White House Acting Chief Of Staff: Trump Rhetoric 'Not To Blame' For White Nationalist Shootings

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told ABC News reporter Jon Karl that Donald Trump's heated racial rhetoric is not to blame for the rash of recent mass shootings by white nationalist terrorists.

"This is a serious problem ... but they are sick, sick people and the president knows that ... I don't think it's fair to try and lay this at the feet of the president."

"This is a serious problem ... but they are sick, sick people and the president knows that ... I don't think it's fair to try and lay this at the feet of the president," Mick Mulvaney says when asked why Trump downplayed the threat of white nationalism. https://t.co/6OolEGh96x pic.twitter.com/wex0S7AV3F

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 4, 2019

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says President Trump is "sad" and "angry" about the mass shootings.

"The first call he made yesterday was to the attorney general to find out what we could do to prevent this type of thing from happening" https://t.co/6OolEGh96x pic.twitter.com/PtGxq5qs61

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 4, 2019

Mulvaney's title is 'Acting' Chief of Staff for a reason. He's merely an actor in Trump's reality show, saying the lines he's given.

WATCH: Eddie Glaude Jr. says White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney can't "acknowledge" that shootings in El Paso and Dayton are domestic terrorism because of the shooters' race. @esglaude: "I can give less than a damn what Mick Mulvaeny thinks about what I say." pic.twitter.com/YItQ4zPSnM

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 4, 2019

Mick Mulvaney: Democrats Will "Never" Get Trump's Taxes

During an appearance on state TV this morning, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Fox News Sunday that Democrats will never get their hands on President Trump's tax returns, calling the request is "a political stunt."

Mulvaney says House Dems will “never” get Trump tax returns. “That’s an issue that was already litigated during the election,” he said on Fox

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 7, 2019

On Wednesday this week, House Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) formally asked the IRS on Wednesday to turn over 6 years of President Donald Trump's tax returns citing a little-known IRS code that gives only the chairs of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee the power to request tax documents from anyone.

Mick Mulvaney Admits Mexico Can't/Won't Pay For 'The Wall'

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During an appearance on ABC News' This Week, incoming 'acting' White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney acknowledged (outloud!) that Mexico can't actually "pay for the wall."

Mulvaney tried to sell the idea that the wall is getting built and Mexico is taking part in improved border security. But host Jon Karl points out that Mexico isn't 'paying for the wall.'

Mulvaney - "Technically, you and I both know that it cannot work exactly like that."

Shhhhhh - don't tell the Donald.

Watch below.

Mick Mulvaney: We're in a "good place" on getting wall built and having Mexico "participate" in border security.@jonkarl: "But none of that is Mexico paying for the wall"

Mulvaney: "Technically, you and I both know that it cannot work exactly like that" https://t.co/x12BrIM3Br pic.twitter.com/czCA1u38rN

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 23, 2018

In related news, Mulvaney told Fox News Sunday that, "It is very possible that the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new Congress."

So. Much. Winning.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Trump's Military Parade Could Cost Up To $30 Million

Mick Mulvaney

NBC News has video footage of Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney telling the House Budget Committee today that Donald Trump's proposed military parade could cost up to $30 million.

Defense Secretary James Mattis said the Pentagon is currently "putting together some options" on the parade.

I'm of a mind that $30 million could help a lot of sick and/or homeless veterans. But hey, that's just me.

NEW: OMB Director Mulvaney says President Trump's military parade would likely cost between $10 million and $30 million. pic.twitter.com/DnHTHjjMTG

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 14, 2018

They'll blow $30m to make Trump feel like some Banana Republic strongman.

But they just said, in their budget, we have to cut food assistance (SNAP) for over 23,000 service members.

Our troops and their families can't eat a parade.
https://t.co/65TJqwlZ6q

— VoteVets (@votevets) February 14, 2018

A quarter of active duty service members and 1.5M vets get SNAP benefits. *Half* the children going to on-base schools are eligible for free/reduced lunches. But, sure, throw a $30M parade to “honor” them. https://t.co/N0Ia7dFleP https://t.co/lZMWDZ6Dxo https://t.co/Wjfxxt19HZ

— ana marie cox (@anamariecox) February 14, 2018

Dude sits there with an ash cross on his forehead saying a military parade might cost as much as $30 million just days after laying out a budget that will send poor people boxes of canned beans. Not a real follower-of-Christ move, if you ask me. https://t.co/vz4sbRqRX1

— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) February 14, 2018

The Trump administration wants to spend between $10 million and $30 million on a military parade. The entire budget for the Office of Government Ethics is about $16 million. https://t.co/s14VWy3k7j

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 14, 2018

How about we use that $10-$30 million to care for homeless veterans? https://t.co/VkDOmSNZdj

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) February 14, 2018

White House: Meals On Wheels "Just Not Showing Any Results"

Mick Mulvaney

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney explained at a Thursday afternoon White House briefing why President Trump's newly released 2018 budget cuts billions from the federal program (Community Development Block Grants "CDBGs") that funds Meals on Wheels.

As many know, Meals on Wheels has provided vital, life-saving food and support for millions of people for 40 years. For many of Meals On Wheels clients, the food delivered to those folks is often the only meals they may eat. And, the interaction with the delivery folks may be the only social contact some of these seniors may have.

Specific to the LGBT community, many receiving Meals On Wheels services are HIV/AIDS patients who need the nutritional support.

Mulvaney said today that the CDBGs are "just not showing any results."

"We can't spend money on programs just because they sound good. I can't defend that anymore," Mulvaney said, repeating that Meals on Wheels and associated programs "don't work."

"We're not going to spend [money] on programs that cannot show that they actually deliver the promises that they've made to people."

Mulvaney also addressed cuts to after-school programs: "They're supposed to help kids who don't get fed at home get fed so they do better in school. Guess what? There's no demonstrable evidence they're actually doing that."

The Trump budget wouldn't actually end Meals on Wheels. But this Mulvaney quote, man. What are these people doing? https://t.co/ZDO8k1y1SQ

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 16, 2017