Discussion: Corker Dismisses GOP Lunch With Trump As 'Nothing More' Than A 'Photo Op'

Itā€™s a damn shame an elected Republican must announce retirement before expressing such obvious concern for the nationā€™s security. Damn shame.

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And of course, Donald the Uniter responds

Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal & couldn't get elected dog catcher in Tennessee, is now fighting Tax Cuts....

ā€” Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2017
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Ah yes
The asshole that shows up at the BBQ with a gas can
See! Iā€™ll make that fire really hot.
You showed us Donny , You showed us

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Really does make one wonder when elected officials give their endorsements during an election. :dizzy_face:

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Joe & Mika raked Trump over the coals for lying in that tweet.
Corker opposed the Iran deal (a dumb move on his part) and Trump has repeatedly lied about Corkerā€™s position.

Joe said they could devote all 3 hours, five days a week, just to covering Trumpā€™s lies.

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Joe should talk. He and Mika gave Trump a huge boost during the primary and the campaign, despite Trumpā€™s lying. How about we start there, Joe?

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I doubt that they saw it as a boostā€”they thought of him as a mildly entertaining carnival barker with no chance of winning, just like the rest of us did.

Theyā€™ve been very hard on him since last December, and they regularly call him a liar.

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Thatā€™s all it EVER is Bobā€¦Trump only knows how to demean, belittle and insult and then pretend to ā€˜make niceā€™ in the Rose Garden.

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For what itā€™s worth, this is moving a step beyond concerns. This is a prominent Senator saying not only that he has concerns and is troubled and doesnā€™t like stuff the President does and so forth, heā€™s now contemptously saying thereā€™s no point in even talking to him. The implication is itā€™s hopeless, there will be endless turmoil because of the huge pathologies baked into Trumpā€™s mind and character. I donā€™t think thatā€™s too good for Trumpā€™s future.

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I was going to say the same thing. Corker is really angry. There was no pressing need to say what he did, but as you say, heā€™s like a poster on TPM - completely contemptuous of Trump.

Iā€™ll be on the lookout for an ā€œexSen Bobā€ poster.

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Cabinet meetings are photo ops too.

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Wow. Corker is unchained and pissed as hell!

And Iā€™m loving his hashtag #AlertTheDaycareStaff

@bdtex - cabinet meetings are an opportunity for a table full of people to praise, fawn and grovel at the ā€œblessingā€ of being able to serve the Fucking Moron.

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Of course itā€™s a photo op not a meeting of intellectual giants of our time.

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Iā€™ve known Bob for yearsā€”once heā€™s pissed, he stays pissed. Trump will live to regret taking Bob on.

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Keep in mind that this is still GOP bullshit and magic asterisks.

You got to remember, tax reform is our agenda. Itā€™s the Senateā€™s agenda. Itā€™s a House agenda. This was something thatā€™s been on our agenda long before the President ran for president.

Corker is complaining that Trump is more a hindrance than a help. Corker is still an idiot GOPer ā€œGranny Starverā€. The reprehensible complaining about the intractably deplorable. Feh and double feh!!!

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Do you suppose Corker is preparing for a run for the presidency?

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Whatā€™s interesting is that Corker wasnā€™t willing to say this until he decided not to run for reelection. I suspect Trump has been disgusting congressmen since he was elected. It may have already reached a critical mass. At some point, someone will suggest a way out.

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Do you think itā€™s possible that Corker and McCain are trying to push Tramp over the edge so that he demonstrates in no uncertain terms his lack of mental fitness to continue at 1600?

Granted, when it comes to pushing someoneā€™s buttons, Tramp is one giant button from head to toe but they seem coordinated in making this personal in the ways theyā€™re going after the Moron.

I just hope, for us and the entire planet, that they have inside knowledge of the protection of the Football.

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