretary Kobach's history we find it very difficult to have confidence in the work of this Commission," Secretary of State Denise Merrill said in a statement Thursday.
District of Columbia: "The best thing I can do to instill confidence among DC residents in our elections is to protect their personal identifiable information from the Commission on Election Integrity. Its request for voter information, such as social security numbers, serves no legitimate purpose and only raises questions on its intent. I will join leaders of states around the country and work with our partners on the Council to protect our residents from this intrusion," DC mayor Muriel Bowser said in a statement.
Delaware: "Releasing this information to the White House would not serve the mission of safeguarding the fairness and integrity of elections in Delaware and would not be in the best interests of Delaware voters," said State Election Commissioner Elaine Manlove said in a statement Monday. Sec. of State Jeffrey Bullock echoed the sentiment in the same statement: "Delaware will not be a party to this disingenuous and inappropriate campaign against one of the nation's foundational institutions."
Florida: "We have received the letter. We are reviewing it," Director of Communications Sarah Revell told CNN Monday. The Florida Senate, meanwhile, has written letter in opposition to the commission's request.
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Georgia: "The Georgia Secretary of State's Office will provide the publicly available voter list," Press Secretary Candice L. Broce told CNN Friday. "As specified in Georgia law, the public list does not contain a registered voter's driver's license number, social security number, month and day of birth, site of voter registration, phone number, or email address."
Hawaii: No response to CNN.
Idaho: "We are interpreting this as a public records request from the Commission," Secretary of State Lawerence Denney said in a statement Monday. "As such, Idaho law requires me to respond ONLY with the non-exempt public records available under the request." The statement also noted that "while additional information is requested in the letter (such as driver's license and the last 4 of a voter's social security number), that information is NOT considered public and Secretary Denney could not be compelled, outside of a specific court order detailing the need for and intended use of such data, to provide that information under Idaho Public Records statutes."
Illinois: The Illinois State Board of Elections has not yet received the letter, a spokesperson told CNN Monday.
Indiana: "Indiana law doesn't permit the Secretary of State to provide the personal information requested by Secretary Kobach," Secretary of State Connie Lawson tweeted Friday. "Under Indiana public records laws, certain voter info is available to the public, the media and any other person who requested the information for non-commercial purposes. The information publicly available is name, address and congressional district assignment.
Iowa: "We will follow that process if a request is made that complies with Iowa law. ..." Secretary of State Paul Pate tweeted Friday. "However, providing personal voter information, such as Social Security numbers, is forbidden under Iowa Code."
Kansas: "Only "publicly available" information will be shared with the Commission," Secretary Kobach's spokeswoman Samantha Poetter told CNN Friday. "Any person in Kansas can obtain it. It is the basic information -- name, address, etc. -- not the sensitive information like last four SSN. That information is not publicly available, and therefore it is not part of the request."
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Kentucky: "As the Commonwealth's Secretary of State and chief election official, I do not intend to release Kentuckians' sensitive personal data to the federal government. ..." Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said in a statement Friday. "The president created his election commission based on the false notion that "voter fraud" is a widespread issue -- it is not. Indeed, despite bipartisan objections and a lack of authority, the President has repeatedly spread the lie that three to five million illegal votes were cast in the last election. Kentucky will not aid a commission that is at best a waste of taxpayer money and at worst an attempt to legitimize voter suppression efforts across the country."
Louisiana: "The President's Commission has quickly politicized its work by asking states for an incredible amount of voter data that I have, time and time again, refused to release," Secretary of State Tom Schedler said in a statement Monday. "My response to the Commission is, you're not going to play politics with Louisiana's voter data, and if you are, then you can purchase the limited public information available by law, to any candidate running for office. That's it."
Maine: "Maine citizens can be confident that our office will not release any data that is protected under Maine law, to the commission or any other requesting entity," Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said in a press release Friday. The statement noted that Maine law allows the release of the voter's name, year of birth, residence address, mailing address, voter status, voter record number and any special designations indicating uniformed service voters, overseas voters or township voters, but not Social Security number.
Maryland: "The assistant attorneys general representing SBE have considered the request and have determined the disclosure is prohibited by law," Attorney General Brian Frosh said in a tweet Monday, adding in a second tweet, "I find this request repugnant; appears designed only 2 intimidate voters and 2 indulge the President's fantasy that he won the popular vote."
Massachusetts: The state's voter registry is not a public record and information in it will not be shared with the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, Communications Director Brian S. McNiff told CNN Friday.
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Michigan: "As in most other states, Michigan law does provide for disclosure of some basic public voter information," Secretary Ruth Johnson's office said in a Facebook post Monday. "Political parties, candidates and news organizations routinely request and receive this data. State law for decades has allowed anyone to review voter lists to ensure election integrity. ... Michigan will certainly not go beyond what is legally required in any response to this data request, and we are highly sensitive to people's desires to keep what is private as private."
