Speaker Pelosi: "This is as bad as it gets"

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ABC News Politics @ABCPolitics 14m
Pressed by @GStephanopoulos on her comments and whether she believes the Russians “have” something on President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi refuses to deny it: “How else would you explain his refusal to even — to ignore again and again the intelligence.” https://abcn.ws/2Zh3tPp

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[tblue37]

1. K&R for Madame Speaker. nt

[wryter2000]

2. Don't tempt fate, Mme. Speaker

No matter how bad it gets with Trump, it can always get worse.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. It's like he sees that statement as a challenge and says "Hold my beer".

[sop]

3. Amazing! The Speaker of the House on ABC discussing whether Trump is controlled by Russia.

Good God, the American public has become so inured to Trump's criminality, this sort of conjecture now seems normal. I never want to hear another word from Republicans about law and order, corruption, accountability or patriotism

[beachbumbob]

4. way good enough to start investigation into immediately and put trump on defense from

now to nov 3rd

- enforce every subpoena
- resurrect Mueller's investigation in real time

[Marthe48]

28. from now till forever

make his life the impeached traitor deserves.

[smirkymonkey]

5. K&R

[Hugin]

6. Not hardly.

With this flock of rectums, there is no bottom.

But, I thank Speaker Pelosi for her refreshing optimism.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. K&R

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. Moscow Mitch and the Sycophants -- Republicans in Congress -- gleefully ignore this.

Every Republican in the Senate and House will happily trade us for continued power gained by Putin's assistance. How many in the House sought to block, obscure, or out yell the truth? How many in the Senate sought to block and obscure the truth, even voting to acquit during the impeachment "trial"?

[Stuart G]

21. I think with today's news, they will find some way .... not to ignore this...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. I hope the noise is enough to make them scurry back to the sewers they crawled from.

[Bucky]

10. So little faith in the President. You REALLY think he can't do worse?

But yeah, this is covering up the killing of American troops.

It's almost like he's seeing how much damage he can do to the country while the Republicans still support him.

[rickyhall]

11. If you can't see it, you're not lookin'

[cayugafalls]

12. If this is as bad as it gets, then GO GET HIM!

Hammer them with everything you got from now till the election!

Everyday it gets worse, I think we are going to see an escalation of the shitshow from now on.

[gab13by13]

15. I agree, control the news cycle.

Speaker Pelosi needs to write a bill condemning Putin and putting sanctions on Russia. Make Republicans vote for Putin.

[cayugafalls]

16. +1000 Absolutely! Great Idea!

Perfect!

[gab13by13]

24. I got the sanctions part from

listening to Ted Lieu last night, he is for sanctions.

[wnylib]

13. All roads lead to Putin.

GOP = Gang of Putin.

Crush Putin's gang into dust.

[Midnight Writer]

14. Even House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pointed this out way back in 2016.

The Republicans have been aware of this treason from the beginning, and, instead of standing against it, asked "What's in this for me?".

[procon]

17. Whatever Putin has on Trump must be off the charts.

If Trump is willing to jeopardize his chances of reelection and be branded a traitor for his role in this treasonous agreement with Putin, then whatever dirt the Russians have must be death penalty level.

[Eyeball_Kid]

18. Eh.... yeah. n/t

[Stuart G]

19. PLEASE NOTE: Pelosi did say these words..This is as bad as it gets"..at link below

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/bad-it-gets-pelosi-democrats-take-aim-trump-over-russian-n1232363

[AllyCat]

20. Don't say that.

He will see it as a challenge to make it worse.

[Stuart G]

22. No he won't, Trump will resign within 2 weeks...

[AllyCat]

23. If there is a god...

So hope you are correct. I just don’t see him as a quitter.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. He quits rather than be seen as a "loser". Done it all his life.

The threat Putin holds over him may be enough that he endures this time, but let's hope he acts as he always has in the past and runs away. (Or the promises of riches and power that Putin whispers about might make him grow a spine). Dangerous times for the world.

[sop]

27. He'd have to admit he was wrong somehow to quit, and Trump never admits he was wrong.

[marmar]

29. Yep.

MAGA cult, how can you possibly defend this shit?

[musclecar6]

30. The Republican party

Is loaded with a bunch of sanctimonious self-righteous self-serving bunch of phoney assholes. They’re just like Trump where they accuse others of what they are really guilty of all the way. All out for themselves and fuck everybody else.

[crickets]

31. Important footnote in the twitter comments:

Anybody heard any more news on Flynn lately?