briefings but state of the union. this seems like norms are being pushed right and left. i have real concerns about it, even though sarah sanders was frustrating at times, that press briefing seems to me to be something fairly sacred in the history of how the white house and the press convey information to the american public. that s exactly right. i always think of the press briefings the way churchill described democracy, the worst system except for all the others. not a particularly useful function for imparting information for a number of administrations for years. the important part is one opportunity in which a representative of the most powerful person on the planet is required on the record, on camera, to respond to questions they might not want to answer or not respond, as the case may be, on the record not responding. if we don t have a press briefing, what you end up having
using this as leverage for possible future threats to shut down the government. you have within your own democratic caucus, representative colin perkins of minnesota peterson, excuse me, of minnesota, who said give trump the money or put strings on that? are democrats thinking of going down the road to give strings you cannot in future leverage workers or shut down the government in order to get your way? what does that say about potential cracks in the democrats wall to stop republicans efforts and what does it say about opportunities to create a space to find a way to move this thing forward? i think democrats are open to any ideas that don t encourage or entice the president to do it again. i don t know how you can put strings that the president can t