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Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 11:54 AM Feb 2020

Time to address the insanity from Republican Senators and House Reps.

Why are they running blind into the fires of hell to protect Trump? I think if we can figure that out, we can dig up whatever it is that he has over them, which will help us push them out. And I have a few ideas.

Here's my best guess: Those Senators and House reps who are standing up and causing chaos on behalf of Trump have done something heinous in their private lives that they know will eventually come out. i.e. Look at Jim Jordan. So they need Trump's pardon powers or they know they will be seeing the inside of a federal cell somewhere in their future.

And I think Lindsey Graham's peccadillo is tied to a phone call that he knows was picked up by our intelligence agency. THAT is why he looked so worried at that hearing, asking about the phone calls they were picking up. They were on the other end of those calls with suspect foreign agents.

And that's why the Republicans are going ape-shit about the manner that the FISA warrants were obtained. They aren't upset because government process was overlooked. Seriously, when has a Republican cared about government process? They are worried because those phone calls can end their careers.

I think the media should start pushing now to see what we can find. Hell, ask Lindsey Graham why he was so concerned about the information obtained in a phone call that he participated in. "Mr Graham, what did you say in that phone call that it motivated you to ask for a Freedom of Information Act request?" See how easy that was?

AND, here's a bonus. The reason why Republicans are trying to dig up trash on Democrats is NOT just to hamper their election chances, but to use as blackmail to win over votes in those cases where the votes might reveal Republican misdeeds.

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7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
1. Just because we live in Texas.... Cornyn and Cruz
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 12:00 PM
Feb 2020

And then there is Gohmert.....

Yep, there is a shit ton to find!

Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
3. It LOOKs like insanity now, because we don't know the whyfors.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 12:04 PM
Feb 2020

But when the evidences comes in I'm sure we can upgrade it to criminality.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
6. Our House Of Government is on fire. Let's put it out and discuss it later... If we bring tRUMP
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 12:24 PM
Feb 2020

down the whole mess goes down with him.

Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
7. You will get more votes in for the Democrats if you give swing-voters and
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 12:52 PM
Feb 2020

independents a reason to vote for them.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
13. Is there something about putting out fires you don't understand? Putting out fires is a
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 01:52 PM
Feb 2020

metaphor for investigations and impeachment and spreading Truth around. It's mounting public
influence campaigns, too, just like the reTHUGS do.

Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
14. I think we're at next level response to Republicans. The Democrats are finally
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 01:58 PM
Feb 2020

going on the offense, where they have been too complacent in the past. And to that I say, hurrah. There is a reason why some of those Republicans are walking through hell fire for Trump. We can see the smoke rise from a few of them. Sometimes public opinion and support is the only thing we need to turn the attention on them, because there is something obviously there there.

Wounded Bear

(58,646 posts)
8. Joy Reid just had a black Repub Rep (!) on OOPS!! not a congresswoman...
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 12:55 PM
Feb 2020

babbling RW talking points and ended up saying basically "if Trump is in power then God allowed it. All power goes through Jesus!" or some such crap.

Did the usual Gish Gallop, trying to fillibuster the segment and fill it with RW bullshit, and Joy trying to shut her up and let others talk.

Annoying as hell.



On edit: I mis-heard the intro. I guess she's just a radio host or something. She was a Black Women for Trump and Jesus freak though. I got that right.

Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
9. That black woman was talking so fast that I didn't even know what side she was
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 01:00 PM
Feb 2020

promoting. So glad it wasn't ours!

Wounded Bear

(58,646 posts)
10. TBH, I didn't really hear her intro well, I could be wrong...
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 01:03 PM
Feb 2020

But she was definitely a full on Trumplodyte. Can't imagine she was a Dem.

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