Former Bush spokesperson Pete Seat slammed Democrats for his or her criticism of the Trump administration’s insurance policies, saying that occasion lawmakers are dropping extra “f-bombs than there are in ‘The Big Lebowski.’”
Seat made the feedback on CNN on Thursday in response to Rep. Maxine Waters’s (D-Calif.) assertion earlier within the day accusing Trump of searching for to begin a civil battle.
“But as I listen to her and her apocalyptic premonitions, and then I see some of her colleagues in the House of Representatives and the Senate drop more f-bombs than there are in ‘The Big Lebowski,’ I think maybe they finally hit their stride: say crazy stuff and become your own worst enemy,” Seat mentioned of Waters, referencing the favored 1998 comedy movie.
Waters, a long-time critic of President Trump, mentioned Thursday that the early flood of presidential insurance policies — the disruptive tariffs, mass firings of federal staff and empowerment of tech billionaire Elon Musk to intestine the federal government and the companies it gives — imply Trump desires to incite violence.
“This president is putting us in a position where hungry people are going to be on the street. Where nonprofits, who were waiting for their checks, are not gonna get them. Where seniors waiting for their Social Security check, will not get it. Where poor families with children will not get what they believe the government has agreed to do,” she instructed reporters in the course of the Democrats’ annual points retreat in Northern Virginia.
“And so when that occurs, what does Trump count on? Oh, I imagine he expects violence. I imagine he expects confrontation. I imagine he’s working in direction of a civil battle,” she added.
Talking on the retreat, Rep. Andrea Salinas, a second-term Oregon Democrat, additionally strongly criticized the administration.
“Trump lied to those who voted for him. And I know that those in my district who voted for Trump did not vote for this s—storm,” Salinas mentioned throughout a press briefing amid the Democrats’ annual technique retreat in Leesburg, Va.
“They did not vote for that. That wasn’t the deal.”
Different Democratic lawmakers have additionally voiced issues over the Trump administration’s dealing with of affairs, typically utilizing sturdy language.
Final month, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) delivered a brief and blunt message to tech billionaire and Division of Authorities Effectivity head Elon Musk outdoors the Capitol.
“If you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say?” a reporter requested her, in a clip now extensively circulated on social media.
“F— off,” Crockett replied.
