“This is absurd,” he said. “I have no idea what this is referring to. I have never knowingly spoken to Russian intelligence officers, and I have never been involved with anything to do with the Russian government or the Putin administration or any other issues under investigation today.”
He added, “It’s not like these people wear badges that say, ‘I’m a Russian intelligence officer.’”
Fair enough, they don't do that. Which can plausibly be said to be valuable to both sides in the conversation. Anytime he speaks he sounds like the slimiest politician.
Just a reminder. Top Republican party leadership, such as Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Reince Priebus all knew of potential Russian links to Trump well before the election.
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Just a reminder. Top Republican party leadership, such as Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Reince Priebus all knew of potential Russian links to Trump well before the election.
So every Democrat in congress has to demand an independent investigation of the largest scale at every moment.
Problem is though convincing the Republican Majority Congress that this is Treason. They're not about to sabotage their ability to enact Conservative Policy for at least two years through impeachment and crucifying their own party.
Though if we have anyone who was alive during the Nixon era. Has the media gotten to the point where you guys feel that Trump has entered Nixon territory? The evidence of his cabinet being involved with Russian Agents has been proven. We're still in the infancy of connecting the dots. Just a question of when it'll happen.
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Yeah, the difference with Nixon was that the media had one of the top FBI guys spoon feeding the information to them. And more importantly, there was actually a majority in the opposition party, able to pump the breaks a bit.
Problem is though convincing the Republican Majority Congress that this is Treason. They're not about to sabotage their ability to enact Conservative Policy for at least two years through impeachment and crucifying their own party.
Though if we have anyone who was alive during the Nixon era. Has the media gotten to the point where you guys feel that Trump has entered Nixon territory? The evidence of his cabinet being involved with Russian Agents has been proven. We're still in the infancy of connecting the dots. Just a question of when it'll happen.
Edit: is this thread appropriate?
Yeah, the difference with Nixon was that the media had one of the top FBI guys spoon feeding the information to them. And more importantly, there was actually a majority in the opposition party, able to pump the breaks a bit.
And the GOP hadn't wholly sacrificed its principles yet. They still had their northeastern and midwestern decent conservatives.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
Which is extra ridiculous because as a result of their actions in Ukraine, President Obama applied some pretty harsh sanctions...and the Trump campaign specifically changed the party platform to take a softer stance on. For, I'm sure, no reason other than Putin is just such a swell guy
I find it darkly amusing that SCROTUS* is ranting about "fake news" and "illegal leaks" without realising that each of those things would cancel out the other.
Which is extra ridiculous because as a result of their actions in Ukraine, President Obama applied some pretty harsh sanctions...and the Trump campaign specifically changed the party platform to take a softer stance on. For, I'm sure, no reason other than Putin is just such a swell guy
Lol. Says the guy that two months ago assured us that Russia wouldn't dare step foot in Crimea.
Which is extra ridiculous because as a result of their actions in Ukraine, President Obama applied some pretty harsh sanctions...and the Trump campaign specifically changed the party platform to take a softer stance on. For, I'm sure, no reason other than Putin is just such a swell guy
Lol. Says the guy that two months ago assured us that Russia wouldn't dare step foot in Crimea.
And is omitting Comey's impact on his own election.
Tell me more about this "great risk," congressman. They certainly seem to have a tighter grip on protecting the country than Trump's Russia friendly cabinet.
I remember when Trump really cared about all the illegal leaking during the election when it was most likely to have an impact on the outcome of an election and least likely to be cleared up before the election. Yup.
So what is the reasoning for not doing any independent investigations to make sure there is no wrongdoing? Given that the GOP controls Congress, there is vastly more likelihood of them being designed to look the other way when it comes to wrongdoing than to go way too far and for too long.
I remember when Trump really cared about all the illegal leaking during the election when it was most likely to have an impact on the outcome of an election and least likely to be cleared up before the election. Yup.
So what is the reasoning for not doing any independent investigations to make sure there is no wrongdoing? Given that the GOP controls Congress, there is vastly more likelihood of them being designed to look the other way when it comes to wrongdoing than to go way too far and for too long.
That investigations take up precious lawmaking time and waste taxpayer dollars.
I remember when Trump really cared about all the illegal leaking during the election when it was most likely to have an impact on the outcome of an election and least likely to be cleared up before the election. Yup.
So what is the reasoning for not doing any independent investigations to make sure there is no wrongdoing? Given that the GOP controls Congress, there is vastly more likelihood of them being designed to look the other way when it comes to wrongdoing than to go way too far and for too long.
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If the leaks are illegal then assumption is the information is true and the crime is exposing classified information
If leaks are fake news lies then the information is not true and the crime is libel and slander
These are mutually exclusive categories Donnie boy and the distinction is meaningful
I would ask if someone explained that to you but lol non it wouldn't even matter if they did
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Pretty sure Trump's understanding of law begins and ends with the Alternate Golden Rule: He Who Has the Gold Makes the Rules. Everything gets gold-plated just to be safe on that note.
I remember when Trump really cared about all the illegal leaking during the election when it was most likely to have an impact on the outcome of an election and least likely to be cleared up before the election. Yup.
So what is the reasoning for not doing any independent investigations to make sure there is no wrongdoing? Given that the GOP controls Congress, there is vastly more likelihood of them being designed to look the other way when it comes to wrongdoing than to go way too far and for too long.
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I don't get why the republicans are not more aggressive about this now that the Russia ties are right there in the open plain as day.
