First this President, now the Republican Congress, too, show how closed and aloof and distant Republican government out of both houses of Congress and this White House are.
Trump did this last February.
Trump Ousts Real News Outlets
From Press Conference
White House Bars CNN, NYT, LAT, Politico
From Briefing
This happened yesterday.
No cameras, no audio: White House keeps undermining press briefing
It got worse, too.
Sean Spicer took questions from
Russian media but not CNN, WaPo
or PoliticoAnd then there's Congress' well-publicized but very private internal negotiations over our health care.
Senate GOP defends writing its
healthcare bill in private
Fortunately, some even in their own political party are, in fact, thinking this is maybe wrong.
Secrecy Surrounding Senate Health Bill
Raises Alarms in Both Parties
Can you imagine if that last President and the other political party tried ANY of this?
Why aren't we raising Hell yet?
