President Donald Trump pulled no punches when going scorched Earth on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-CA) in a series of furious posts on Truth Social, accusing the woke senator of trying to extort Republicans in exchange for shepherding a few Trump nominees through the Senate confirmation process.
In the post on the matter that detonated with a thunderous reception online, the president accused the Senate Minority Leader of demanding a billion dollars in funding in exchange for confirming the nominees, who should have been confirmed without issue as they are quite qualified, and stating that the demand was unconscionable and unprecedented.
Beginning his fury-filled tirade against Sen. Schumer, the president led off with the billion dollar accusation, saying, “Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is demanding over One Billion Dollars in order to approve a small number of our highly qualified nominees, who should right now be helping to run our Country.”
Continuing, he noted that the Republicans could not contemplate the demand, given how absurd and unprecedented it is, as going along with it would turn them into a laughing stock of a party. He said, “This demand is egregious and unprecedented, and would be embarrassing to the Republican Party if it were accepted. It is political extortion, by any other name.”
Building on that, he wrote, “Tell Schumer, who is under tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the Radical Left Lunatics, to GO TO HELL! Do not accept the offer, go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country. Have a great RECESS and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
Just a few minutes later, the president followed that up with another post accusing the Democrats of trying to extort him, saying, “THE DEMOCRATS ARE EXTORTIONISTS WHO ALMOST DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY. NOW WE ARE BACK, AND THE USA IS THE “HOTTEST” COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
The president also accused the Democrats of acting purely politically to reject his nominees despite their being well-suited for the jobs, saying, “Very proud of our great Republican Senators for fighting, over the Weekend and far beyond, if necessary, in order to get my great Appointments approved, and on their way to helping us MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! The Radical Left Democrat Senators are doing everything possible to DELAY these wonderful and talented people from being approved.”
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He added, accusing the Democrats of wanting America to fail more than they want him to succeed, “If George Washington or Abraham Lincoln were up for approval, the Dems would delay, as long as possible, then vote them out. The Democrats want our Country to fail, because they have failed. Thank you to Senator John Thune and our Republican Warriors in the Senate. Fight and WIN. I am with you all the way!!! DJT”
No deal was struck, and so the GOP-led Senate aims to change the rules to speed up the nominations process when they return from their recess in September. Speaking about the rules, Sen. John Thune said, “I think they’re desperately in need of change.” He added, “I think that the last six months have demonstrated that this process, nominations is broken. And so I expect there will be some good robust conversations about that.”
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