Minnesota: "I will not hand over Minnesota voters' sensitive personal information to the commission," Secretary of State Steve Simon said in a statement Friday. "As I've said before, I have serious doubts about the commission's credibility and trustworthiness. Its two co-chairs have publicly backed President the rich asshole's false and irresponsible claim that millions of ineligible votes were cast in the last election. They, along with other recent appointees, appear to have a strong interest in steering the commission toward their predetermined conclusions and outcomes. I fear that the commission risks becoming a partisan tool to shut out millions of eligible American voters."
Mississippi: "My reply would be: They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico, and Mississippi is a great State to launch from," Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said in a statement Friday. "Mississippi residents should celebrate Independence Day and our State's right to protect the privacy of our citizens by conducting our own electoral processes."
Missouri: "The commission's letter asks for 'publicly-available' information, which we would share with any person or organization making an open records request,"Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said in a statement Friday. "We will protect Missourians' private information. The laws of each state are different, and in Missouri, some of the data requested by the commission is open to the public. We plan to comply by providing publicly-available information per state law. The commission's questions are fair and we will be glad to assist in offering our thoughts on these important matters. I look forward to working with Sec. Kris Kobach and the commission on its findings and offer our support in the collective effort to enhance the American people's confidence in the integrity of the elections process."
Montana: Secretary of State Corey Stapleton won't release voters' birthdays or Social Security numbers to the president's commission on election integrity, director of elections and voter services Derek Oestreicher told the Independent Record Friday.
Nebraska: "The Secretary of State has not had a chance to review the request submitted," a spokesperson told CNN Monday.
Nevada: "While this request has understandably raised concerns with privacy advocates, voter registration information in Nevada is generally available for public inspection under state law, including name, address, date of birth, and whether the voter participated in a prior election," Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said in a statement Friday. "Election officials in Nevada do, however, collect certain information that is not considered a public record under state law and is therefore not available for public inspection. This information includes: Social Security Number; Driver's License Number; DMV Identification Card Number; and Email Address."
New Hampshire: "There's no information (here) someone can't publicly get anyway," Secretary of State Bill Gardner told the Concord Monitor Friday. "People have the right to purchase it, only what's public by law."
New Jersey: No response to CNN.
New Mexico: "My office has not yet received the letter from President the rich asshole's election commission requesting the personal information of New Mexico voters," Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said in a statement Friday. "That being said, I will never release the personally identifiable information of New Mexico voters protected by law, including their social security number and birthdate. Further, I will not release any other voter information like names, addresses or voting history unless and until I am convinced the information will not be used for nefarious or unlawful purposes, and only if I am provided a clear plan for how it will be secured."
"It seems to maybe be a fishing expedition or a witch hunt of some kind, and I'm very concerned about that," Toulouse Oliver said Tuesday on CNN's New Day.
New York: "The electoral process is sacred and New York law has strong safeguards in place to prevent sharing of sensitive voter data and harassment against those who exercise their right to vote...New York refuses to perpetuate the myth voter fraud played a role in our election...We will not be complying with this request and I encourage the Election Commission to work on issues of vital importance to voters, including ballot access, rather than focus on debunked," said Governor Andrew Cuomo in a statement Friday.
North Carolina: "Integrity of our elections is critical, and a recent State Board of Elections investigation already found there was no evidence of significant voter fraud in North Carolina," Gov. Roy Cooper said in a statement on Twitter Friday. "My staff has told the State Board of Elections that we should not participate in providing sensitive information beyond what is public record as it is unnecessary, and because I have concerns that it is an effort to justify the President's false claims about voter fraud."
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North Dakota: In an email to CNN Friday, Deputy Secretary of State Jim Silrum said: "We will answer those questions on the survey that North Dakota law allows us to answer."
Ohio: "After each of the last three federal elections, I instructed the bipartisan boards of elections to conduct a review of credible allegations of voter fraud and voter suppression" Secretary of State Jon Husted said in a statement Friday. "The results of this review is already in the public domain and available to the Commission. Additionally, voter registration information is a public record and is available online. The Confidential information, such as the last four digits of a voter's Social Security number or their Ohio driver license number is not publicly available and will not be provided to the Commission. In responding to the Commission, we will have ideas on how the federal government can better support states in running elections. However, we will make it clear that we do not want any federal intervention in our state's right and responsibility to conduct elections. Every Sec. of State in the country should welcome the opportunity to describe what they do to ensure the integrity of the elections in their respective states."
Oklahoma: "Full or partial Social Security numbers are not publicly available under Oklahoma law," said Bryan Dean, public information officer for the Oklahoma State Election Board, in an email to CNN Friday. "We will provide the Commission with the publicly-available information they requested, just as we would anyone who requested the information. We are required to provide public information upon request under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. We commonly get requests for our voter list. I would estimate I get at least two or three requests per day for it. We have instructions available on our website for requesting that data."
Oregon: "Oregon policy prohibits disclosure of some of the information you requested, such as social security numbers and drivers' license numbers ..." Secretary of State Dennis Richardson said in a letter Friday. "It is my duty to follow these statutes. Oregon law provides that any person may receive a statewide list of electors upon payment of $500. It is a violation of Oregon law for voter registration data to be used for commercial purposes."
