'Unusual': Reporters surprised as a large swath of Republicans go missing during Sondland testimon

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‘Unusual’: Reporters surprised as a large swath of Republicans go missing during Sondland testimony

Published 17 mins ago
on November 20, 2019


Reporters covering the House impeachment inquiry were mystified after most of the Republican lawmakers left the room during EU ambassador Gordon Sondland’s testimony.

Sondland directly implicated President Donald Trump, as well as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in the scheme to withhold military aid from Ukraine until its president agreed to announce an investigation of Joe Biden........................



The Republican minority appeared to be caught off guard by Sondland’s decision to turn on senior administration officials................................

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. See no evil,hear no evil,smell no evil.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Exactly!! I didn't see your remark until after I posted mine, I would have just ditto'ed yours!!

A great and very relevant remark!!

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Cowards.

[Wellstone ruled]

16. One and all.

[TNNurse]

43. I was going to go with Chickenshit.

[SWBTATTReg]

52. It's a very good name too! nt

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Trying to get some last minute fundraising done in their districts before their constituents check

their news feeds

[Iliyah]

4. Like clock work, the trained seals needed to seek out their

treats (shithole).

[captain queeg]

5. Rats from a sinking ship

Though no doubt they are trying to cook up some Hail Mary defense.

[cbdo2007]

6. Easier for them to deny it if they didn't see it

[Delphinus]

7. That is very odd.

I would think they would want to be present to hear what is being said. Weird.

[mucifer]

8. getting their stories straight coming up with talking points

they tend to be much better at messaging than us.

Don't forget that

[klook]

15. Most likely answer. (nt)

[Caliman73]

23. They aren't necessarily better.

They are just willing to lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want. Their message is also easier to convey. They rely on grievance, fear, hatred, and greed. All of those are strong motivators for certain types of decisive behavior.

I hate to go Star Wars nerd here but like Yoda told Luke when asked if the Dark Side was stronger, "No, quicker, more seductive..."

Negative human emotions and attitudes are often more potent and have longer lasting effects on the human brain. It is easier to convince someone that a "dirty Mexican is stealing your job" than it is to explain that corporations will often circumvent laws to lower their employment costs and that it is structured as a result of the charge of corporations to be profitable to their investors and that we have to take on moneyed interests to make changes in the laws.

It is easier to convince people that socialism will take everything from you and give it to some lazy person, than to know that under socialism you will get what you need, maintain your personal property, but that the excessive concentration of wealth, property, and power will not happen because we will all be conscious of not allowing it through democratic and cooperative means.

Republicans are getting their stories together to try to lie their way out of the mess there in. It may work for a bit, until people can catch up to the facts.

[c-rational]

47. Well said! nt

[skypilot]

25. Well, the line between messaging and lying...

...is awfully thin with them so let them be better at it.

[RainCaster]

9. Prayer session

Yeah, that's all they have to offer, their religiousity.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Looks like a freakout to me.

They'll never learn. If you side with the truth, you don't need to run off and conspire in the back room.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Similarly, you don't need urgent meetings to get stories straight. Nor forget which lies you told.nt

[tblue37]

12. Maybe they're pulling a Lindsey, refusing to hear the testimony. nt

[Beantighe]

13. They were probably

They were probably off to get their talking points on whichever conspiracy theory their prez wants them to push today.

[babylonsister]

17. Shirking their duties, what a surprise. nt

[Pisces]

19. Plausible deniability. I didn't hear that. I wasn't in the room

[Pepsidog]

45. Yep-absolutely.

[LAS14]

20. If anyone hears where they were, please post. I find this absolutely fascinatig. nt

[Mr. Ected]

21. They will say, Ambassador Sondland's testimony was HEARSAY

Since we weren't in the room when he made those claims. We're relying on third parties to relay the information to us.

And the FOX crowd shakes it collective head in approval.

[torius]

22. Maybe they don't like having their picture taken

With their jaws hanging down and spittle coming out.

[tanyev]

24. Frantic line up at the pod for uploads of new talking points.

[NoMoreRepugs]

26. The Male Rethugs, being real men, went out to smoke

cigars, have some Jack Daniel's, talk about guns and women and pontificate on their being Masters of the Universe.

While in other news, grown men in a huddle were observed weeping and squeezing their spchincters.

[Jarqui]

27. "Oh oh, we need a new set of lies ..." nt

[dem4decades]

28. Could someone photoshop those sign boards to say Oh Shit He's Guilty

And other things?

[LuckyLib]

41. What is with those signs? There should be no signage on display

in congressional hearings. BS!

[doc03]

29. Gonna be a bumpy ride on that bus

[PatSeg]

30. Whoa

Couldn't see that watching on TV. Er, maybe they all had to use the washroom at the same time?

[Digger]

55. Yup.

And there probably was a long line at the sweat-pants vendor in the hall just outside the repug restroom.

[PatSeg]

56. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[jmbar2]

31. Raptured?

nt

[lagomorph777]

40. Ruptured

[jmbar2]

50. LOL...

[Historic NY]

32. Somebody say pizza

[Midnight Writer]

33. As Pompeo said, associating with Trump hurts your reputation.

[ProgressDiv]

34. Calling their travel agents?

Buying one way tickets to Moscow?

[NBachers]

35. Where is your pizza invasion now Mr. Gaetz?

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. So they can later honestly say they never heard any incriminating evidence against their Dear Leader

[struggle4progress]

49. +

[LiberalLovinLug]

58. .

[dchill]

37. This gives them what I call "implausible undeniability."

[gibraltar72]

38. The average IQ went up appreciably.

[lagomorph777]

39. They were all in the restroom puking and blowing diarrhea.

[FakeNoose]

42. Oh I know! they all wanted to find Joe Biden and wish him a Happy Birthday

Yeah, that's the ticket ...

[dewsgirl]

54. LOL😆

[Mr. Sparkle]

44. Their strategy went out the window quite early they didnt know what to do.

with all their prep wasted , they literally walked off the job shaking in their boots.

[mpreorder]

46. "I never heard him say that" would

technically be the truth. Scumbags.

[struggle4progress]

48. "i sure didn't hear anything Wednesday that made me think the President had done anything wrong"

[beachbumbob]

51. The ones who left can say they didn't hear anything incriminating, right?

Lol

[dewsgirl]

53. LOL I thought this had to be satire...just can't tell anymore.

[BlueWI]

57. After all the bleating about closed door hearings

they run for the exits during testimony.

Ok then.