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Mark Pocan: Our Nation has a lot of issues on its plate. We have to stabilize healthcare. We need an infrastructure plan that…

On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
Our Nation has a lot of issues on its plate. We have to stabilize healthcare. We need an infrastructure plan that creates millions of good-paying jobs. We need to deal with the hurricanes and the aftermath not just in Texas and Florida, but also in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We have a huge problem with North Korea and nuclear weapons, and that is just for starters. So what did President Trump spend his weekend doing? Fixing healthcare for tens of millions of people? No. Lobbying for a robust job-creating infrastructure plan? No. Sending aid to Puerto Rico? Not that either. De-escalate the situation in North Korea? Well, actually, quite the opposite. No. President Trump spent his weekend doing one of his favorite things: attacking Americans and various groups on his favorite medium: Twitter. His most recent attack: NFL players who use their constitutional right to freedom of speech to protest. But they are not the only ones and the only group being attacked. Back in July, The New York Times found that President Trump was on track to insult 650 people, places, and things on Twitter by the end of his first term. Well, 2 months later, he is certainly still at it. Instead of attacking our Nation's problems, he is attacking us. Let's take a quick look at some of the people and groups he has attacked both as a candidate and President.…
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin
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Sep 26, 2017

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