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ratchet426 on 03 January 2017
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UnderstatedCornHole said:
ratchet426 said:

You really need to put down that 2 gallon jug of Cool-Aid, bro.

The GOP reversed their scheme to gut the ethics committee because tens of thousands of concerned citizens lit up the phones of their congressional representatives for the past 12 hours to register their outrage. It had NOTHING to do with the narcissistic Cheet-O tweeting about it a couple hours ago. Even his tweet didn't admonish the scheme, he just said it was 'bad timing' - meaning he supports it,  but it wasn't a top priority *today*

There will be no draining of the swamp. The status quo of the swamp is guaranteed under Trump

Except that simply is not true.

Anthony Zurcher is the BBC Trump stalker, he hates Trump as much as any NYT nobody.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38499284

A win for Trump - Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington

Donald Trump's tweets have teeth. The president-elect took to social media to express his displeasure with the move and within hours those legislative efforts were abandoned.

The independent ethics investigators had been a source of discomfort for members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, and there was significant interest in limiting their ability to conduct inquiries.

Even after Mr Trump's tweets, many congressional Republicans appeared reluctant to back down. House Speaker Paul Ryan, an initial opponent of the measure, issued a statement defending the change.

That ended up being little comfort to the party rank and file, however, as pressure increased for them to bend to Mr Trump's political will. In his first confrontation with congressional leadership, the president-elect displayed his dominance.

Of course the media is going to jump all over Trump's tweet as the impetus for the GOP reversal and ignore the real reason. You know as well as I do that most of the media have their heads so far up Trump's a** (either as supporters or fascinated detractors) that they can see nothing else. There's more ratings to be had covering a Trump tweet than the fact that citizens flooded their representative's phone banks with calls.