"It is a shameful circus." Rep. Madeleine Dean admonishes her House GOP colleagues, blasting their

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"It is a shameful circus."

Rep. Madeleine Dean admonishes her House GOP colleagues, blasting their treatment of AG Merrick Garland and suggesting Republicans are following "the exact M.O. of a former president" to undermine American confidence in the DOJ.

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[tanyev]

1. Of course it's Trump's M.O. He's the one pushing them to do it.

Trump Has Been Privately Encouraging G.O.P. Lawmakers to Impeach Biden

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/trump-gop-biden-impeachment.html
https://archive.ph/KNzgo

Trump Has Been Privately Encouraging G.O.P. Lawmakers to Impeach Biden
The former president has talked regularly with members of the House Freedom Caucus and other congressional Republicans who pushed for impeachment.

By Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Alyce McFadden
Sept. 13, 2023, 5:04 a.m. ET


Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said she told former President Donald J. Trump that she wanted the impeachment inquiry to be “long and excruciatingly painful for Joe Biden.” Doug Mills/The New York Times

On a sweeping patio overlooking the golf course at his private club in Bedminster, N.J., former President Donald J. Trump dined Sunday night with a close political ally, Marjorie Taylor Greene.

It was a chance for the former president to catch up with the hard-right Georgia congresswoman. But over halibut and Diet Cokes, Ms. Greene brought up an issue of considerable interest to Mr. Trump — the push by House Republicans to impeach his likely opponent in next year’s election.

“I did brief him on the strategy that I want to see laid out with impeachment,” Ms. Greene said in a brief phone interview.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218267955