"... WH officials would not be returning Gaetz's phone calls, text messages, 'smoke signals or..."

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

Trump angered by House ally’s push to limit his authority on Iran

Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and staunch ally of President Trump, pushed other Republicans to vote in favor of limiting Trump’s authority in the military confrontation with Iran, drawing ire from the president and other Republicans in Congress, according to aides and emails.

“Reclaiming Congressional power is the Constitutional conservative position!” Devin Murphy, Gaetz’s legislative director, wrote to all Republican offices around 11 a.m. Thursday, underlining the text, according to the email obtained by The Washington Post.

The message, arguing for Republicans to buck the president, ended: “We WILL be voting in favor of H. Con. Res. 83, and hope you will do the same!”

It was a risky move that surprised the president and showed rare fissures in a Republican Party that Trump has firmly controlled. Trump fiercely complained about Gaetz after aides informed Trump that his office had sent the email backing the resolution, which was pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Trump’s team lobbied heavily against the nonbinding resolution.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-angered-by-house-allys-push-to-limit-his-authority-on-iran/2020/01/10/f4daba9c-33f5-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

Ha, ha!

[malaise]

1. Get the to the greatest page

For once he did the right thing

[Lochloosa]

2. He must have been drunk.

[Scarsdale]

3. He must have heard some rumblings

from constituents with BRAINS. If he sends money, and lots of it, he will be welcomed back into the den. Blindly following this president will be the downfall of several gop newbies, I think. In a perfect world it would be. I see Gym Jordan is desperately begging his people for financial help, too. Both Gym and Gaetz made complete asses of themselves at the hearings, showed how ignorant they truly are. Gym made sure he was easily shown in the crowd wearing shirtsleeves. Poor Matt. His next DUI will be blamed on tRump.

[empedocles]

4. Another leak in the traitortrump defensive dike.

Good.

[malaise]

13. Great post

I hope they are voted out

[sinkingfeeling]

5. The great and powerful Oz does not allow people to have their

own opinions.

[usaf-vet]

6. What is it i've heard in a fictional sense. Blood in Blood out. For gang or cult membership.

That is three this week that founded out complete and total loyalty is all the Trump understands.
1. Mike Lee
2. Rand Paul
3. Matt Gaetz

They might want to keep their wife, daughters or girlfriends far away. Apparently some cult membership rules could see them as cult property.

[The Blue Flower]

7. There's a big military presence in his district in N. Florida

What does that tell you? I think drumpf's support by the military is weak.

[dewsgirl]

11. Not quite weak yet, but I believe it is weakening.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Interesting.

I would like to see more on the opinion of the military regarding Trump. I have a feeling that you are right when you say his support from them is weak. Especially among officers.

[Phoenix61]

28. Yes there is. Pardoning military members

who were court martialed is bad. Sending military to die in an action Twitler is solely responsible is much, much worse.

[Generic Brad]

8. Gaetz has seen Trump up close and personal

He has first hand experience witnessing Trump's madness and incompetence. Sometimes you just have to do the right thing. Either that or he is trying out being sober for January.

[Canoe52]

12. I watched mr gaetz at the hearings, I don't think doing the right thing is in his

ability to function as a human. I am curious as to his motivation to this decision.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Opposition to war

is a core tenet of Libertarianism.

[dewsgirl]

10. His district (my district) has more troops than anywhere else

in the country and he buried one of them that very morning, he didn't have much of an option. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy he supported the bill, but it's not like Trump is losing his support for all the other God awful things he plans.

[The Blue Flower]

15. My guess is he heard from his constituents

I see that as a sign that they're waking up.

[dewsgirl]

17. I think so, slowly but surely. I live in a pretty progressive

neighborhood for this area, there is a mosque and an elementary school on our street. There was a man that had a huge Trump sign and many other articles of support in his yard, over the last month all of it has disappeared. Now I don't think this die hard Trump supporter has jumped ship, but I do think something is happening.

[tanyev]

14. Womp womp.

[PatSeg]

16. This is so out of character for Matt Gaetz

I wonder what his true motives are. It can't possibly be that he all of a sudden decided his oath to defend and protect the constitution was more important than his blind loyalty to Donald Trump. He is not known for his integrity and principles.

[dewsgirl]

19. This district is 70 percent military and he buried one that same morning.

I think it's what his constituents supported. I looked and can't find where he has commented, I wonder what he will say?

[PatSeg]

25. That should be interesting

When you compromise your principles, there is no safe place politically..........well, if you have principles I suppose.

[spanone]

18. No room for 'thinking differently' in the retrumplican party

[NewJeffCT]

21. Not sure how accurate it is

but, after he voted for the Resolution, he lost some 300-400K Twitter followers - almost 900K to under 600K

[defacto7]

22. He had a come to jesus moment.

Oh wait, that's ass backward. Satan? Santa? I get them all mixed up.

[kacekwl]

23. It's a trap.

Don't trust any Republican. Just saying.

[eShirl]

24. aw man! all that suckin' up for nothing

womp womp

[Iliyah]

26. This not a democracy but a . . . .

government that acts like bratty children.

Unfortunately, they are running the country badly.

[MineralMan]

27. He must be concerned about the November election.

Every Republican office-holder should be concerned about that, I think.

[Ilsa]

29. Maybe he has a penchant for power, and hopes

to be the next Speaker. I don't know who might be ahead of him in this besides Scalise. I don't think he wants to concede power to the Executive. Just one reason.