Obama Sounds Off About NYT Op-Ed: ‘This Is Not Normal’

President Barack Obama weighed in on the anonymous New York Times op-ed in his speech Friday, saying that these are “extraordinary times” when congressional Republicans refuse to be a check on the President and advisers secretly swipe papers off his desk when he’s not looking.

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  1. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    It is a lot to ask but the Dems in Congress should select someone every day to recap what happened the day before to remind us that it ain’t normal.

  2. This is / was normal…

    Sigh…

  3. Isn’t that what we’re supposed to rely on the “low energy” “failing” media to do?

    I just turn to Stephen Colbert.

  4. As outrageous as DJT is, the framers anticipated him. They did not, however, anticipate a Congress that would wholly abdicate its duty to keep the executive in check.

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