Trump: Democratic senator who ran oversight on Jackson will have a "big price to pay"

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President Trump says Sen. Jon Tester — who led the congressional oversight on Dr. Ronny Jackson’s now-failed nomination to lead the VA — should have a “big price to pay in Montana.”

Tester is up for re-election in a state the President won by more than 20 points in 2016. The senator was the most public critic of Jackson, including interviews with CNN and NPR.

“I think this is going to cause him a lot of problems in his state,” Trump said on Fox News Thursday morning.

Earlier this week, Tester said Jackson was known as "the candy man" inside the White House, citing reports from individuals who raised concerns about his nomination.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ronny-jackson-trump-va/h_cc5628ba6d1a69e36e2773e3b0a614a9

[Achilleaze]

1. Melania: "Shut up, you big stinking republican bully* you."

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[Chipper Chat]

2. He better not fuck with Tester.

[manor321]

3. LOL. No

No one knows Jackson or cares about him. They won't remember him in November. Meanwhile, Trump will do 1000 horrible things between now and then.

[HipChick]

4. Exactly..

[Wwcd]

5. A sitting US President openly threatens a State elected Senator, for

doing what his role as Senator allows him to do.

Wow. It's more of a shout out to Trump's base of sociopaths, ..however they interpret the message.

Its Trump talking like a mob boss..

[workinclasszero]

8. Every since the Putin selection...

Shitler thinks he's the dictator of America.

[bdamomma]

24. he's a wannabe

dictator. Freaking guy has caused so much chaos, Putin must love this truly.

tRump is a traitor period.

[notdarkyet]

13. Hes going to get what he wants and to hell with everything, everyone and the country. Trump

Is the only one that matters. It doesn’t matter if his idea of very best is liars
Crooks and frauds. And pill pushers, great way to make friends by the way, if I had easy access to opiates I’d have lots of friends too. He is a bad loser, and lashes out at those who beat him. Now he wants to push his nominations through faster. I guess we won’t get a real vetting till after they are in place, now. And what happens with the next president: will she / he just appoint people? No vetting, no clearances needed? sign through wide-reaching decisions by proclaimtion? We need an overhaul on the hill, the prez is invested with too much power, Congress won’t do their job. And it seems they spend all their time raising money, and the oligarchs make and break the laws. What happened to “of the people, by the people and for the people”? I despair.

[notdarkyet]

14. I forgot to add, the veteransi will be very happy with Tester.

[RandomAccess]

31. +1

[bdamomma]

33. you know

that we are the only ones to save ourselves. If you listen to the our Reps and Senators why do they always say the American people need to do this or that? they can't save us either.

Power in numbers as they say.

[notdarkyet]

34. Yes, I agree. And our numbers grow by the day. Trump wants to be in front of everyone

All the time. Let him. The more people see and hear him, the less they like him.

[Iliyah]

6. A WH shithole who is threatening a United States' senator.

McTurtle ain't gonna do nothing but grin.

Attacks from RW media with lies will ensue.

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. +1000

[mountain grammy]

7. Hell sic Zinke on him

[deminks]

9. Places you won by 20 ain't so much for you anymore, Donnie.

Or hadn't you noticed? Even your GrOPer dummies in Congress were appalled by a drunk doctor who lied for you.

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. Boss Trump: "I have a Sicilian message for the Senator..."

[Delmette2.0]

11. Thank you Mr. Trump

Sen. Tester is well known in Montana for his undying support of our Veterans. Many of those Veterans are Repubs, but if 45 uses this against Tester, we will see some voters switching just to keep Tester in office.

[MontanaMama]

17. Saw Tester on MTP yesterday

and he seemed just plain mad during his interview. Mad that the nomination had gone this far, mad that Jackson wasn’t properly vetted by the admin, mad on behalf of veterans. The GOPer party of personal responsibility will attempt to blame this on Tester as if he bought drinks for Jackson himself. Get ready for a shit storm in Big Sky Country.

[Delmette2.0]

20. Yep, blame the messenger. nt

[True Blue American]

12. The 30 Minute Interview

AKA,(Tirade,) was funny as heck.

Watching Duecy and the other 2 try to sit with straight faces while the tirade, last election., lying Comey,fake news, how he has accomplished more than any President, this awful witch hunt,etc,etc!

[leanforward]

16. Senator Testor is more concerned about Veterans than our bloviating gasbag in chief.

The good Senator took a stand. He's a westerner, aka the "old" Virginian.

I will be donating to his campaign, from afar. Within my budget constraints.

Here of late, his (mr drumpf) actions are consistent with a foreign operative. Should be registered with FARA.

[Nitram]

18. The Mafia Don threatens the competition.

[malthaussen]

19. Look out, Mr Tester, Mr Trump is going to endorse you! n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. I suspect that Tester has nothing to worry about

And there were plenty of Republicans whom were concerned as well and were holding off on the nomination.

And Jackson withdrew his nomination

But, hey, if that is a hill that some Republican in Montana wants to die on............

[zentrum]

22. Yes. Oversight should

….always be severely punished. As should the rule of law. How dare congress do its job and not allow T to run the country like one of his crony businesses.

[bdamomma]

23. his mob

mentality is coming out again, and again and again, He is a fucking criminal the biggest criminal.

Listening to Stephanie Miller now they played him he is really unraveling. He is truly horrible all over the place. Placing blame on so many people, and thinking delusional as usual.

[blake2012]

32. Hes worse. Hes a reptilian animal

[Cosmocat]

25. American 2018

A senator who led the charge in PROTECTING VETS is being targeted by the POTUS to "Pay a price."

[Stuart G]

26. I may be wrong, but Trump's displeasure with Senator Tester, may

just be an outstanding asset going into the election. I will send what I can to Tester. But having Trump against him may be a very good thing.

[SunSeeker]

27. Tester standing up for veterans' care isn't going to hurt him, you Orange Maggot.

But you nominating a drunk pill pusher instead of someone with experience will hurt you, dipshit.

[bucolic_frolic]

28. Sounds like a threat to me

[KPN]

30. Yep. And them's fighting words.

[KPN]

29. This f'ing idiot is getting worse by the day. He's increasingly unable to restrain his

most basic impulses; and revealing the totally out of control megalomaniac he has always been. As occupant of the WH, he is a dangerous time-bomb waiting to happen. The ending surely won't be good.

[They_Live]

35. +1000

You read my mind!