YES!!! Pelosi and Schumer DEMAND EQUAL AIRTIME FOR DEMOCRATS after Trump address! YES!!!

[Miles Archer]

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Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer: "Now that the television networks have decided to air the President's address, which if his past statements are any indication will be full of malice and misinformation, Democrats must immediately be given equal airtime."

6:35 PM - 7 Jan 2019

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[dalton99a]

1. Don't forget:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/11/20/why-the-networks-arent-giving-president-obama-primetime-real-estate-for-his-immigration-speech/

[Glimmer of Hope]

14. Ugh! How is this not overtly political. Not to mention complete racist horse shit.

[onit2day]

33. Trump's discourse is pure propaganda. Nothing in his fear mongering is true

[pecosbob]

2. It would get more viewers than the speech itself

that would really light his drawers on fire. Cannot rec Pelosi and Schumer enough for this move.

To the networks this is an offer they can't refuse.

[onit2day]

34. It must be FOX and Hannity

[UniteFightBack]

3. I am so pissed I even went on Facebook to bitch to these networks and I demanded the same thing.

Do NOT AIR this man's without rebuttal. The American people must know the truth.

[orangecrush]

4. K&R

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. do tv execs see an opportunity for money?

If their calculations show they stand to gain money by a Democratic response, it will air, else -- forget it.

[paleotn]

16. They're not going to gain anything from shitler's diatrabe.

He's a has been when it comes to the popular imagination. That's what will piss him off more than anything else. His ratings will suck.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. his ratings will suck if enough people deliberately turn off the tv

A lot of people need to let the networks know they will NOT be watching.

[paleotn]

21. I'd like to see that

but really, in a lot of minds, he's passe. Few really give a shit about the crazy man in the white house, other than his fellow travelers who worship him and we on the left who want him gone. Everyone knows he'll just spout crazy shit. It use to be entertaining for the masses. Now it's just boring. Just my 2 cents worth.

[Raven123]

6. I hope equal time will prove sufficient

There may be a lot of fake facts that require correcting

[tavernier]

7. Who will do it?

My wish list

1. The other living presidents
2. RBG
3. Biden
4. Kamala
5. Franken

[Shrike47]

9. RBG's health does not permit her to give a speech and her job does not allow for it. Want recusal?

[tavernier]

36. Of course I know that.

I also wished for a dragon for Christmas.

These were my dream choices. Can you imagine the audience for any one of these?

Certainly either Chuck or Nancy are well up to the task.
But in my dream, Obama stands grinning at the podium.

[onenote]

10. None of the above.

Our leaders - Pelosi and Schumer -- are capable of responding to the president.

And you can't be serious including RBG in that list.

[pangaia]

17. Schiff, Leahy, Nadler, Lieu LIEU LIEU, Lewis, Hirono, Klobuchar, Schumer, Baldwin

Lock at that list. And that's just in the Senate !!!

What a government that would be !!! HUMAN BEINGS !!!

ON EDIT: Adam Smith !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah !!! #1.... He could nail that mother fucker to the wall.

[sfwriter]

27. Adam Smith would "pin" that motherfucker to the wall.

[helpisontheway]

38. The orange monster's head would explode if Obama did it! 😂nt

[orleans]

40. my list is very similar ... -bush n/t

[MadDAsHell]

8. Problem is, unless one of them is on the board, demands don't mean much.

I can DEMAND that the Bears give me a tryout at QB next year, but who cares?

[onenote]

11. You picked the wrong team.

Now, if you demanded that the Washington football team give you a tryout at QB you might actually get it.

[MadDAsHell]

13. Well played. nt

[Stuart G]

12. Yes..!!!!

[yuiyoshida]

15. K&R, Tweeted

[SayItLoud]

19. Having the last word presented by the Dems will be crucial they MUST

point out the lies which he will spew. No pussy footing around.

[Sancho]

20. Wouldn't it be cool if Obama gave the response?

[ChazInAz]

28. Oh, yes.

Especially since the disloyal opposition just HAD to have a rebuttal after every one of his State Of The Union addresses. The GOP would always trot out that year's potential presidential candidate, only to have him go down in the ignominious flames of his own folly. Who could forget Bobby Jhindal?

[David__77]

31. Absolutely.

That would be amazing.

[onenote]

37. No. It would be terrible.

It would send the message that our current leaders, Pelosi and Schumer, are not up to the job of rebutting Trump. Obama is not the leader of the Democratic party. Fortunately, he, Pelosi and Schumer are grown ups and understand this.

[smirkymonkey]

22. Hear, Hear!

[Scurrilous]

23. K&R

[colsohlibgal]

24. The Networks Better Allow It!

If this madman gets airtime to spread his poisonous hatred and lies Dems better get airtime to show how sane people talk.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

25. #TeamPelosi. Stay strong Nancy! Get this done.

[nolabear]

26. I do believe Madam Secretary has had enough.

[Miles Archer]

30. She knows the game being played here better than the guy who's playing it.

She knows what's at stake (our democracy, for starters), and I don't see her taking the bait. I feel she knows that a "compromise" at this point would carry a price that would far outweigh the cost of her standing her ground. She knew this was what she was walking into, and the fact that she willingly (and eagerly) took on the challenge speaks volumes.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Shoot I said that earlier! Better: psychiatrist saying he's crazy

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. YAY!!!!! K and R!!!!!

[pecosbob]

35. Bottom $ is that all they have to do is call a press conference

and speak for twenty minutes. All the press outlets servicing the entire globe will come. If the broadcast networks don't cover, the rest of the world will, gladly. All the other news services and networks from around the world have people in Washington that get paid to do specifically that. If the networks do not cover, they will be the only ones not at the party and will lose $.

[Kurt V.]

39. K&R!

[Cha]

41. KR!!!

[Still In Wisconsin]

42. Trump is going to come off sounding like your average gas huffer...

all Pelosi and Schumer have to do is convey that they're sane and we win.