Deer in headlights was one take-away from the Democrats rebuttal to President Trump’s border wall plea. Speaker of the House and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer fit that bill.
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Why weren’t these leaders coached to look at the other when s/he was speaking? Preferably with a smile and an occasional nod to add endorsement to the other’s thoughts and words. It’s Media Training 101.
Another Congresswoman made a media faux pas last week, as well. When all eyes and ears were on the first Muslim woman to be elected to Congress,#unapologeticallyMe Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib used her “15 minutes of fame” to, wait for it, brand Trump! And with one of his favorite expletive-deleteds, no less. A 19th Century eccentric once said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!”
But Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd said it best, “they (the new Congressional brat pack) should focus on the big picture: Trump is doing such an amazing job as a vulgarian and villain, it would be a shame to get in the way.”