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'The President Won This One': CNN's Tapper Details How Trump
Outflanked Ocasio-Cortez And Her Leninist Girl Scout Troop
Matt Vespa Matt Vespa | @mvespa1 |Posted: Jul 17, 2019 6:39 PM
'The President Won This One': CNN's Tapper Details How Trump Outflanked
Ocasio-Cortez And Her Leninist Girl Scout Troop
Source: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
House Democrats may have appeared united in the resolution condemning
President Trump for a series of tweets aimed at Reps. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), but behind the scenes we have chaos. A few
talked to Tapper off the record and noted this whole fiasco has been a
massive win for the Trump White House. There was infighting between AOC
and Speaker Pelosi, which is good, but what’s even better is forcing the
Democratic leadership to re-embrace this Leninist Girl Scout Troop from
Hell and their extremist agenda and anti-Semitic remarks. Oh, and Omar
made sure to make it clear to CBS’s Gayle King that she doesn’t regret
her remarks.
"The president won this one,” said one House Democrat to Tapper, “What
the president has done is politically brilliant. Pelosi was trying to
marginalize these folks and the president has now identified the entire
party with them."
He noted all of this in a lengthy Twitter thread:
Jake Tapper
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@jaketapper
House Democrats appeared unified in their votes this week but I've
spent the day talking to a bunch of them and many are extremely
frustrated. All agree POTUS's tweets needed to be condemned; they spoke
under condition of anonymity so they could be candid. (Thread)
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2/ "The president won this one," said House Dem 1 of the Trump v Squad
(AOC, Tlaib, Omar & Pressley) showdown. "What the president has done is
politically brilliant. Pelosi was trying to marginalize these folks and
the president has now identified the entire party with them."
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3/ Another issue: what are Dems focused on? Is it what will help the
class of 2018 (largely more moderate than the Squad) get reelected?
Dem Rep 2: "The president's words and actions speak for themselves. We
need to focus on the issues that got them here: jobs, health care..."
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4/ "...instead of the issues the president brings up deliberately.
Anything that takes away from bread and butter issues is playing into
his hands."
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5/ Other House Democrats are conflicted about having to defend the Squad
given things they've said and done. House Dems cited: talk of supporting
challengers to incumbent Dems in primaries, AOC's use of the term
"concentration camps," anti-Semitic comments by Tlaib & Omar.
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6/ This perceived selective outrage rankled some Dems.
"Everybody was completely outraged by what the president said," said
House Dem 3, "and everybody thought it was appropriate to criticize him...
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7/ "...but this was the *first* time the House has taken action to
criticize him in any way, We couldn't even bring ourselves to have a
resolution exclusively condemning anti-Semitism uttered by one of those
members" -- Omar -- "but we leapt to their defense here."
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8/ A few House Dems noted that Omar and Tlaib just introduced a
resolution affirming the right of Americans to boycott, perceived as an
expression of support for the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divest, and
sanction) movement that most House Dems oppose.
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9/ "So we'll hear a tirade of attacks on Israel from the same group,"
said House Dem 3. "Hopefully they won't be anti Semitic."
House Dem 4 also brought up that bill coming "from someone with a
history of anti-Semitism" -- Omar -- "So yeah it’s challenging."
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10/ House Dem 4 recalls that "less than 2 weeks ago when members of our
caucus were trying to support funds for children at the border," the
Squad was arguing that "we're pro-putting kids in cages, we're against
human rights. So there’s frustration."
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11/ Others noted that this week the House Democratic Caucus stood by a
group that is not perceived as standing by them.
"I can't tell you the number of Members who are angry and annoyed about
them criticizing us," said House Dem 3.
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12/ AOC, in particular "gives her chief of staff license to get
candidates to run against her colleagues and to go after them on social
media. It makes people's skin crawl," said House Dem 3.
House Dem 4 summed it up: "We were there for them; they should stop
attacking us."
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There were also worries that AOC and her crew’s antics won’t help
moderate House Democrats keep their seats in 2020. With them defining
the party, that’s very possible. Have you seen the polling? The agenda
peddled by these women are viewed as straight trash.
“Anything that takes away from bread and butter issues is playing into
his [Trump’s] hands, said another Democrat.
There’s also great hesitancy to defend this quartet over their absurd
claims that we have concentration camps on the southern border in a not
so subtle reference to the Nazi Holocaust. The irony is that soon after
these allegations were lobbed by AOC, she quoted a Nazi sympathizer on
Twitter. And defending these women means defending their anti-Semitic
antics, which Omar has been their top quarterback. While some tried to
work on a package to help the overcrowding in the detention centers,
this crew attacked them for being complicit for putting kids in cages.
Why? Well, anything that enforces immigration law is seen that way. It’s
evil in their eyes. They’re for open borders.
“I can't tell you the number of Members who are angry and annoyed about
them criticizing us,” said another Democrat.
And while there is agreement that the president’s tweets should be
criticized, where were these people when the House tried to condemn
anti-Semitism. Over the weekend, Trump said that these women should go
back to their crime-infested places from whence they came, fix it, and
come back. He later doubled down and said if they don’t like it here,
they can leave.
