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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTo Dick Durbin and every other Dem: never be the only Democrat in a room with Trump
Insist that there are others to corroborate. Even if its just 30 to 2, don't let it be 30 to 1.
We're sliding into Authoritarianism, and you can't count on Republicans to have an ounce of integrity.
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To Dick Durbin and every other Dem: never be the only Democrat in a room with Trump (Original Post)
maxsolomon
Jan 2018
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Alice11111
(5,730 posts)1. I always advised my clients of that. Never be alone with
his/her people. They WILL lie, as sure as the sun comes.up
Phoenix61
(16,951 posts)2. This
Just like his attorneys wouldn't meet with him alone.
Irish_Dem
(45,619 posts)10. Yes, his own attorneys won't meet with him alone.
No one else should either.
wishstar
(5,267 posts)3. Seems that Durbin got ambushed as meeting was supposed to be just him, Graham and Trump
They were unexpectedly joined by the hardliners -Cotton etc. who were allegedly summoned by Stephen Miller to sabatoge a deal that Miller thought might be too "liberal"
maxsolomon
(32,977 posts)6. Naivete at this point is inexcusable
He should have walked out of the ambush.
Of course, we'd have missed this window into Trump's "soul".
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)4. oh yea
for sure
Hekate
(90,189 posts)5. It was an ambush
Fullduplexxx
(7,818 posts)7. Trump's lawyers had come the to the same conclusion
Never talk to him alone
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,080 posts)8. Looks like Graham stumbled and fumbled across the truth.
Don't know how that will affect his kompromat deal.
kairos12
(12,817 posts)9. I read somewhere that lawyers in NYC would only see him in pairs.