On MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” host Nicolle Wallace and her guests discussed the administration’s bizarre and disturbing (not to mention politically inept) decisions to go after aid to Puerto Rico, funding for the Special Olympics, and endorsement of the conclusion that the courts should invalidate the entirety of Obamacare.
The panel observed that, in light of the relatively good news this week from Attorney General Bill Barr saying that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not bring a charge of conspiring with the Russian government against anyone in President Donald Trump’s orbit, these moves look particularly ill-timed and self-destructive. Bloomberg editor Tim O’Brien noted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is well-suited to weaponize these issues against Republicans.
“She knows how to legislate, she’s a student of public policy, she knows how to move things through the Congress,” he said. “None of those things has been strong facets of how the Trump White House has rolled. You know, the other thing I’d say you and David were talking about — what’s behind them doing this stuff? You know, you can’t leave Puerto Rico out of the mix on this. They’re cutting food stamps and federal support.”
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