Pennsylvania: "In addition, I have serious reservations about the true intentions of this effort in light of the false statements this administration has made regarding voting integrity, the historical suppression of voting rights, and the way that such data has been used in the past ..." Gov. Tom Wolf said in a letter Friday. "That said, like any citizen, you are welcome to purchase the publicly available voter file from the Pennsylvania Department of State. It can be purchased at pavoterservices.pa.gov for $20."
Rhode Island: "We are reviewing Secretary Kobach's request for information" Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea said in a statement Friday. "I will safeguard the privacy of Rhode Island voters and respond only with data that is already publicly available. I will not release social security information or any information that was requested by Secretary Kobach regarding felony status, military status, or overseas citizen information."
South Carolina: "By law, the SC Election Commission maintains the list of registered voters for all 46 counties (1/3) ... They are required to make the list available to the public upon request and Social Security numbers are never disclosed (2/3) ... Constitution ensures voters ballot choices will always be secret. Americans have died protecting this freedom (3/3)," Gov. Henry McMaster tweeted in a string of statements Monday. According to The Post and Courier, however, South Carolina officials had not received a letter from the commission as of Friday. A senior official confirmed to CNN Monday evening: "The SC Elections Commission is responsible for the data but the governor is supportive of making all public information available to the president's advisory committee. All information that is readily available to the general public should be made available to the committee."
South Dakota: Secretary of State Shantel Krebs' spokesman, Jason Williams, said in an email to the Associated Press that Krebs "will not share voter information with the commission."
Tennessee: "Although I appreciate the commission's mission to address election-related issues, like voter fraud, Tennessee state law does not allow my office to release the voter information requested to the federal commission," tweeted Secretary of State Tre Hargett.
Texas: According to the Associated Press on Friday, Texas election officials will provide public voter information to the election commission. While Secretary of State Rolando Pablos didn't list what records would be sent to the commission, he said in a statement he will protect private information.
Utah: "Ensuring the integrity of the election process is the highest priority of my office," Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox said in a statement Friday. "There has been no evidence of mass voter fraud in Utah and we look forward to helping the federal government better understand the steps we have taken to ensure the security and validity of Utah's elections. ... While my office is required to provide public records to this Commission, as we would to any other person or entity, I assure the voters of Utah that we will only provide information that is otherwise available to the public."
Vermont: "I wholeheartedly disagree with premise of this Commission: namely, that there is widespread voter fraud," Secretary of State James C. Condos said in a statement Friday. "There is no evidence of the kind of massive fraud alleged by President the rich asshole, Vice President Pence or Secretary of State Kobach. I believe these unproven claims are an effort to set the stage to weaken our democratic process through a systematic national effort of voter suppression and intimidation. ... My focus is to protect Vermont citizens from bogus attacks on our democracy. I will not release any more information about Vermont voters than is available to any citizen requesting our voter file."
Virginia: "I have no intention of honoring this request," Gov. Terry McAuliffe said in a statementThursday. "Virginia conducts fair, honest, and democratic elections, and there is no evidence of significant voter fraud in Virginia. This entire commission is based on the specious and false notion that there was widespread voter fraud last November. At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate some rich asshole's alternative election facts, and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression."
Washington: "We are required by law to provide public records upon request," Sec. of State Kim Wyman tweeted Thursday. "Other requests from fed elections commission will be considered thoughtfully. ... Info that is NOT public record=your SS# (even last 4), DL #, phone #, email, language preference. We ensure this info remains private."
West Virginia: "Number one, we've never received a letter," Secretary of State Mac Warner's communications director, Mike Queen, told the Charleston Gazette-Mail Friday. "Number two, we can't see whether every state has received a letter, I don't know what states were selected or anything like that, but we haven't received it. Number three, we would never release Social Security numbers."
Wisconsin: "Wisconsin statutes do not permit the state to release a voter's date of birth, driver license number or Social Security number," said Michael Haas, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said in a statement Friday. "State statutes permit the WEC to share confidential information in limited circumstances with law enforcement agencies or agencies of other states. The Presidential Commission does not appear to qualify under either of these categories. The WEC does not have the discretion to deny a request for the public information in the voter registration database if the required fee is paid. By administrative rule, the price is $12,500 for the entire statewide voter file, and Wisconsin law does not contain any provision for waiving the fee for voter data."
Wyoming: "I'm going to decline to provide any Wyoming voter information," Secretary of State Ed Murray told the Casper Star-Tribune on Monday. "It's not sitting well with me. ... Elections are the responsibility of states under the Constitution. I'm wondering if this request could lead to some federal overreach. ... I have not experienced any secretary of state who has expressed any concerns or worry about fraud or some type of nefarious activity occurring that jeopardizes their respective election process."
This story is being updated as new information comes in, and added background on the origins of the commission.
Evidence of Mental Deterioration’: the rich asshole Wrestling Tweet Sparks Call to Invoke 25th Amendment
by Alberto Luperon | 10:30 am, July 2nd, 2017
First, here’s Almora with former President Obama
Now, let’s look at Amora with the rich asshole (he’s the one in the plaid shirt on the right):
And here’s the shot that shows Almora flip the rich asshole off ever-so-casually:
Haaa!!! Well done, son.