If it ends in Trump's impeachment, then it's Pence/Ryan and they still have control and can still implement the entire republican greatest hits regressive policy extravaganza. If Pence is shown to be involved, then it's still Ryan/Hatch and the same applies. They've still got control, and it should be obvious by now that this train wreck presidency won't win another term if it even lasts that long. Just get it over with already.
He is generally regarded as a complete imbecile, actually. Dumbest man in Congress and what not.
Living in Utah, I take personal offense at the very notion that anyone is dumber than Chaffetz.
I'm not sure they were ever in Congress at the same time. Pod Save the World crew is trying to get Evan McMullin to go after Chaffetz in the primary, by the way.
I have staunchly resisted Podcasts for years now. I grudgingly accepted a podcast service for Zero Punctuation, but that was it!
... I now eagerly listen to Pod Save America and Pod Save the World while gaming or walking about.
I am a changed man over this last month of bullshit.
Which is to say that PSA and PStW are both great.
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I don't get why the republicans are not more aggressive about this now that the Russia ties are right there in the open plain as day.
If it ends in Trump's impeachment, then it's Pence/Ryan and they still have control and can still implement the entire republican greatest hits regressive policy extravaganza. If Pence is shown to be involved, then it's still Ryan/Hatch and the same applies. They've still got control, and it should be obvious by now that this train wreck presidency won't win another term if it even lasts that long. Just get it over with already.
They only ever cared about Russia because it was something they could needle Obama over with no consequences.
No one in the House or Senate is going to lose an election over foreign policy, so now that a Republican is president they mostly get back in line.
I don't get why the republicans are not more aggressive about this now that the Russia ties are right there in the open plain as day.
If it ends in Trump's impeachment, then it's Pence/Ryan and they still have control and can still implement the entire republican greatest hits regressive policy extravaganza. If Pence is shown to be involved, then it's still Ryan/Hatch and the same applies. They've still got control, and it should be obvious by now that this train wreck presidency won't win another term if it even lasts that long. Just get it over with already.
Especially now. Its a month in. They have 3 years, 11 months time to convince the American public that it was just Trump and not the entire GOP that did this. If they get rid of him now (and maybe even Pence) - they have all the time in the world and in power to change the narrative and make people forget Trump. The longer this drags out, the harder it gets to get elected for dog catcher for the GOP.
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Fair enough, they don't do that. Which can plausibly be said to be valuable to both sides in the conversation. Anytime he speaks he sounds like the slimiest politician.
So every Democrat in congress has to demand an independent investigation of the largest scale at every moment.
Yeah, the difference with Nixon was that the media had one of the top FBI guys spoon feeding the information to them. And more importantly, there was actually a majority in the opposition party, able to pump the breaks a bit.
And the GOP hadn't wholly sacrificed its principles yet. They still had their northeastern and midwestern decent conservatives.
Which is extra ridiculous because as a result of their actions in Ukraine, President Obama applied some pretty harsh sanctions...and the Trump campaign specifically changed the party platform to take a softer stance on. For, I'm sure, no reason other than Putin is just such a swell guy
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Lol. Says the guy that two months ago assured us that Russia wouldn't dare step foot in Crimea.
And is omitting Comey's impact on his own election.
Seriously? You are still thinking the Democrats care about how or why they lost? You still think they want to distract from that loss?
And not, maybe, find out if you are as treasonous as you appear to be?
Tell me more about this "great risk," congressman. They certainly seem to have a tighter grip on protecting the country than Trump's Russia friendly cabinet.
Don't.... just don't read the comments.
So we're going to see a witch hunt over leakers to avoid hearings on the leaked info.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
So what is the reasoning for not doing any independent investigations to make sure there is no wrongdoing? Given that the GOP controls Congress, there is vastly more likelihood of them being designed to look the other way when it comes to wrongdoing than to go way too far and for too long.
That investigations take up precious lawmaking time and waste taxpayer dollars.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
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Didn't this asswipe quote, refer to and praise Wikileaks a bunch of times? I should look those up for quoting purposes.
I mean I could skip straight to him asking Russia to hack his opponent live during a press conference, but that seems too easy.
What? I'm not sure I'm getting what he's saying and what I think he's saying isn't how the government works.
This is going to be half to 2/3rds of Trump's staff.
If leaks are fake news lies then the information is not true and the crime is libel and slander
These are mutually exclusive categories Donnie boy and the distinction is meaningful
I would ask if someone explained that to you but lol non it wouldn't even matter if they did
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If it ends in Trump's impeachment, then it's Pence/Ryan and they still have control and can still implement the entire republican greatest hits regressive policy extravaganza. If Pence is shown to be involved, then it's still Ryan/Hatch and the same applies. They've still got control, and it should be obvious by now that this train wreck presidency won't win another term if it even lasts that long. Just get it over with already.
I have staunchly resisted Podcasts for years now. I grudgingly accepted a podcast service for Zero Punctuation, but that was it!
... I now eagerly listen to Pod Save America and Pod Save the World while gaming or walking about.
I am a changed man over this last month of bullshit.
Which is to say that PSA and PStW are both great.
They only ever cared about Russia because it was something they could needle Obama over with no consequences.
No one in the House or Senate is going to lose an election over foreign policy, so now that a Republican is president they mostly get back in line.
Especially now. Its a month in. They have 3 years, 11 months time to convince the American public that it was just Trump and not the entire GOP that did this. If they get rid of him now (and maybe even Pence) - they have all the time in the world and in power to change the narrative and make people forget Trump. The longer this drags out, the harder it gets to get elected for dog catcher for the GOP.