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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:36 AM Dec 2018

Sen. Richard Burr: A loyal Republican foot soldier in almost every way, backing Trump's agenda...

Clearly he must be defeated when he runs again, in 2022. But I want to go on record just once saying this; it was almost night and day how Burr ran the Senate Intelligence Committee compared to how David Nunes ran the House Committee. Obviously Burr did not run as aggressive an investigation of Trump and Russia etc, as a good Democrat would have. But he did not turn it into a full fledged Trump support charade either. No doubt Burr was under significant pressure to do so. Even a shred of institutional integrity shown by a Republican in Congress nowadays is noteworthy. I hereby have duly noted it.

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Sen. Richard Burr: A loyal Republican foot soldier in almost every way, backing Trump's agenda... (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo Dec 2018 OP
We should duly note, and even appreciate a bit at least, our sometimes allies. empedocles Dec 2018 #1
He votes lock step with t-rump agenda and have said there is no Iliyah Dec 2018 #2
Not that I know of, no. Tom Rinaldo Dec 2018 #3
Burr is not planning to run again unc70 Dec 2018 #4

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
1. We should duly note, and even appreciate a bit at least, our sometimes allies.
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:43 AM
Dec 2018

Even thought its hard sometimes.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. He votes lock step with t-rump agenda and have said there is no
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:45 AM
Dec 2018

collusion. Is he starting to come to the light, I dunno.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
3. Not that I know of, no.
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:49 AM
Dec 2018

It is a low bar that Burr potentially clears. The Committee under his Chair did not devolve into total partisanship. The Democrats were not frozen out in the same way as the House Committee was run, the Senate Committee reports have not been total whitewashes for Trump like the majority report was in the House.

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