Sanders on skipping WH Korea briefing: 'I did not want to be part of a photo op' - Polidicks

[quote] Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he boycotted a White House briefing on North Korea because he “did not want to be part of a photo opportunity.” “What I did not want to be is part of a photo opportunity or a political effort on the part of the White House,” Sanders told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Wednesday. In an unusual move, the White House invited all 100 senators to attend the briefing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. [B]Sanders said such briefings are typically held at the Capitol in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) room, which is a specially and securely designed room for highly classified congressional briefings.[/b] “These highly — supposedly — highly classified briefings always take place in what’s called the SCIF room in Congress, which is a very well-designed room to prevent any cybersecurity issues, with security issues in general." Despite calling for bipartisan efforts to deal with North Korea, Sanders said he declined to be part of the White House “roadshow.” “The issue of North Korea is enormously important, and we need bipartisan efforts to control North Korea’s very aggressive nuclear efforts, but I did not want to be part of a roadshow for the White House,” he said. [/Quote] [URL="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/330839-sanders-on-why-he-boycotted-white-house-briefing-i-did-not-want-to-be"]The Hill[/URL]

It's okay he probably didn't miss much.

Going seems like the sort of move a career politician would have taken is what he's saying and I agree with him, plus, he's a senator, not a general, he doesn't really need to be there.

Somehow I feel like they wouldn't have been asking for his input anyways

I can't help but think he was right, the changed venue of the briefing was purely so it could be a promotional photo op for the Trump Administration, so he could show people he is "doing something".

As if him going wouldn't have been used for nothing but to be held against him in some backwards ass way people love to contort

[QUOTE=Lollipoopdeck;52158823]As if him going wouldn't have been used for nothing but to be held against him in some backwards ass way people love to contort[/QUOTE] Him not going will probably be used against him cant win with these people tbh

[QUOTE=Jetpack Bear;52158858]Him not going will probably be used against him cant win with these people tbh[/QUOTE] With opinion of Sanders being so high though, and his ability to seem trustworthy even to those he disagrees with, it'll be hard for this to have a negative impact on him. The folks that are really against Sanders wouldn't be convinced even if he was the embodiment of the second coming of the Messiah

I can imagine him having attended, actually. Sanders: "I believe that what needs to be done is-" Trump: "Can it, Sanders. You lost to Hillary!" Sanders: "So did you, by 3 million votes." Senate: "OOOOOOOOOOOH!"

[quote]“These highly — supposedly — highly classified briefings always take place in what’s called the SCIF room in Congress, which is a very well-designed room to prevent any cybersecurity issues, with security issues in general."[/quote] But what if Trump was dumb enough to not know about this and had an actual, important meeting about NK :v:

[QUOTE=DiBBs27;52157123]It's okay he probably didn't miss much.[/QUOTE] apparently he correctly assumed it was a trap and trump only brushed by for the last 15 minutes

[QUOTE=Sableye;52161376]apparently he correctly assumed it was a trap and trump only brushed by for the last 15 minutes[/QUOTE] Bernie? Having foresight? No way!