President Joe Biden is slated to meet with 10 Republican senators on Monday to discuss the lawmakers’ push for a $600 billion COVID-19 package that would dramatically shrink down Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion proposal, per the White House’s daily schedule.
Don’t listen to their malarkey, Joe. Tell them you didn’t become President to waste time with that malarkey, tell them they’re malarkeyheads if they think you will, and then tell them if they won’t make a real-world deal then they can go eat malarkey.
I feel a waste of time
Could be worse.
Just showing tact eh Mr President?
“Tact,The ability to tell a man to go to hell and make him happy to be on his way.”
Meet with them and immediately show them the DOOR.
It would be churlish to not even meet with them. Besides, Joe may have Kompromat on some of them.
And … ?
More seriously: Meeting is not a problem. Unity might require that Pelosi and Schumer be there as well.
Joe: “I got your unity right here”
Trust, but verify.
Listen, then tell them to take a hike.
I think the fact that President Biden is meeting with the R senators today—and is not letting this drag out—means that he will politely give them a few minutes to make their case and then will move forward without them. Everyone knows their plan is to string Biden along and then withdraw their support at the last minute. It couldn’t be more obvious.
Joe to the GOP - “I’ll give you a chance, but only one chance, to negotiate in good faith with Chuck and Nancy. If you reach a deal by Friday, great. Otherwise, I’m going full speed ahead.”
Kamala will be there, presumably as President of the Senate in addition to her being VP. But Pelosi and Schumer should be there too, I would think.
All theater to get Manchin and Sinema onboard for the reconciliation bill.
Biden can say he tried working with the GOP, but their demands were unreasonable. Better yet if he can get one (or more) of the Senators coming out of the meeting complaining about Biden’s counteroffer being too “generous”.
Just as long as McConnell is left in the wilderness.
Reconciliation? Are you sure? Joe Manchin thinks it’s an affront for the VP to even give a speech supporting Biden’s plan in WV. And how dare no one at the WH clear it with him!
This fat, steaming turd of a democrat is going to have a lot of fun screwing over Biden’s agenda and ensuring his true party retakes both houses.
If Joe uses the talismanic words:
“Susan, you guys have pulled this stunt before. It’s a bunch a malarkey. I’m not playing your Charlie Brown football game. My credibility’s on the line here. Give me break. You guys are offering peanuts! C’mon man!”
It’s kabuki for the rubes back home. I wouldn’t infer too much from this “dustup”.
That sounds like a good plan to me. They don’t want to negotiate, it is either their plan or Biden won’t get their support, which he doesn’t need. If the whole package goes through, the US should be in good shape with COVID and the economy by June or July, which they want to avoid at all costs.