Oh, and there’s the whole part about this four-headed monster backing
primary challenged. AOC and her Justice Democrats have said they are in
no way backing off from possibly challenging incumbent Democrats next
year. Needless to say, that hasn’t sat well with their Democratic
colleagues. It looks like Trump just outflanked them.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/17/cnns-tapper-house-democrats-admit-trump-won-the-fight-with-ocasio-cortez-and-he-n2550242?utm_campaign=inarticle
'The President Won This One': CNN's Tapper Details How Trump
Outflanked Ocasio-Cortez And Her Leninist Girl Scout Troop
Matt Vespa Matt Vespa | @mvespa1 |Posted: Jul 17, 2019 6:39 PM
'The President Won This One': CNN's Tapper Details How Trump Outflanked
Ocasio-Cortez And Her Leninist Girl Scout Troop
Source: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
House Democrats may have appeared united in the resolution condemning
President Trump for a series of tweets aimed at Reps. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), but behind the scenes we have chaos. A few
talked to Tapper off the record and noted this whole fiasco has been a
massive win for the Trump White House. There was infighting between AOC
and Speaker Pelosi, which is good, but what’s even better is forcing the
Democratic leadership to re-embrace this Leninist Girl Scout Troop from
Hell and their extremist agenda and anti-Semitic remarks. Oh, and Omar
made sure to make it clear to CBS’s Gayle King that she doesn’t regret
her remarks.
"The president won this one,” said one House Democrat to Tapper, “What
the president has done is politically brilliant. Pelosi was trying to
marginalize these folks and the president has now identified the entire
party with them."
He noted all of this in a lengthy Twitter thread:
Jake Tapper
✔
@jaketapper
House Democrats appeared unified in their votes this week but I've
spent the day talking to a bunch of them and many are extremely
frustrated. All agree POTUS's tweets needed to be condemned; they spoke
under condition of anonymity so they could be candid. (Thread)
3,797
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2/ "The president won this one," said House Dem 1 of the Trump v Squad
(AOC, Tlaib, Omar & Pressley) showdown. "What the president has done is
politically brilliant. Pelosi was trying to marginalize these folks and
the president has now identified the entire party with them."
3,020
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✔
@jaketapper
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3/ Another issue: what are Dems focused on? Is it what will help the
class of 2018 (largely more moderate than the Squad) get reelected?
Dem Rep 2: "The president's words and actions speak for themselves. We
need to focus on the issues that got them here: jobs, health care..."
827
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4/ "...instead of the issues the president brings up deliberately.
Anything that takes away from bread and butter issues is playing into
his hands."
884
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203 people are talking about this
Jake Tapper
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5/ Other House Democrats are conflicted about having to defend the Squad
given things they've said and done. House Dems cited: talk of supporting
challengers to incumbent Dems in primaries, AOC's use of the term
"concentration camps," anti-Semitic comments by Tlaib & Omar.
1,213
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Jake Tapper
✔
@jaketapper
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6/ This perceived selective outrage rankled some Dems.
"Everybody was completely outraged by what the president said," said
House Dem 3, "and everybody thought it was appropriate to criticize him...
673
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@jaketapper
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7/ "...but this was the *first* time the House has taken action to
criticize him in any way, We couldn't even bring ourselves to have a
resolution exclusively condemning anti-Semitism uttered by one of those
members" -- Omar -- "but we leapt to their defense here."
1,496
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8/ A few House Dems noted that Omar and Tlaib just introduced a
resolution affirming the right of Americans to boycott, perceived as an
expression of support for the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divest, and
sanction) movement that most House Dems oppose.
929
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9/ "So we'll hear a tirade of attacks on Israel from the same group,"
said House Dem 3. "Hopefully they won't be anti Semitic."
House Dem 4 also brought up that bill coming "from someone with a
history of anti-Semitism" -- Omar -- "So yeah it’s challenging."
1,003
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@jaketapper
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10/ House Dem 4 recalls that "less than 2 weeks ago when members of our
caucus were trying to support funds for children at the border," the
Squad was arguing that "we're pro-putting kids in cages, we're against
human rights. So there’s frustration."
918
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@jaketapper
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11/ Others noted that this week the House Democratic Caucus stood by a
group that is not perceived as standing by them.
"I can't tell you the number of Members who are angry and annoyed about
them criticizing us," said House Dem 3.
997
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12/ AOC, in particular "gives her chief of staff license to get
candidates to run against her colleagues and to go after them on social
media. It makes people's skin crawl," said House Dem 3.
House Dem 4 summed it up: "We were there for them; they should stop
attacking us."
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There were also worries that AOC and her crew’s antics won’t help
moderate House Democrats keep their seats in 2020. With them defining
the party, that’s very possible. Have you seen the polling? The agenda
peddled by these women are viewed as straight trash.
“Anything that takes away from bread and butter issues is playing into
his [Trump’s] hands, said another Democrat.
There’s also great hesitancy to defend this quartet over their absurd
claims that we have concentration camps on the southern border in a not
so subtle reference to the Nazi Holocaust. The irony is that soon after
these allegations were lobbed by AOC, she quoted a Nazi sympathizer on
Twitter. And defending these women means defending their anti-Semitic
antics, which Omar has been their top quarterback. While some tried to
work on a package to help the overcrowding in the detention centers,
this crew attacked them for being complicit for putting kids in cages.
Why? Well, anything that enforces immigration law is seen that way. It’s
evil in their eyes. They’re for open borders.
“I can't tell you the number of Members who are angry and annoyed about
them criticizing us,” said another Democrat.
And while there is agreement that the president’s tweets should be
criticized, where were these people when the House tried to condemn
anti-Semitism. Over the weekend, Trump said that these women should go
back to their crime-infested places from whence they came, fix it, and
come back. He later doubled down and said if they don’t like it here,
they can leave.
Oh, and there’s the whole part about this four-headed monster backing
primary challenged. AOC and her Justice Democrats have said they are in
no way backing off from possibly challenging incumbent Democrats next
year. Needless to say, that hasn’t sat well with their Democratic
colleagues. It looks like Trump just outflanked them.