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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrum: Trump showed every voter that Pelosi wanted to meet troops in war zone he's afraid to visit
That's a poor paraphrasing of what David Frum wrote this evening, but the entire tweet wouldn't begin to fit in the thread title space:
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Not every president has the political genius to drive home to . every last voter in America that his most feared political opponent wanted to meet troops in a war zone that he himself had been too frightened to visit
Frum is also posting tweets (with photos) about Pelosi's past visits to Afghanistan in a thread starting with this tweet:
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Frum: Trump showed every voter that Pelosi wanted to meet troops in war zone he's afraid to visit (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
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EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)1. And that she was willing to do it without fanfare
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. What Frum just said has
Earthquake power for the Speaker and for Trump,it made him look like a scared little baby. World Governments will be reaching out to Speaker Pelosi over this action and Trump's reaction.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,748 posts)3. She has more courage in her fingernail than he could ever dream of.
RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)4. Well, we all know Pelosi has been in a combat zone at least four times more than Trumpy ever has...
Well, we all know Pelosi has been in a combat zone at least four times more than Trumpy ever has...
Andy823
(11,495 posts)5. She has more concern
for the troops. The troops are just a photo op for him.
BadgerKid
(4,554 posts)6. I have to admit
the phrase "Big Baby" comes to mind when thinking of DT.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,451 posts)7. How can the Orange Douche possibly be afraid?
Wasn't he the guy that said he'd personally run into an active shooter situation in a school to stop it?
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)8. Spineless coward says what ?