Trump Postpones Congressional Picnic Because Timing ‘Doesn’t Feel Right’

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8 : President Donald J. Trump stops to speak to reporters and members of the media as he departs for the G7 Summit in Canada, from the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, June 08, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8 : President Donald J. Trump stops to speak to reporters and members of the media as he departs for the G7 Summit in Canada, from the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, June 08, 2018 in W... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8 : President Donald J. Trump stops to speak to reporters and members of the media as he departs for the G7 Summit in Canada, from the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, June 08, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s postponing this week’s picnic for members of Congress, saying the timing “doesn’t feel right.”

The annual event for lawmakers and their families had been planned for Thursday night. He did not say when it would be rescheduled.

Trump said Wednesday at the White House that “it doesn’t feel right to have a picnic for Congress.”

Trump is under mounting pressure to reverse the administration’s immigration enforcement policy that has led to more than 2,300 migrant children being separated from their families at the southern border since May. Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol on Tuesday night to discuss immigration.

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  1. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    And in november… :neutral_face:

  2. No shit, Sherlock.

  3. “Trump says he’s postponing this week’s picnic for members of Congress…”

    “Disappointed GOP members complained that they and staff had been looking forward to the annual tradition of food and fun, including its Tug-of-Migrant, Pin the Sack on the Head of the Baby Detainee, and Terrified Toddler Race.”

  4. Likely it was the lack of responses to to the invites he sent out that is causing the cancellation

  5. I just don’t think that anyone wanted to partner with 45* for the 3-legged race - plus, this year it was German Potato Salad only, and we all know that that is the kind they serve at satan’s picnics. The good lord intended potato salad to have a mayonnaise base.
    I’m pretty sure it would have been in the bible if the writers had known of the existence of potatoes that is.

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