The image was snapped by the Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet:
Most excellent. Most excellent indeed.
Almora did what most of us would love to have the opportunity to do. And if you think that this gesture towards the rich asshole is offensive, it’s not. It’s appropriate. The only thing offensive about this photo of Almora with the rich asshole is the fact that the rich asshole is sitting in the Oval Office.
And the response by Norm Eisen, former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republication, and White House Special Counsel under President Barack Obama.
This tweet is evidence of mental deterioration. The President needs a psych evaluation. I mean that seriously and literally. #25thAmendment twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…
the rich asshole’s video is edited footage stemming from his honest-to-God actual appearance at Wrestlemania 23 in 2007 (It’s a whole thing). Anyway, the president’s tweet is an obvious swipe at CNN, who recently retracted a story claiming the Senate Intelligence Committee was investigating one of his campaign advisers. This was part of their probe into alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
It’s not the first time critics called for the rich asshole’s removal under the 25th Amendment. Last time this happened was all the way back in the distant past of just last Thursday. Mean-spirited tweets directed at Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski caused some social media users to argue he was unfit for office, constitutionally speaking.
Calls to invoke the 25th Amendment will face some challenges, however. The short answer is that it has never been done before, so implementation remains hypothetical, and our current political situation makes it very unlikely. The slightly longer answer: This process requires the vice president and cabinet members to tell Congress that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” whatever that means. Then the VP becomes acting president.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
In other words, both a Republican cabinet and Congress, which features a GOP majority, must agree that the rich asshole no longer belongs in the position. On top of that, LawNewz.com columnist Robert Barnes has argued that the president’s inability to function is, legally speaking, a narrow question: eg. the president is in coma, or suffers from a mental illness so severe he can’t feed himself.
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President the rich asshole renewed his jihad with CNN on Sunday morning with a bizarre clip of him pummeling a referee at a wrestling match with a CNN logo masking the ref’s face.
To be honest, it has to be seen to be believed.
Following a Saturday when the rich asshole attacked MSNBC and the Morning Joe hosts, the rich asshole has once again turned his media critical eye on CNN, now labeling them the “#FraudNewsCNN.”
You can see the tweet below:
On Saturday night, during a speech to honor veterans in Washington, some rich asshole once again perfectly demonstrated what a petulant child he is and how little he cares about the people who sacrificed their lives for this country.
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When it comes to famous astronauts, it really doesn’t get much more famous than Buzz Aldrin, and it’s become abundantly clear that he is not at all impressed with some rich asshole.
According to Washington Post:
“President the rich asshole is bringing back the National Space Council, a group formed 60 years ago aimed at coordinating the nation’s activities beyond Earth. But with NASA still without an administrator, it’s not yet clear what this means for the rich asshole’s vision for space exploration.
An executive order signed Friday appoints Vice President Pence chairman of the resurrected advisory body, which will also include the secretaries of state, defense, commerce, transportation and homeland security; the NASA administrator; the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and several other government officials. The order also called for the establishment of a “Users’ Advisory Group” including representatives from states and private industry.”
Well, needless to say, Aldrin was pretty transparent that he wasn’t impressed and it was written all over his face. Here it is!
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That’d likely be most of our reactions around the rich asshole at any time ever.
If the rich asshole really cared about space exploration and the needed discoveries that have always come out of NASA he would make sure they are abundantly funded. Hopefully, as crazy as he is, he makes that happen.
Republicans Finally Say "No!" to some rich asshole and He's Mad as Hell
It's amazing this day actually came.
And that's before he tries to sell the country on his commission's made up findings. What do you think he'll do to any state, even one controlled by his party, that insists they don't have a voter fraud problem? There's simply no way state Republicans are going to expose themselves like this for someone they know considers them 100% expendable.
Unfortunately, this lack of cooperation won't stop the commission from eventually releasing a fraudulent report anyway. I'd like to say that not having this information would hurt the credibility of the coming report but, let's be honest, it won't matter how transparent or ridiculously fake the findings are, Republicans are going to feign outrage anyway and demand we "protect the integrity of the ballot" by making it harder to vote. They know that the only way to hold onto their gerrymandered majorities is with even harsher measures to keep people away from the polls.
Of all the battles we're fighting right now, this might be the most important one. Once we lose the right to vote, we lose the ability to peacefully fight back and it all goes downhill from there.
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President some rich asshole was on Twitter — again — Saturday morning, first praising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before attacking the media — again.
After a congratulatory tweet aimed at Canada Day and his “new found friend @JustinTrudeau,” the rich asshole launched a broadside at MSNBC for firing former Fox host Greta Van Susteren after six months.
According to the tweeting president, “Word is that @Greta Van Susteren was let go by her out of control bosses at @NBC & @Comcast because she refused to go along w/ ‘the rich asshole hate!'”
Van Susteren has been mum on the reasons the cable network dropped her afternoon show — mainly worrying online about her former staffers finding other jobs at the network.
the rich asshole then launched an attack on CNN, tweeting: “I am extremely pleased to see that @CNN has finally been exposed as #FakeNews and garbage journalism. It’s about time!” before once again attacking Mika Brezinski.
