Today in Trump tweets, March 3, 2017: Posting photos of Democrats with Russians
By Brian Murphy
bmurphy@mcclatchy.com
March 03, 2017 01:39 PM
President Donald Trump walks to the podium to speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, before Vice President Mike Pence swore-in in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, both of them are waiting in hallway. Pablo Martinez MonsivaisAP
President Donald Trump returned to early morning tweeting on Friday, posting his first message at 7 a.m. and tagging Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” in the post.
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Nick Adams’ “Green Card Warrior” is subtitled “My Quest for Legal Immigration in an Illegals’ System.” It was published in November.
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Trump returned to a familiar theme in his second tweet of the day, criticizing Democrats for not confirming his Cabinet nominees. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tweeted on Thursday that all of Trump’s “available Cabinet nominations” had been confirmed.
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Labor Secretary nominee Alex Acosta was nominated Feb. 16 after Trump’s first pick for the post, Andy Puzder, withdrew following a loss of Republican support. Acosta has yet to have his Senate hearings and his nomination has not officially been sent to Capitol Hill.
Just before 1 p.m., Trump tweeted a photo of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., having a doughnut and coffee with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We should start an immediate investigation,” Trump wrote.
Schumer has been a critic of Trump campaign and administration ties to Russia.
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Schumer called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after it became known that he had two meetings with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Sessions, who said during his Senate confirmation hearings that he had not met with Russian officials, announced Thursday he would rescuse himself from federal investigations of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
Schumer responded on Twitter, indicating the photo was taken in 2003 “in full view of press & public” and that the doughts were from Krispy Kreme.
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Later, Trump tweeted a link to a Poltico story that showed a photo of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at a table with Kislyak. Pelosi said she had never met him. Pelosi is meeting with then-Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev in the photo.
Trump said, “I hereby demand a second investigation, after Schumer, of Pelosi for her close ties to Russia, and lying about it.” The tweet is seemingly a joke, but presidents can order investigations.
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Trump tweeted the message three times to fix the spelling of hereby, which he first wrote as “hear by” and then “hearby.”
Trump also tweeted a link to his weekly address to the nation Friday.
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Trump also tweeted a photo from his visit to Saint Andrew Catholic School in Pine Hills, Florida, near Orlando. Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited the school.
Democrats take charge of the House in January and are ready to investigate a myriad of Trump White House issues, including Cabinet secretaries’ travel and family detention policies. But above all, they don’t want to go too fast or interrupt Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.