Chuck Grassley's DACA 'deal' tweet is a postmodern work of art
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Nobody tweets quite like Chuck Grassley.
The senior Iowa senator and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee proved that again Thursday morning with an avant-garde Twitter retort told in a short-hand uniquely his own, responding to reports that President Trump struck a deal with Democrats to protect Dreamers.
“@realDonaldTrump Morn news says u made deal w Schumer on DACA/hv ur staff brief me/ I know u undercut JudiCimm effort 4 biparty agreement,” Grassley, R-Iowa, tweeted.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Let’s just pause for a moment to diagram and translate this tweet:
“Morn news” = morning news
“hv ur staff brief me” = Your people need to call my people
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“JudiCimm” = Judiciary Committee
“biparty agreement” = bipartisan agreement
Grassley, 83, has a social media reputation for unorthodox abbreviations, often taking the “Wheel of Fortune” approach, seen here, in which vowels might as well cost money.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Trump, for his part, denied Thursday morning that any such deal with Democrats was struck, after having dinner with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. He voiced interest in negotiating on a bill to protect DACA recipients – young illegal immigrants whose protected status would be rescinded as he rolls back the 2012 Obama-era policy – while insisting that border security would have to be included in any agreement.