Not giving up on his jihad against the ‘Morning Joe’ hosts, the rich asshole wrote: “Crazy Joe Scarborough and dumb as a rock Mika are not bad people, but their low rated show is dominated by their NBC bosses. Too bad!”
Happy Canada Day to all of the great people of Canada and to your Prime Minister and my new found friend @JustinTrudeau. #Canada150
the rich asshole just wasted $400,000 of taxpayer money to fly back to Washington to attend a concert
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President some rich asshole has been criticized for millions of dollars in taxpayer money he has wasted traveling to his properties in Florida and New Jersey every weekend to golf. However, the rich asshole has taken his waste even further by flying back to Washington, D.C. for just a few hours for a concert at the Kennedy Center.
According to White House public schedules, the rich asshole flew to Bedminster, New Jersey Friday at 4:20 p.m. Friday afternoon. Public schedules for Saturday, July 1, 2017 reveal the rich asshole will leave New Jersey for Washington a little over 24 hours after arriving. This all to attend the Celebrate Freedom Rally at the Kennedy Center, and fly back to New Jersey for the night. the rich asshole is then expected to return to Washington Monday evening before the Independence Day festivities.
According to a Business Insider report, it costs approximately $200,000 an hour to operate Air Force One, which means the rich asshole has cost taxpayers a minimum of $400,000 to attend the Saturday rally.
the rich asshole has been criticized since taking office for spending each weekend costing taxpayers millions so that he could take the weekend off at his resorts.
“Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the U.S., President Obama spent the day playing golf,” read one the rich asshole tweeted in 2014.
“The habitual vacationer, @BarackObama, is now in Hawaii,” he tweeted in 2011, alleging, “This vacation is costing taxpayers $4 million.”
If the rich asshole had stayed in Washington D.C. for the weekend, he would have saved taxpayers over $800,000 in flights and likely more in security costs by staying at the White House. Reports reveal the rich asshole surpassed one year of former President Barack Obama’s travel costs in one month.
At the same time, the New Jersey state government is shutdown due to a budget crisis.
This incredibly awkward story comes from New York Post reporter Gabby Morrongiello:
Per source, Trump walked up to staffers saying: "I know it wasn't presidential, but what did you think?" twitter.com/gabriellahope_…
After firing off a deranged tweet falsely claiming MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski was bleeding from her face after a facelift, the rich asshole apparently dimly recognized that he screwed up. According to a source speaking with Morrongiello, a panicking the rich asshole marched around the West Wing asking people to reassure him about his tweets. Heaven knows what they said. It’s hard to sugarcoat something like this. His tweets were widely condemned by both Republicans and Democrats who recognized that the attack was clearly sexist in nature and “beneath the dignity of the office.”
It seems likely that the rich asshole’s staff reassured him that he was right to say those things, even while privately conceding their boss is nuts. According to sources speaking with the Daily Beast, White House staff are on the verge of mental breakdowns over the rich asshole’s behavior, which they are unable to stop:
Senior aides to the president have tried and failed for months to find new ways to distract the president from cable-news and social media and bring some level of control to his tweets. On Thursday they responded to the tweetstorm with a mix of resignation and gallows humor.
Is Morrongiello’s source legit? It seems probable. the rich asshole has been known to crowdsource opinions about his job performance before. Early in his term, leaked audio captured the rich asshole asking guests at Mar-a-Lago for advice on who should be in his cabinet.
the rich asshole often appears to want to include his friends in the decision-making process.Turning to a longtime club member that night, he said: “We were just talking about who we [are] going to pick for the FCC, who [are] we going to pick for this, who we gonna accept — boy, can you give me some recommendations?”
the rich asshole has not apologized to Mika or the nation for his behavior yesterday. Instead, he sent out his best liars – Sarah Huckabee and Kellyanne Conway – to defend his use of personal attacks and lies to hurt his critics. They did so without blinking.
At the White House press briefing, reporters asked Huckabee if the rich asshole will apologize – she ignored the question. Meanwhile, the rich asshole has continued his fight with Mika and her co-host Joe Scarborough in earnest.
White House has no answer for 74 million Americans they’re trying to force off Medicaid
The the rich asshole White House continues to respond with empty platitudes to concerns about the millions of Americans who stand to lose health insurance under the GOP plan currently making its way through the Senate.
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The the rich asshole administration has no solid answers for the millions of Americans who could be adversely affected by the decision by Republicans to cut Medicaid benefits by billions of dollars.
Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked at the (off-camera) press briefing what the rich asshole’s position is on the $770 billion plus cuts to Medicaid proposed in the bill. Sanders replied, “The priority is to protect everyone who is covered now, not throw anyone off.”
The answer is not responsive. Simply restating that the rich asshole wants to “protect everyone” does not reconcile with the language in the bill.
Moreover, she stated that she hadn’t even spoken to the rich asshole about it.
74 million people rely on Medicaid. They are largely low-income people, children, disabled people, and the elderly. Medicaid is vital in providing coverage for child birth, elder care, primary care for people with disabilities, and hundreds of other functions. Cutting those funds will impact millions of those beneficiaries, if not all of them.
