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riversedge

(70,077 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 08:53 AM Aug 2020

Stimulus negotiations collapse as Mark Meadows slammed the table and walked out: Nancy Pelosi

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Source: raw story




Published 11 hours ago on August 6, 2020



The White House and Congress remain trillions of dollars apart on the next coronavirus stimulus bill.

Speaking Nancy Pelosi told reporters following a three-hour negotiation meeting that White House chief of staff Mark Meadows slammed the table and walked out of the meeting, to which Pelosi replied that the Trump administration was slamming the table on our children......................




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says Meadows has a reputation of blowing things up and getting Nothing done!! I see why Trump likes him--these two are two peas in a pod!!







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Stimulus negotiations collapse as Mark Meadows slammed the table and walked out: Nancy Pelosi (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2020 OP
The Platinum Lady bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #1
There are six seats at the table . . Iliyah Aug 2020 #2
+1000 Freethinker65 Aug 2020 #4
Was Mark's limo waiting outside, like Pence's was for his staged walkout after the NFL kneeled? Freethinker65 Aug 2020 #3
trump can get monies for himself, his butt buddies and so fourth AllaN01Bear Aug 2020 #5
It begins to look like a trap, and an excuse for Trump to test-fly John Yoo's theory about Mike 03 Aug 2020 #6
Precisely this nt intrepidity Aug 2020 #36
Meadows is slime. It is an insult to America that he walks free representing white privilege. Ford_Prefect Aug 2020 #7
This was all staged and planned in advance. GOPers had no intention of making a deal. groundloop Aug 2020 #8
+1 2naSalit Aug 2020 #10
ABSOLUTELY!! bluestarone Aug 2020 #17
I believe that sure why not Aug 2020 #25
There you go. Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #35
"Mark Meadows slammed the table and walked out" left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #9
Meadows is a pea-brained Tea Party tool who is COLGATE4 Aug 2020 #11
+1000 Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #13
The world's best negotiator knows only one technique dalton99a Aug 2020 #16
Have a tantrum ? left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 #18
Take it to 'em, Nancy. I/we got your back... abqtommy Aug 2020 #12
Disgusting republicans. Putrid creeps. Pepsidog Aug 2020 #14
Do your JOB MSM - report the facts - Rethugs are the DISEASE destroying this country. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2020 #15
Exactly. nt SunSeeker Aug 2020 #33
trump and the GOP will be held accountable duforsure Aug 2020 #19
If the WH and KGBOP would lead and solve the crisis healthcare crisis MontanaMama Aug 2020 #20
Repukes are destroying the economy... zentrum Aug 2020 #21
$1200 stimulus check for corporations keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #22
My favorite Pelosi quote was when she said to some reporter who was asking about PatrickforO Aug 2020 #23
Sourcing some journalism on this story. Link below. MFGsunny Aug 2020 #24
Thank You for the news. They do not really want to negotiate...Trump wants to rule!!!!! Stuart G Aug 2020 #26
It's pretty plain llashram Aug 2020 #27
Meadows is a grade-A asshole moose65 Aug 2020 #28
Agreed! Meadows is an ass! Moe Davis for Congress! MyMission Aug 2020 #38
When they complain about the deficit we should slam the table with a stack of grifting evidence. JudyM Aug 2020 #29
Let's hope Meadow Muffin really stepped in it this time Blue Owl Aug 2020 #30
Pelosi has been breathing fire and kicking ass lately Yeehah Aug 2020 #31
She has! DeminPennswoods Aug 2020 #32
These are good optics for the Dems Yeehah Aug 2020 #34
Good imitation of the Toddler in charge mvd Aug 2020 #37
After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING applegrove Aug 2020 #39

bucolic_frolic

(43,044 posts)
1. The Platinum Lady
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 08:57 AM
Aug 2020

Oh is she playing hardball! Go get 'em, Nancy!

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. There are six seats at the table . .
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:02 AM
Aug 2020

missing from the negotiations - mcturtle and McCarthy ..

meadows is a total RW tool and so is mnuchin.

WH plan this, so shithole can ride in and be the savior with his EO's which will be a total disaster.

Freethinker65

(9,999 posts)
4. +1000
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:03 AM
Aug 2020

Freethinker65

(9,999 posts)
3. Was Mark's limo waiting outside, like Pence's was for his staged walkout after the NFL kneeled?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:02 AM
Aug 2020

AllaN01Bear

(17,987 posts)
5. trump can get monies for himself, his butt buddies and so fourth
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:08 AM
Aug 2020

forget the poor and working ppl.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
6. It begins to look like a trap, and an excuse for Trump to test-fly John Yoo's theory about
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:11 AM
Aug 2020

unlimited Executive Power:

Meadows, publicly pessimistic, is reportedly bored with talks; he has said he’d be happy to have Trump take executive actions instead and essentially shut off the stimulus spigot with the country teetering on the cusp of depression.

intrepidity

(7,275 posts)
36. Precisely this nt
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 03:18 PM
Aug 2020

Ford_Prefect

(7,870 posts)
7. Meadows is slime. It is an insult to America that he walks free representing white privilege.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:12 AM
Aug 2020

He plays as dirty as Karl Rove and has the ethics of a rabid dog. Like Trump, his personal finances would not stand the light of day.

groundloop

(11,513 posts)
8. This was all staged and planned in advance. GOPers had no intention of making a deal.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:15 AM
Aug 2020

2naSalit

(86,323 posts)
10. +1
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:32 AM
Aug 2020

bluestarone

(16,859 posts)
17. ABSOLUTELY!!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:10 AM
Aug 2020

100%

sure why not

(39 posts)
25. I believe that
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:10 AM
Aug 2020

These fuckers are so EVIL.

