Reed
and Sen. Sue Collins (R-Maine) caught on hot mike
By Gryphen
Courtesy of WaPo:
After Reed praises Collins’s leadership of the hearing, she
laments the administration’s handling of spending.
“I swear, [the Office of Management and Budget] just went
through and whenever there was ‘grant,’ they just X it out,” Collins says.
“With no measurement, no thinking about it, no metrics, no nothing. It’s just incredibly
irresponsible.”
“Yes,” Reed replies. “I think — I think he’s crazy,” apparently
referring to the president. “I mean, I don’t say that lightly and as a kind of
a goofy guy.” “I’m worried,” Collins replies.
“Oof,” Reed continues. “You know, this thing — if we don’t get a budget deal, we’re going to be paralyzed.”
“I know,” Collins replies.
“[Department of Defense] is going to be paralyzed, everybody is
going to be paralyzed,” Reed says.
“I don’t think he knows there is a [Budget Control Act] or
anything,” Collins says, referring to a 2011 law that defines the budget
process.
“He was down at the Ford commissioning,” Reed says, referring to
President Trump’s weekend event launching a new aircraft carrier, “saying, ‘I
want them to pass my budget.’ Okay, so we give him $54 billion and then we take
it away across the board which would cause chaos.”
“Right,” Collins replies.
Collins then went on to bring up remarks made by
Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold suggesting
that if she were a man he would challenge her to "step outside and settle
this Aaron Burr-style.”
“Did you see the one who challenged me to a duel?” Collins
asks.
“I know,” Reed replies. “Trust me. Do you know why he challenged
you to a duel? ‘Cause you could beat the shit out of him.”
“Well, he’s huge,” Collins replies. “And he — I don’t mean to be
unkind, but he’s so unattractive it’s unbelievable.”
“Did you see the picture of him in his pajamas next to this
Playboy bunny?” she continues, referring to an infamous photo of
Farenthold.
This by the way is the picture Collins is referring to:
That's Congressman (let that sink in) Farenthold on the far right, of course. |
And we also know what some in the Senate secretly think about
the guy now occupying the Oval Office.