GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin Criticizes Trump Jr. Meeting as a ‘Big No-No’

A Republican congressman has voiced some concern on Twitter about Donald Trump Jr.‘s meeting with a Russian lawyer, particularly after the email chain the President’s son released:

New emails from @DonaldJTrumpJr contradict a lot of prior story from yesterday and before. This is not the same thing.

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 11, 2017

I voted for @POTUS last Nov. & want him & USA to succeed, but that meeting, given that email chain just released, is a big no-no.

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 11, 2017

Now, it was just yesterday that Zeldin tweeted the following:

Meeting w/ @DonaldJTrumpJr not Russian govt colluding w Trump campaign. Missing too many elements. This one appears to be big nothingburger

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 10, 2017

The really harmful collusion here is between the people who want to tear us apart over the fact Donald Trump was elected @POTUS last Nov

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 10, 2017

Totally ok to disagree in our country…It's encouraged & can be very healthy to the process, but…

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 10, 2017

…this whole resist, persist, oppose, obstruct absolutely everything & anything is getting really, really old.

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 10, 2017

Fortunately there are a lot of Americans who want to move forward working together to find common ground however possible.

— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 10, 2017

Some people on Twitter remarked upon the specific critical phrase Zeldin chose to go with:

good news we've moved on from the "disappointed" stage to the "big no-no" realm https://t.co/YJ6Gw7nrJK

— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) July 11, 2017

"Big no-no," Congressman? Try the grown up version: "immediate investigation." https://t.co/l1OpcNAGEW

— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) July 11, 2017

a big no-no is double dipping a chip at a party just use another chip https://t.co/DvkKzPIWGe

— darth:™ (@darth) July 11, 2017

"Big no-no" seems rather tame, tbh https://t.co/eLJejnkuQ1

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 11, 2017

"A big no-no" — the kind of thing you say before never acting on it. https://t.co/QyLW3RbfmJ

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 11, 2017

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