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babylonsister

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Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:49 AM Jun 2020

Chuck Grassley openly begs WH officials to stage intervention with Trump -- or else face defeat [View all]

Specifically, he suggests someone read the editorial to iq45.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/chuck-grassley-openly-begs-white-house-officials-to-stage-intervention-with-trump-or-else-face-defeat/

Chuck Grassley openly begs White House officials to stage intervention with Trump — or else face defeat
Published 18 hours ago
on June 26, 2020
By Brad Reed


Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Friday openly pleaded with White House officials to stage an intervention with President Donald Trump and make clear to him that he is going to lose badly unless he changes course.

Writing on Twitter, Grassley urged White House officials to make Trump read a Wall Street Journal editorial that warned the president is on track to face a “historic repudiation” at the ballot box.

“Will somebody with access to the Oval Office read the WSJ editorial ‘The Trump Referendum’ to President Trump,” Grassley wrote. “We won’t have more good SCOTUS justices or the best economy in 50 years like we have had if he doesn’t follow that advice.”


The editorial in question argued that Trump had done little to present a vision for what his next four years in office will look like, while also criticizing the president for instead campaigning on petty grievances.

“Mr. Trump’s base of 35 percent or so will never leave, but the swing voters who stood by him for three and half years has fallen away in the last two months,” the editorial stated. “This includes suburban women, independents, and seniors who took a risk on him in 2016 as an outsider who would shake things up. Now millions of Americans are close to deciding that four more years are more risk than they can stand.”
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Chuckle, you want an intervention because you got SharonClark Jun 2020 #1
3022!!!! PCIntern Jun 2020 #4
"Somebody, please, read it to him." Laelth Jun 2020 #2
Yes, I read that as an admission that Grassley and kin know that Trump is goofy. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #45
"Best economy in 50 years"? Yeah, right, Chuck. Keep kissing Trump's ass. n/t blitzen Jun 2020 #3
Grassley didn't mention trump stole Cha Jun 2020 #6
Minimum of 1 million people filing for UE every week for 14 straight weeks .. . hatrack Jun 2020 #7
Recalls the dancing raisins singing "heard it through the grapevine" commercial of the last ice age. jaxexpat Jun 2020 #21
And with all that unemployment hitting the states, republicans refuse to continue BComplex Jun 2020 #51
I'm old enough to remember PatSeg Jun 2020 #20
Is that really how he said it? Southerntier Jun 2020 #24
he was referring to OBAMA'S economy Skittles Jun 2020 #52
Cue the Violins! Cha Jun 2020 #5
"MORE" good Supreme Court Justices? Like Gorsuch and Kavanaugh? DFW Jun 2020 #8
fuck chuck spanone Jun 2020 #9
They had the opportunity to support America woodsprite Jun 2020 #10
Sorry Chuck mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #11
Do you really believe Trump is capable of changing his course, Chuck? tanyev Jun 2020 #12
Geezus.. what we won't have is a rich oligarchy.. ananda Jun 2020 #13
Can't take his advice. safeinOhio Jun 2020 #14
Asking the Pierson's Puppeteers to mutiny against the Hindmost Xipe Totec Jun 2020 #15
Wishful thinking, Chuckie-boy... dixiechiken1 Jun 2020 #16
That's like asking a skunk to give up its stink glands Martin Eden Jun 2020 #17
Exactly! FM123 Jun 2020 #18
Thanks -- I didn't even realize I hit 10,000 !!! Martin Eden Jun 2020 #46
Fuck you Chuck you are part of the Trump cult. SamKnause Jun 2020 #19
You had a chance, and you blew it! edhopper Jun 2020 #22
Maybe someone should intervene with Grassley... NNadir Jun 2020 #23
Exactly. Pepsidog Jun 2020 #28
Covid spread is the nail in the coffin DIVINEprividence Jun 2020 #25
Read? chriscan64 Jun 2020 #26
The Republican Party should cease to exist. Pepsidog Jun 2020 #27
Chuckie thinks Trump will listen, care, and comprehend bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #29
Republicans are losers I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #30
He's not motivated by political issues. Renew Deal Jun 2020 #31
Chickenshit. Chucky, why not go read it to him yourself? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #32
If only we had had a chance to remove Trump from office a few months ago... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #33
If only someone could have intervened in, say, February... JHB Jun 2020 #34
Shut up, Chuck. Let Trump be Trump. dalton99a Jun 2020 #35
So, don't intervene to save the country. zentrum Jun 2020 #36
Best economy for whom you piece of shit Grassley? It is the worst economy since the depression. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #37
"Shake things up" wryter2000 Jun 2020 #38
The plaintive wail of Chuck Grassley- Go yell at the toilet, Charles, it will be more responsive. NBachers Jun 2020 #39
I was going to write something clever about Grassley being an overall failure, but the DU peeps Ninga Jun 2020 #40
Fuck you, Chuck. yardwork Jun 2020 #41
Welcome under the bus, Chuckles. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2020 #42
Translation:... jayfish Jun 2020 #43
Plaeeze!! Someone needs to slap Chuck upside the head, get him (&WSJ) copies of the ICD-10 and DSM-5 littlemissmartypants Jun 2020 #44
Not being realistic. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #47
You fucking Senators had a chance and blew it off scarytomcat Jun 2020 #48
Grassley thinks he's being somehow woke... lame54 Jun 2020 #49
Hey Death Panel Chuck Grassley MagickMuffin Jun 2020 #50
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