Stating “the priority is to protect everyone who is covered now,” without a policy proposal to back that up is empty language. The the rich asshole White House continues to publicly back the legislation passed in the House by Speaker Paul Ryan and proposed in the Senate by Sen. Mitch McConnell. Both pieces of legislation, if enacted, would enshrine billions in Medicaid costs in the law.
the rich asshole has offered no indication that he would refuse to sign the bill if it passed, so his spokesperson’s attempt to shield him from the legislation’s considerable downside is dishonest. He and the Republican Party own the consequences of the bill, which he admitted was “mean” and lacks “heart.” Attempts to distance himself from it are self-serving rhetoric.
This is his bill, and his cuts. The damage to millions of Americans that is being proposed is directly connected to the rich asshole and the Republican Party. No verbal gymnastics can modify that.
“the rich asshole Has Never Encouraged Violence”, Here’s a List That Proves Sarah Huckabee Sanders Wrong
Bycpowell
Posted on June 30, 2017
You’d probably thought that no one could possibly be worse at speaking for the President that Sean Spicer. I did. We were all so very wrong. Enter Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
The Deputy White House Press Secretary was trotted out to defend President the rich asshole’s misogynistic tweet attacking MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski on Thursday, and in the course of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ statement, claimed that “The president in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence. If anything, quite the contrary.”
That is a laughably incorrect statement. And one that is fairly easily refutable.
The Washington Post refuted Huckabee Sanders’ words with a little trip down memory lane:
The Washington Post refuted Huckabee Sanders’ words with a little trip down memory lane:
August 2015
the rich asshole attacked Bernie Sanders for letting Black Lives Matter protesters hijack his stage and said that kind of thing would be physically stopped at one of his events.
the rich asshole attacked Bernie Sanders for letting Black Lives Matter protesters hijack his stage and said that kind of thing would be physically stopped at one of his events.
“I don’t know if I’ll do the fighting myself or if other people will,” he clarified.
November 2015
“Get him the hell out of here, will you, please?” the rich asshole said of a protester. “Get him out of here. Throw him out!”
“Get him the hell out of here, will you, please?” the rich asshole said of a protester. “Get him out of here. Throw him out!”
The next day, after video emerged of the protester being treated roughly, the rich asshole said the man was “so obnoxious and so loud” that “maybe he should have been roughed up.”
February 2016
the rich asshole said after someone threw a tomato at a rally: “If you see somebody with a tomato, knock the crap out of them.”
the rich asshole said after someone threw a tomato at a rally: “If you see somebody with a tomato, knock the crap out of them.”
March 2016
“We have had a couple [protesters] that were really violent, and the particular one when I said I’d like to bang him, that was a very — he was a guy who was swinging, very loud and started swinging at the audience and the audience swung back, and I thought it was very, very appropriate.”
“We have had a couple [protesters] that were really violent, and the particular one when I said I’d like to bang him, that was a very — he was a guy who was swinging, very loud and started swinging at the audience and the audience swung back, and I thought it was very, very appropriate.”
the rich asshole added: “He was swinging, he was hitting people, and the audience hit back, and that’s what we need.”
(the rich asshole couched this as self-defense, but reporters who attended the rallies said they never saw protesters initiating violence.)
March 2016, again
Talking about someone rushing the stage: “I don’t know if I would have done well, but I would have been out there fighting, folks. I don’t know if I’d have done well, but I would’ve been — boom boom boom boom.”
Talking about someone rushing the stage: “I don’t know if I would have done well, but I would have been out there fighting, folks. I don’t know if I’d have done well, but I would’ve been — boom boom boom boom.”
the rich asshole then mouthed, “I’ll beat the crap out of you.”
March 2016, again
“Part of the problem and part of the reason it takes so long is nobody wants to hurt each other anymore, right?”
“Part of the problem and part of the reason it takes so long is nobody wants to hurt each other anymore, right?”
March 2016, again
“In the good old days this doesn’t happen because they used to treat them very, very rough.”
“In the good old days this doesn’t happen because they used to treat them very, very rough.”
March 2016, again
the rich asshole suggested he would pay the legal fees of those who remove protesters if they get sued.
“Get him out,” the rich asshole said. “Try not to hurt him. If you do, I’ll defend you in court, don’t worry about it.”
the rich asshole suggested he would pay the legal fees of those who remove protesters if they get sued.
“Get him out,” the rich asshole said. “Try not to hurt him. If you do, I’ll defend you in court, don’t worry about it.”
That only goes to March of last year. There are undoubtedly more examples, such as when the rich asshole semi-subtly encouraged “2nd amendment people” to “take care” of Hillary Clinton. Not only is the statement that some rich asshole does not encourage violence easily disprovable, it’s the exact opposite of the truth. And “The exact opposite of the truth” could be this administration’s slogan.
CNN HOST DESTROYS SPINELESS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE RICH ASSHOLE’S SEXIST TWEETS
Posted by Stephen D. Foster Jr. on 30 Jun 2017
A Republican candidate epically humiliated herself on Friday morning in defense of some rich asshole.