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
35. There you go.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 03:07 PM
Aug 2020

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
9. "Mark Meadows slammed the table and walked out"
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:30 AM
Aug 2020

Trump has done that in past meetings with Democrats.

Articles at the time reported it was a 'negotiating technique' Trump often used in his business dealings.
After storming out, often people would give in to Trump.

Guessing Trump told him to do this.

Pathetic !

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
11. Meadows is a pea-brained Tea Party tool who is
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:39 AM
Aug 2020

stupid enough to believe Trump when Trump advises him as to "how to negotiate".

Thekaspervote

(32,705 posts)
13. +1000
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:48 AM
Aug 2020

dalton99a

(81,392 posts)
16. The world's best negotiator knows only one technique
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:09 AM
Aug 2020

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
18. Have a tantrum ?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:17 AM
Aug 2020

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
12. Take it to 'em, Nancy. I/we got your back...
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:41 AM
Aug 2020

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
14. Disgusting republicans. Putrid creeps.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:03 AM
Aug 2020

NoMoreRepugs

(9,371 posts)
15. Do your JOB MSM - report the facts - Rethugs are the DISEASE destroying this country.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:06 AM
Aug 2020

SunSeeker

(51,512 posts)
33. Exactly. nt
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:35 PM
Aug 2020

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
19. trump and the GOP will be held accountable
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:20 AM
Aug 2020

For not getting this done much sooner , and for stalling for months. Nov. they'll regret their actions .

MontanaMama

(23,295 posts)
20. If the WH and KGBOP would lead and solve the crisis healthcare crisis
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:41 AM
Aug 2020

the economy would follow suit.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
21. Repukes are destroying the economy...
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:46 AM
Aug 2020

…..along the way. I know they don't care about people, but don't they care about Wall Street?

keithbvadu2

(36,655 posts)
22. $1200 stimulus check for corporations
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:51 AM
Aug 2020

$1200 stimulus check for corporations

PatrickforO

(14,558 posts)
23. My favorite Pelosi quote was when she said to some reporter who was asking about
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:53 AM
Aug 2020

the Republicans, and how they'd surely be happy to do stuff to honor John Lewis (sure they would!), and she said,


"You're mistaking them for someone who gives a damn."


THAT was the best!

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
26. Thank You for the news. They do not really want to negotiate...Trump wants to rule!!!!!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:15 AM
Aug 2020

llashram

(6,265 posts)
27. It's pretty plain
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:35 AM
Aug 2020

this is an election ploy. Stall, stall, stall till closer to the election and then give the minions some crumbs, maybe a little more, probably a little less so trump and his cronies up for election can say, see, see we gave you something, now vote for us and we'll do more, blah, blah, blah, bulshit, bullshit, bullshit

moose65

(3,166 posts)
28. Meadows is a grade-A asshole
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:37 AM
Aug 2020

And he enraged many Republicans in his district (NC-11) when he waited almost till the last minute to leave his seat, thinking that he had picked his replacement who later lost in the primary to a 24-year-old.

Since our last round of re-re-re-districting, the city of Asheville has been put back into NC-11 after being gerrymandered out. That makes this district swingy for the right candidate. Moe Davis is the Democrat who is running this fall:

[link:https://moedavisforcongress.com/|

MyMission

(1,849 posts)
38. Agreed! Meadows is an ass! Moe Davis for Congress!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:11 PM
Aug 2020

Several of us here at DU in the 11th district.
Welcome back! I couldn't be happier or more hopeful about our prospects.

I'm in Henderson county, a repug controlled area.
Heath Schuler, Dem and football star, was our rep before Meadows and gerrymandering.
NC does often fluctuate parties, from presidents to governors to senators and representatives in our elections.
I think Davis has what it takes to win, and we're ready to swing back to Dem and ride the blue wave!
Counting the days until early voting!

JudyM

(29,192 posts)
29. When they complain about the deficit we should slam the table with a stack of grifting evidence.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:41 AM
Aug 2020

Blue Owl

(50,259 posts)
30. Let's hope Meadow Muffin really stepped in it this time
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:30 PM
Aug 2020

When folks catch wind the the GOP is just gonna let 'em suffer and lose everything, when it's the GOP's goddamned fault we're in this mess in the first place, it's closed casket time for the GOP.

Start up the hearse, load up the stiff, head to the cemetery, and bury these motherfuckers so deep that they never return.

Yeehah

(4,568 posts)
31. Pelosi has been breathing fire and kicking ass lately
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:10 PM
Aug 2020

I'm glad she finally took off the gloves.

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)
32. She has!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:13 PM
Aug 2020

If the negotiations had been among Mnuchin, Pelosi and Schumer, a deal would've been done. But including taxophobe and tea party loony Meadows was a recipe for disaster. I guess Meadows thinks Trump can just executive order his way out of this mess.

Yeehah

(4,568 posts)
34. These are good optics for the Dems
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:55 PM
Aug 2020

Makes it look like the pukes are the ones holding things up. Which is the truth.

mvd

(65,160 posts)
37. Good imitation of the Toddler in charge
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:11 PM
Aug 2020

It is malpractice by the Repukes. I read Pelosi and Schumer lowered their offer to $2 trillion and they are still far apart! Good for the Dems not going lower.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
39. After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 07:17 PM
Aug 2020

Alert: duplicate post

This is this OP in LBN:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142555590

This is a previous one on the same topic:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142555398

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