Report: Trump GOP Allies Frustrated WH Didn’t Tell Them About Blocking Sondland’s Testimony | Talking Points Memo

Five of President Donald Trump’s loyalists in the House immediately sided with the President when he abruptly blocked Ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying in the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday–but they were reportedly frustrated that the White House hadn’t told them about it first.


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> Unnamed sources told Bloomberg that the five blindsided Republicans asked the White House for clearer communication on its anti-impeachment strategy during the meeting.
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> White House officials reportedly promised to keep them up to speed in the future.

Glad they got that settled.

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Why can’t Jordan wear a fucking suit jacket? He looks like he escaped from a JV football banquet.

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Ha. Good one.

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That’s his point. If anyone found him in a suit that wasn’t made in the mid-1990’s JC Penney’s mode would sink his ass. It would be like if someone founding him stringing six sentences together or expressing a viewpoint that wouldn’t fit into a 1987 frat pledge invite. It’s his cape.

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I heard Jordan on the radio the other day, and I guess from the pitch of his voice there must have been a castration move done on him during his wrestling days.

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It’s also sweet to see the anthesis to “the squad” #theskeeze (please trend for those of you who utilize that twitter thing) all together so I can search their opponents in 2020. If there’s something better than the skeeze, please trend that instead. I’ve had a long day. The probed, the odd, the plod? Something.

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White House officials reportedly promised to keep them up to speed in the future.

That’s gonna be hard to do with such slow-witted people.

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five blindsided Republicans

Look at how fast news is flying. It looks like Republicans will be in regular rotation on the blindsided committee.

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Yup, they were busy sucking trump’s Mr. Toad when the White House opened up the curtain and showed everyone the stone wall behind them.

And Jimbo Jordon looked really weird in that wwf wrestling costume, making it far worse for them all.

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I’m surprised they weren’t told that they don’t need to know a thing except to blindly follow Trump’s lead. They’re going to do it anyway.

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5 blindsided republicans,
4 thrown under the bus,
3 french hens…
ah, impeaching season approaches.

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Nah. He looks like a man about to have his first colonoscopy. Without the anesthesia.

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They’re good with his obstruction of justice, blatant violation of Federal law, and myriad other high crimes and misdemeanors but the audacity of keeping them in the dark is a bridge too far.

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It seems like the Republicans are asking for more collusion. :slight_smile:

It’s not at all surprising that they want marching orders from the White House ahead of time, so they can be ready when confronted by reporters with pat phrases that match up with the nonsense coming out from Trump and company. Otherwise, they make up their own nonsense, which makes things even more embarrassing for everyone.

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He probably thinks the white shirt makes him look brawnier than the size 37 & 1/2 he actually is.

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:100:

GOP Allies Frustrated WH Didn’t Tell Them About Blocking Sondland’s Testimony

This one made me laugh out loud.

The only job you hacks have is picking up the president’s shit. And you’ve been doing it gleefully for years now, so you may as well put away the phony outrage and buy a bigger shovel.

You’re going to need it.

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Good now they will have no excuse when called to justify their deeds.

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Yup, they think that because they shovel the hardest, Trump trusts and respects them. Just ask Cohen how that turns out…

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