Trump Suggests Crowley Wouldn’t Have Lost If He’d Been ‘Nicer’ To ‘His President’

on June 12, 2018 in Singapore. The historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been scheduled for June 12 in Singapore as both leaders arrived in the Southeast Asian city-state on Sunday ahead of the landmark summit.
SINGAPORE - JUNE 12: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a press conference following his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un June 12, 2018 in Singapore. Trump described his meetin... SINGAPORE - JUNE 12: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a press conference following his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un June 12, 2018 in Singapore. Trump described his meeting with Kim as "better than anyone could have expected." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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After the stunning primary defeat of prominent Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump mused on Twitter that perhaps the incumbent lawmaker wouldn’t have lost if he had been “nicer, and more respectful,” to Trump.

The only fault in the President’s logic? The fourth most powerful Democrat in the House lost to a 28-year-old progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

“Wow! Big Trump Hater Congressman Joe Crowley who many expected was going to take Nancy Pelosi’s place, just LOST his primary election,” he tweeted late Tuesday. 

Minutes later he piled on Democrats further, seizing on his own assumption that there’s a “red wave” coming to Congress and claiming the Democratic Party is in “Turmoil” because of its policies.  

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  1. FFS. What a dickhead.

  2. Red wave. FFS.

    The optics are just so bad on that for so many obvious and different reasons.

    Indeed, a flaming dickhead.

  3. The Trumpiocentric theory,

  4. Trump continued, “Wabba jawamma blah blah blah! Doodlee doodlee doo. Red wave. Drrrrmm drrrrmm.”

    Which makes about as much sense as the quotes in the story.

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