{"id":45154,"date":"2020-05-05T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45154"},"modified":"2020-05-05T13:18:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T20:18:40","slug":"chopper-talk-trump-whines-about-haters-in-congress-because-he-hates-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45154","title":{"rendered":"CHOPPER TALK: Trump Whines About ‘Haters’ in Congress – Because He Hates Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past six weeks Donald Trump has been unable to wallow in the glow of the glassy-eyed disciples who clamor to his cult rallies. Nor has he been able to hold his impromptu “Chopper Talk”<\/em> sessions prior to jaunting off to some self-serving campaign junket. And he had to quit his Coronavirus Task Force briefings (aka Trump 2020 Reelection Campaign Infomercials<\/a><\/strong>) because even his friends recognized that they were deep sixing his approval ratings<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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But now, as Trump rushes to “reopen”<\/em> the nation to ever more misery, exposing people to rapidly rising incidents of coronavirus infection and death, he is happy once again. He’s happy because he couldn’t care less about the suffering of the American people. The only thing Trump cares about is Trump<\/a><\/strong>. And the priority of our reality TV game show host president is that he has been sorely missing the feverish adulation from his deplorable fanatics and his rancid, lie-riddled verbal jousts with reporters.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning, however, Trump got his groove back as he strutted in front of a waiting helicopter to harangue the assembled press. Why they still show up is mystery considering Trump’s open hostility to them<\/a><\/strong>. Among the questions he awkwardly avoided by dodging and deceiving was one relating to his recent and strikingly totalitarian command barring<\/a><\/strong> members of the Task Force from testifying before Congress.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear whether Trump has the legal authority to issue such a prohibition, but it is unarguably an insult to the American people who rely on their representatives in Congress to conduct oversight of the Executive branch. Trump’s explanation for why he dictated this ban was an overt admission of his disrespect for the pursuit of truth and for democracy itself (video below)<\/em>. He ranted that…<\/p>\n

“The House is a set up. The House is a bunch of Trump haters. They put every Trump hater on the committee. The same old stuff. They, frankly, want our situation to be unsuccessful, which means death. Which means death. And our situation is gonna be very successful. The House has put on an Oversight Committee of Maxine Waters and Maloney and the same people and it’s just a setup.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Trump is confessing that he is withholding the testimony of experts who work for the people because he’s afraid they might tell Congress the truth. The members he calls “haters”<\/em> were overwhelming elected in 2018, when Democrats took control of the House of Representatives. So that would imply that it’s the people who hate Trump. Which, according to most polls<\/a><\/strong>, is correct. He’s also forgetting that there are Republicans on the Oversight Committee in the House, and Democrats on the Senate committee where Trump is allowing the Task Force members to testify.<\/p>\n

More troubling is Trump’s aversion to democracy. Congress needs the testimony of experts and government officials in order to carry out their constitutional duties. But Trump seems to think he only needs to answer to the bootlicking sycophants who enable his criminal behavior. His obstructionism is more evidence of his cowardice. And that applies in particular to the women in Congress. We know that Trump is scared to death of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But the only members of the committee whose names he mentioned were Maxine Waters and Carolyn Maloney. The men on the committee are surely feeling left out this morning.<\/p>\n

Trump confirmed his misogyny at another morning affair when he complained that two female reporters, Weijia Jiang and Paula Reid, were not behaving like 1950’s TV housewives. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t Donna Reed, I can tell you that,\u201d<\/em> Trump said in a throwback to an archaic era of television. Trump also went on to say that “Democrats should be ashamed,”<\/em> because “they want us to fail so they can win an election.”<\/em> That’s another example of how Trump employs pure projection of his own motivations onto others. Trump provided an example of his own interest in “success”<\/em> when he replied to a question about whether he was concerned about increasing virus infections and death if states relaxed their guidelines too early by saying “No. They have to do it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

So there you have it. You are commanded to return to work now, despite the risks, because Dear Leader says so. And it must be so comforting that he isn’t concerned about the heightened potential that you and your family might die. That’s not his problem. He needs to get the economy back on track before November or he’ll have no chance of being reelected (not to mention it’s costing him a small fortune<\/a><\/strong>). Although causing more Americans to get sick and die might also be drag on his get-out-the-vote effort.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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REPORTER: Why won't you let Fauci testify before the House?<\/p>\n

TRUMP: "Because the House is a set up. The House is a bunch of Trump haters … they, frankly, want our situation to be unsuccessful, which means death." pic.twitter.com\/G3G5OoV5IV<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n