Politics & Government
Rep. David Cicilline Spars With Donald Trump On Twitter
"While you're busy tweeting insults, we're busy working to honor our oath of office," Cicilline fired back at the president.

In the midst of the ongoing impeachment process, Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline is going toe-to-toe with President Donald Trump on Twitter. The outspoken Democrat fired back after President Trump called he and other members of his parties "losers" and "radical left haters."
"Don't get why Fox News put losers like Rep. Eric Swalwell (who got ZERO as presidential candidate before quitting), Pramila Jayapal, David Cicilline and others who are Radical Left Haters? The Dems wouldn’t let Fox News get near their bad ratings debates, yet Fox panders. Pathetic!" Trump wrote on Sunday afternoon.
Just 10 minutes later, Cicilline fired back, calling for the president to testify in the impeachment hearings.
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"Thanks for watching, Mr. President," he replied. "Why won't you testify about your attempt to get Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election?"
Don’t get why @FoxNews puts losers on like @RepSwalwell (who got ZERO as presidential candidate before quitting), Pramila Jayapal, David Cicilline and others who are Radical Left Haters? The Dems wouldn’t let @FoxNews get near their bad ratings debates, yet Fox panders. Pathetic!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/realDonald... 8, 2019
Not long after, Cicilline tweeted a photo, liked more than 9,700 times, showing he and his colleagues.
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"Donald Trump, while you’re busy tweeting insults, we’re busy working to honor our oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and safeguard our democracy," he tweeted.
.@realDonaldTrump, while you’re busy tweeting insults, we’re busy working to honor our oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and safeguard our democracy. @JoeNeguse https://t.co/JM6OoeeLZG pic.twitter.com/w33lELnt6R
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) December 8, 2019
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