Schumer, Pelosi Say They’ll Meet With Trump After WH ‘Reached Out’ To Them

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 25: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in in Emancipation Hall to honor Filipino veterans of World War II on October 25, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 25: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Emancipation Hall to honor Filipino veterans... UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 25: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Emancipation Hall to honor Filipino veterans of World War II on October 25, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday said they will meet with President Donald Trump and congressional Republican leaders after the White House “reached out” to them.

“We’re glad the White House has reached out and asked for a second meeting,” Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement. “We hope the President will go into this meeting with an open mind, rather than deciding that an agreement can’t be reached beforehand.”

Schumer and Pelosi in November refused to attend a meeting with Trump and Republican lawmakers after Trump blasted them on Twitter and said he did not “see a deal” as a potential outcome.

The Democratic leaders on Monday said there “is a bipartisan path forward” on all the matters they hope to address in the meeting scheduled for Thursday. Chief among those issues is funding for the federal government, which runs out Friday at midnight.

“As negotiations with our Republican counterparts continue, we are hopeful the President will be open to an agreement to address the urgent needs of the American people and keep government open,” they said.

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  1. Wanna bet on how long it will take the fuckin’ moron to tweet out claiming Schumer and Pelosi kept begging him to give them another chance to meet him?

  2. Avatar for easydm easydm says:

    No word on whether or not Trump reached out to them by grabbing something.

  3. Seriously are you kidding me I wouldn’t trust a liar and chief as far as I could throw in, which wouldn’t be very far at his present size!

    It’s a trap folks!

    Once upon a time not too far in the distant future a deplorable will wake up to do his income tax and realize he can no longer deduct his state income tax. Somewhere in his little mind he’ll say yes it must be Hillary’s fault. Throw her in jail ! This is not fake it is real bed head deplorable’s wake up and smell the coffee.

  4. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    Probably for Trump. He’s not very good at dealing with these two

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