Democrat Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) cornered House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to complain that President Donald Trump was “unhinged” in his remarks to military leaders on Tuesday.
Dean appeared to be pleading with Johnson to intervene in the president’s actions by arguing that Trump is “unwell,” the UK Daily Mail reported.
The Pennsylvania Democrat ensured the interaction took place in front of reporters and cameras in the halls of Congress.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth called a meeting of military leaders to Quantico, Virginia, to roll out some much-needed tweaks to military policy.
Trump addressed the group, and, as usual, many of his critics didn’t like what he had to say, including Dean.
The 66-year-old congresswoman attempted to score political points by complaining to Johnson, who seemed unfazed by her claims.
“The president is unhinged. He is unwell!” Dean told Johnson.
The House Speaker fired back, “A lot of folks on your side are, too.”
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Although Johnson’s retort was a sharp one and indeed true, Dean continued with her line of attack against Trump even as the expression on Johnson’s face demonstrated that he had no desire to hear what she had to say about it.
“That is so dangerous,” Dean told Johnson.
“You know I serve on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations.
“This is a collision of those two things,” Dean said.
Of course, Johnson is well aware of what committees Dean serves on, but she ticked off her resume just in case anyone watching at home wasn’t sure who she was.
“Our allies are looking elsewhere,” Dean said.
“Our enemies are laughing.
“You have a president who is unwell.”
What did Trump say that was so outrageous that Dean had to confront Johnson with it?
Well, as the New York Times reported, it was a pretty typical Trump speech where he attacked his political enemies and complained about his opposition, at least until one throwaway line that Dean and other Trump critics glommed onto.
“I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,” Trump said to Hegseth.
The Times found this so objectionable that it repeated the line in large italics for maximum effect.
While Dean and others try to pretend that Trump was speaking out of turn, the truth is that the president has been forced to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-run cities because of conditions there.
The president recently ordered 200 troops to the city of Portland, Oregon, after chaos had erupted at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, Fox News reported.
“It’s been a consistent battle every night with Antifa in Portland,” Todd Lyons, acting ICE director, said Wednesday of the state of things in Portland.
“We’ve called on local and state officials to help, but we just haven’t seen the help.”
The troops will help, but in the meantime, it’s a war zone.
“We’re out there every night battling people that are bringing sticks, bats, shields, throwing their own CS grenades at us,” Lyons added.
“So it’s not a peaceful situation.”
His fears are well-founded as a facility in Dallas, Texas, was attacked on September 24 by a lone gunman.
During that attack, two detainees were shot and killed, while a third was wounded, before the shooter took his own life.
This kind of violence and anger directed at ICE agents in America is certainly reminiscent of a battlefield abroad, which makes Trump’s “training ground” remark seem quite accurate.
The Left has tried every line of attack on Trump, including claiming that he’s suffering from cognitive decline or some other age-related malady based on something he’s said.
And, like all of the rest of the attacks, Trump will surely survive this one and prove them wrong, no matter what Dean or anyone else has to say about him.
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