On Thursday morning, all hell broke loose after the rich asshole posted an outrageously sexist tweet attacking Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski.
The offensive remarks drew sharp rebukes from Republicans and Democrats alike. But some Republicans chose to be cowards rather than stand up to the rich asshole.
During an appearance on CNN, Chris Cuomo asked Michigan Senate candidate Lena Epstein, who worked as the co-chair of the rich asshole’s campaign in that state, if she condemns what he wrote.
In short, she didn’t have the guts. Instead of doing the right thing, Epstein proceeded to blame the media for reporting on the tweet in the first place and then expressed her hope that the whole mess can be ignored from now on.
That didn’t sit well with Cuomo, who proceeded to take Epstein to the woodshed.
You have no message for the president of the United States, this isn’t about a twitter conversation so don’t cheapen it that way. This is about the nature and content of the words that the president of the United States uses for his critics and often his allies. It’s not about the forum — this isn’t about Twitter versus Instagram. This is about what he says. You have a message for the American people, you have no message for the president of the United States? Do you endorse everything he said about Mika Brzezinski? Do you agree with what he said?”
But Epstein wouldn’t budge after being publicly challenged to condemn the rich asshole.
“I would like the entire Twitter banter to go away,” she replied, drawing a condemnation from Cuomo.
“Of course you would, because it’s hurtful to someone you want to support!” Cuomo said. “If you want to be a leader, you need to step up. Do you endorse what he said about Mika Brzezinski?”
After Epstein tried to spin her way out of answering the question again, Cuomo mercilessly demanded that Epstein call out the rich asshole.
“Then say what the president said was wrong about Mika Brzezinski,” he said.
“You’re trying to pressure me to say something I’m not willing to say,” Epstein said, demonstrating how spineless she is.
Cuomo then dropped the hammer.
Why not? If you want to be a leader and you want to call out what’s wrong, do it. Say it….How our president treats other human beings especially women is a meaningful issue,” Cuomo stated. “If the media is wrong, it should be called out. You know what? there’s one president and there’s a lot of media. There’s one person at the top of the chain. There’s one ultimate leader and there’s a lot of media. You really want to put him on equal footing with Mika Brzezinski in terms of whose words matter more? Come on.”
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) has just placed a six-foot-tall sculpture outside the rich asshole International Hotel and Tower in Chicago that says “REAL FAKE” in metallic gold, uppercase letters.
the rich asshole frequently likes to use the term ‘fake’ himself when lashing out against critics and media pundits who don’t agree with him. Looks like he was just outplayed. Our bet is, he’s not going to like this one bit.
The sculpture was created by Chicago-based artist Scott Reeder and he is loaning it to the city to put there as part of their Year of Public Art program.
Interestingly enough, the statue has been up since Monday but since then the rich asshole has come under fire for hanging up ‘fake’ Time Magazine covers of himself at several of his golf clubs to make himself look more important. Time Magazine sent out a request asking him to take them down since they’re not real.
“What’s wonderful about art is that it is completely open to interpretation,” city spokeswoman Christine Carrino told the Tribune.
The sculpture was created in 2013 before the rich asshole started running for president but now it’s more relevant than ever.
States rebel as the rich asshole election-fraud panel seeks voters’ personal data
New York’s Cuomo says complying with Kobach letter would ‘perpetuate the myth [that] voter fraud played a role in our election’
MIKE MURPHY
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A previous version of this report included a misspelling of Kris Kobach’s surname. The story has been corrected.
President some rich asshole’s commission on election integrity has asked all 50 states to provide voter rolls going back to 2006, and personal information including names, birth dates and partial Social Security numbers of all registered voters.
The request by Kris Kobach, Kansas’s secretary of state and the vice chairman of the commission, is already facing a backlash by states that say the request is unnecessary and unwarranted.
“I have no intention of honoring this request,” Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Thursday in a statement. McAuliffe, a Democrat, said there is no evidence of voter fraud in his state and that the commission is “politically motivated and silly posturing.”
“At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate some rich asshole’s alternative election facts,” he said, “and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression.”
In a statement on Thursday, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, a Democrat, also said he won’t cooperate: “I will not provide sensitive voter information to a commission that has already inaccurately passed judgment that millions of Californians voted illegally. California’s participation would only serve to legitimize the false and already debunked claims.”
Both McAuliffe and Padilla said the commission is a waste of taxpayer money that should be focusing on investigating Russian tampering, which they called the real threat to election integrity.
Late Thursday, Kentucky also rejected the request. “I do not intend to release Kentuckians’ sensitive personal data to the federal government,” Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat, said in a statement. “The president created this election commission based on the false notion that ‘voter fraud’ is a widespread issue — it is not.”
The ranks of state’s rebuffing the Kobach request grew with a spokesman for Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, according to CommonWealth magazine, saying, “They’re not going to get it. It’s not a public record.” Gov. Gina Raimondo of neighboring Rhode Island, appearing on MSNBC at midday Friday, suggested she saw no reason to comply with Kobach’s letter.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined that chorus Friday afternoon, saying on Twitter that his state would not comply, as doing so would “perpetuate the myth [that] voter fraud played a role in our election.”
