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Pelosi was supposed to leave in a government plane this afternoon, source confirms.
“It demeans the office of the presidency because it is so petty,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says of Trump’s move to block Pelosi from leaving town during shutdown, per @elwasson.
GOP’s Lindsey Graham: “Speaker Pelosi’s threat to cancel the State of the Union is very irresponsible and blatantly political.
“President Trump denying Speaker Pelosi military travel to visit our troops in Afghanistan, our allies in Egypt and NATO is also inappropriate.”
“President Trump denying Speaker Pelosi military travel to visit our troops in Afghanistan, our allies in Egypt and NATO is also inappropriate.”
White House is claiming Trump’s decision to yank Pelosi’s access to a government airplane to visit US troops and allies overseas wasn’t a response Pelosi’s request to postpone Trump’s State of the Union — it was to keep the House speaker here to negotiate on shutdown.
Not everyone dismayed Trump grounded Pelosi, on day 27 of shutdown.
Senate GOPer says: “We were clapping here!”
And a Wall Street source says: “This was awesome ... Made the trading floor’s day.”
Senate GOPer says: “We were clapping here!”
And a Wall Street source says: “This was awesome ... Made the trading floor’s day.”
Pelosi delegation had planned to fly commercial to Afghanistan, per aide @Drew_Hammill, but it was scrapped due to increased danger to the delegation.
“This morning, we learned that the Administration had leaked the commercial travel plans as well."
“This morning, we learned that the Administration had leaked the commercial travel plans as well."
A person familiar with the congressional delegation’s plans told Bloomberg News early today that Pelosi planned to fly commercial to Afghanistan.
Bloomberg didn’t publish a report.
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Bloomberg didn’t publish a report.
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