In a series of tweets on Sunday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) asked “whoever monitors Twitter” at the White House to ask President Donald Trump to focus on issues like transparency and protecting whistleblowers.
Grassley, known for publishing his thoughts on Twitter, also asked Trump to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin about his retaliation against political opponents.
Whoever monitors twitter at WH for Pres Trump get on subject of my immediate tweet and stop overclassification & start declassifying
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 11, 2017
Whoever monitors twitter at WH for President Trump read my previous 2tweets and hv this businessman understand TRANSPARENCY=ACCOUNTABILITY
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 11, 2017
Whoever monitors twitter at the WH 4PresTrump to tell the businessman this tool will DRAIN THE SWAMP IF HE ALSO WII PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 11, 2017
Whoever monitors twitter at WH tell Pres Trump to ask Putin”What do u hv agst ElectionOpponents bc they are killed/imprisoned/poisoned?”
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 12, 2017
Whoever monitors twitter at WH for businessman president Trump “when is WH going to be opened for public tours?” Mrs G wants to know
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 12, 2017
A spokeswoman with Grassley’s office confirmed to Iowa television station KCRG that the senator published the tweets to his account and was not hacked.
“It was Senator Grassley reminding the President of a few things, especially the importance of whistleblowers, following his Rose Garden ceremony letter from earlier this week,” spokeswoman Beth Levine said.
The senator’s tweets on transparency follows a letter he sent to Trump last week calling on his to prioritize protections for whistleblowers.
In January, the Office of Special Counsel issued a warning reminding the Trump administration that they must let employees know about their rights as whistleblowers following several reports that the Trump administration issued gag orders to employees at departments like the Environmental Protection Agency.
“Et tu, Brute?”
It gets more surreal everyday. This is just another Republican smoke screen. As if old Chuckie cares about the law. lol
Grassley Asks Trump To Focus On Transparency In Series Of Tweets
They read more like desperate pleading IMO.
Big deal. Twitter is the equivalent of a national “bulletin board,” open for the world to see. It is a meaningless “comment section”* and it seeks to replace legitimate news-gathering operations. Sadly, it’s working. Grassley is just covering his ass, and pretending to care about the antics of the president*. How about actually introducing some legislation, Senator? Talk to your buddies in the House about articles of impeachment. The distractions continue…
*I am fully aware of the irony of criticizing Internet comments in this space. I have gleefully stolen the new title for #45 from Charles P. Pierce.
A top tweet reply :
“Whoever monitors twitter at WH for businessman president Trump “when is WH going to be opened for public tours?” Mrs G wants to know”
11:57 AM - 12 Feb 2017
“@ChuckGrassley - Pres. “Art of the Deal” Trump doesn’t give anything away for free. If Mrs. G wants WH access, she needs to make him an offer”