NY refuses to perpetuate the myth voter fraud played a role in our election. We will not comply with this request.npr.org/sections/thetw…
The commission, led by Vice President Mike Pence, is scheduled to meet for the first time in July. Pence has said the group’s goal is to “protect and preserve the principle of one person, one vote.”
Kobach’s letter, sent Wednesday, asks the 50 secretaries of state to answer seven questions, including what evidence they have of voter fraud in their state and what laws hinder “your ability to ensure the integrity” of elections. It also seeks the full names of all registered voters, their addresses, dates of birth, party affiliation, last four digits of Social Security numbers and voting history for every election since 2006. Any documents sent to the commission will be made available to the public, the letter said.
Kobach told the Kansas City Star that all the voter data would be stored on secure government servers and cross-referenced against federal databases to weed out fraud.
Jason Kander of the Democratic National Committee blasted Kobach’s request. “I certainly don’t trust the the rich asshole administration with that information, and people across the country should be outraged,” he said in a statement.
Both Kobach and the rich asshole have claimed that millions of people voted illegally in the November election, but neither has offered any proof of that. Independent experts and top Republicans and Democrats alike have said there is no evidence supporting those claims, and that voter fraud in the U.S. remains extremely rare.
As secretary of state, Kobach has backed extremely restrictive voting laws and has faced a number of lawsuits accusing him of illegally disenfranchising Kansas voters.
White House Gives Worst Defense Of The Rich Asshole’s Twitter Behavior Possible
Posted at 4:00 pm on June 29, 2017 by Susan Wright
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders is probably worse at her job as Deputy White House Press Secretary than Sean Spicer is as Press Secretary.
When pressed over President the rich asshole’s hateful tweet storm from Thursday morning, where he took shots at MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski, Sanders was not helpful.
“The only person I see a war on is this president and everybody that works for him,” she said. “I don’t think you can expect someone to be personally attacked, day after day, minute by minute, and sit back. The American people elected a fighter.”
Sanders said the rich asshole shows the dignity of his office “every day in the decisions he’s making, the focus and the priorities he’s laid out in his agenda.
“He’s not going to sit back and be attacked by the liberal media, Hollywood elites and when they hit him, he’s going to hit back,” she said.
He’s a fighter!
How long and how much embarrassment must we slog through before we stop using that as a legitimate excuse?
Was it ever a legitimate excuse?
I’m going to say no. It’s not.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have condemned the president’s remarks. You can certainly expect to hear these remarks used throughout the 2018 midterm election season.
the rich asshole continues to write the left’s attack ads for them.
Republicans would be wise to make their stands against such behavior vocal and decisive. There will come a time when the stench of this administration will rub off on every Republican representative down the ladder.
Female GOP members should be especially perturbed.
Kansas Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins tweeted Thursday that the rich asshole’s comments were “not okay,” adding that “we should be working to empower women.”
Sanders, not to be outdone or dissuaded, powered on with her excuses.
“Everybody wants to make this an attack on a woman — what about the constant attacks that he receives or the rest of us?” she said.
“I’m a woman, I’ve been attacked by that show multiple times but I don’t cry foul because of it.”
Then how much more above the fray should the president be? That’s kind of the point.
When another reporter followed up by asking if Sanders felt that the tweet set a good example for her children, she deflected by saying that God is the “one perfect role model.”
Well, we usually speak His name and say Jesus is the one perfect role model. I can see being raised by a Baptist minister really left an impression.
“The media’s focus on priorities don’t line up with the rest of America,” she said. “America is winning and that is what we like to talk about, but you guys constantly ignore that narrative.”
Did she seriously say priorities aren’t what America wants to hear about, and then blamed the media for not chasing the White House rabbits into oblivion?
Hard to say, but I don’t think she thought that one out, too well.
Seriously, where is Sean Spicer, today?
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been pushing for some rich asshole to negotiate with him and his fellow Democrats on health care. On Wednesday, he renewed his calls for the rich asshole to work with him “in an open, bipartisan way.”
I have a challenge for @POTUS. It's simple: let's move forward on #healthcare in an open, bipartisan way.
But when the rich asshole was asked about his willingness to work with Schumer, he said he just isn’t sure the Senate minority leader is “serious” enough, adding that he “doesn’t seem like a serious person.”
During a photo op at the White House with the Chicago Cubs, ABC News’ Jon Karl asked the rich asshole if he’d be “willing to negotiate with all of them.”
the rich asshole’s response was to slam Schumer, because, of course it was.
I better find out if he’s serious. He hasn’t been serious. Obamacare is such a disaster, such a wreck, and he wants to try and save something that’s really hurting a lot of people… He’d have to be very, very serious. You know, he’s done a lot of talking, bad talking, and he just doesn’t seem like a serious person.”
the rich asshole, who is a freaking reality show star, seriously has the nerve to sit there and say that Schumer “doesn’t seem like a serious person?” The absurdity of this statement and the irony of who is saying it is enough to make your brain hurt. And as usual, it all goes right over the rich asshole’s head.
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