The White House issued a directive Friday proclaiming that all congressional delegations must get approval from acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney before traveling on government aircraft or using travel funds during the shutdown.
The letter was addressed to all executive branch agencies.
When President Donald Trump’s aides were cooking up the plan to ground House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) flight as retribution for her State of the Union letter, they reportedly acknowledged that they may get backlash from Republican members of congress vexed about their own trips being curtailed.
Read the letter here:
JUST IN: White House issues a directive to executive branch agencies that bars congressional delegation travel on any government aircraft, as well as use of travel expenses, during the shutdown without White House approval. pic.twitter.com/2Tn9Fn4IlH
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I guess the shutdown will have to wait a little before being resolved ?
This seems kinda not too legal.
Isn’t this part of “I’m going to take my ball home if you don’t give me what I want” listed in the Dictator’s Handbook?
I guess, we have reached the “Omarosa point” ? “Everyone must bow to President Trump”
When the utility bills for your White(s Only) House are in arrears, it’s probably not smart to upset the lady with the pocketbook. Just sayin’.