GOP leaders: We're not inviting Putin to address Congress
Source: USA TODAY
Published 6:46 p.m. ET July 20, 2018 | Updated 7:29 p.m. ET July 20, 2018
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan said they have no intention of inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to address Congress when he meets with President Donald Trump this fall.
"There is no invitation from Congress," said Don Stewart, McConnell's spokesman, on Friday.
Ryan's spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, said: "The only one talking about inviting Putin to address Congress is Nancy Pelosi."
Strong was referring to a statement from Pelosi, who called on Ryan on Friday to make it clear he would not issue an invitation "for a thug like Putin to address the United States Congress." Pelosi, D-Calif., is the House minority leader.
The White House confirmed Thursday that discussions are underway for Putin to visit Trump in Washington sometime this fall. It would be the first time that Putin has come to the White House since 2005.
That invitation comes amid a continuing backlash over Trump's remarks at a press conference with Putin on Monday in Helsinki, where Trump appeared to side with Putin's claim that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/20/gop-leaders-were-not-inviting-putin-address-congress/810145002/
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)YET!!!
Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)They misspoke.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)with his commy bots in americu..won't have
time for mitch baby anyway!!
djacq
(1,634 posts)Would you allow a well known murderist dictator and thug to enter your home?
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)nt
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)Until he's finished.
joshdawg
(2,648 posts)there is an excellent chance for him to meet with his puppet, aka traitor trump, in the Oval Office with only a couple of translators.
Just another "private" meeting. Hmmmmmm.
Maybe trump will hand over the launch codes........wouldn't put it past him, traitorous bastard that he is.
LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)Dem campaign ads would write themselves.
Bettie
(16,110 posts)they will change their tune soon enough and welcome their new leader with open arms.
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Paladin
(28,264 posts)jgmiller
(395 posts)I think it's great that Putin comes to meet Trump as long as it happens in mid to late October. Since Trump never learns and always doubles down on the stupid we're going to be treated to another embarrassing press conference RIGHT BEFORE the elections. I say more power to him, go for it.
calimary
(81,320 posts)I hope it does happen then.
That would be pretty doggone delicious. I bet it would help fire up our side even more.
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)Time will tell. Comrades Rohrabacher, Nunez, Ryan and Johnson and others will probably hold an ice cream social for the Vlad. No press, of course.
BadGimp
(4,015 posts)raging moderate
(4,305 posts)We do not know what they will do. They cannot be trusted.