Trump, July 2017: Tweet more

Uncovering political hypocrisy is very difficult, I know. Graham says Trump is being weak with Sessions; he needs to do whatever he's going to do, not "play around the edges." Which I believe describes every single Republican during the gradual acceptance of Donald Trump as the party's nominee last year, with the possible exception of low-energy Jeb.

make seatbelts optional again

#MSOA

pretty sure if Jeb! was a U.S. senator or rep and not a governor he'd be smiling alongside some other congressional shitheels now and prancing merrily along in lockstep with DJT.

Study was already done re: cost of transgender soldiers transitioning. Deemed negligible.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/14/health/transgender-troops-care-costs/index.html

The only person who ran on the Republican side who I can't see supporting Trump even as a senator is Kasich, and that is not so much because he is reasonable but because he has a gigantic bastard streak that he buried to make himself look reasonable to a national audience.

look let's not let facts get in the way of a spurt of transphobia at the highest levels of government xp

(xposts) True enough--that plus extreme personal pique, plus the fact he'd never be running for the nomination again.

I might be misremembering, but I thought Kasich reached some kind of rapprochement towards the end. He did skip the convention.

I honestly think with enough outrage about liberals telling you to use seat belts and air bags you could use right wing media to market and sell some sort of spike-covered face mask that would puncture airbags rendering them useless.

^^^c'mon ilx let's make some fucking $$$$

Liberals should just propose an anti-self immolation bill and just sit back and enjoy the fireworks

lol even NRO is ugh shut up please

I was amused by that. I'd kinda love to know who is giving him shit every day at dinner.

Overheard at the Pentagon: "We're taking orders via Twitter now?"

— Nancy Youssef, نانسى (@nancyayoussef) July 26, 2017

this is good

Time of Death: 11:50am EST. pic.twitter.com/cgEAxx5GIk

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) July 26, 2017

The Maverick's statement:

The President's tweet this morning regarding transgender Americans in the military is yet another example of why major policy announcements should not be made via Twitter.

The statement was unclear. The Department of Defense has already decided to allow currently-serving transgender individuals to stay in the military, and many are serving honorably today. Any American who meets current medical and readiness standards should be allowed to continue serving. There is no reason to force service members who are able to fight, train, and deploy to leave the military—regardless of their gender identity. We should all be guided by the principle that any American who wants to serve our country and is able to meet the standards should have the opportunity to do so—and should be treated as the patriots they are.

The statement was unclear.

just die already

I'm sure McCain was frustrated that there wasn't any pending anti-trans legislation he could've voted for immediately after writing that.

McCain: ____ is terrible for this long list of reasons. (votes in favor of ____, drops mic) Maverick out.

Damn, the full statement.

https://twitter.com/davidehrlich?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Interesting that both Ernst and of all people Hatch were all "Yeah wait a sec." (Obv talk is very cheap right now but I didn't expect that.)

wow, a very powerful statement from Senator John McCain on Trump’s discriminatory tweets about transgender Americans in the military. pic.twitter.com/AGmXIYRnFK

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) July 26, 2017

xp

And of course

There are 15,000 patriotic transgender Americans in the US military fighting for all of us. What happened to your promise to fight for them? https://t.co/WzjypVC8Sr

— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) July 26, 2017

ayo caitlyn he lied to u

Jeez she was on TV like 2 days ago repeating a bunch of Trump lies about taxes etc like they were facts.

i'm shocked that Caitlyn is a moron

It's that weird thing about the GOP where they laugh about the precious snowflakes crying their libtears until it affects them or their community directly.

Narcissism? BPD? Sociopathy? Look, I'm not a trained psychologist.

Caitlyn grew up as a world-class decathlete, meaning her post-elementary education consisted exclusively of running, jumping and throwing things.

like insults?

Yeah you can be trans and also an asshole, news flash

More fun on the Sessions front

Welp: @mobrooksforsen says he'll withdraw from the #ALSEN race if all candidates agree to reinstall Jeff Sessions: pic.twitter.com/XIoRm9kKQK

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) July 26, 2017

uh

Yeah I don't even know how to read that. I rather presume neither Strange nor Moore (much less Sessions) was consulted.

Dr. Strange hates being crossed!

Dr. Strange hates being crossed!

Dr. Strange hates being crossed!

Does all include Dems?
Sounds about as likely as that being a consensus decision

He seriously didn't consult anyone in the military before doing this? Did his own communications people know?

**a Dr. Strange appears**

xpost Unless the Mooch was just chillaxing on the side of the tub during Trump's morning shit & tweet sesh (not outside of the realm of possibility, mind), I'd wager not.

The full statement is even more of a 'well then'

Mo Brooks: "this public waterboarding of one of the greatest ppl AL has ever produced is inappropriate and insulting to the people of AL" pic.twitter.com/FgUcwCNoEk

— Alan He (@alanhe) July 26, 2017

What's fascinating about this is that there's a chance that of all people it's Brooks that would force a public break, just by him being a total dipshit.

Seeing how badly Trump is treating Sessions is making me wonder -- again -- why he is so deferential to Flynn.

I would welcome Sessions being raked over the coals or whatever if it didn't automatically suggest that Mueller may be the next to be at least attempted to be got rid of .

Apparently, the only two people Trump "consulted" re the trans ban were Pence and Bannon.

In other news, I got the letter from my local board of elections today officially changing my voter registration to Unaffiliated. (I was a registered Republican for 27 years.)

Just old enough to vote for Poppy Bush?

Speaking of Alabama senators

http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/07/sen_richard_shelby_backs_trans.html

Yeah this...wait.

Trump banned transgender service members to secure funding to build border wall, Politico reports https://t.co/FSrVJR5tZv

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) July 26, 2017

"This is like someone told the White House to light a candle on the table and the WH set the whole table on fire,” said one senior House Republican aide. The source said that while GOP leaders asked the White House for help, they weren't expecting — and got no heads up on — Trump's far-reaching directive.