...Trump is calling Mace & Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition

[riversedge]

Well, this afternoon may be interesting to say the least. ---or maybe not.

Ron Filipkowski‬
‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social‬
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The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.

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Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
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Trump desperately pressuring Republicans who signed the Epstein petition before Grijalva signs it at 4:10 PM when it will then be too late to stop it.

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[Torchlight]

1. I wonder what the price leadership is willing to fork over.

Or what the leverage is against the two.

Or (most likely) a little of both.

[Irish_Dem]

19. I am certain that both Mace and Boebert have secrets they wish to keep hidden.

[hamsterjill]

23. Yeah, I don't think the word "pleading" is what is going to happen.

Trump is going to be threatening them; not pleading with them.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Exactly. The correct verb is THREATENING.

He will threaten anything to get what he wants.

[wcmagumba]

2. We really need brave whistle blowers to get the files out...they will need new identities from witness protection...

[rsdsharp]

3. I predicted weeks ago that Mace would pull her name.

It sounds like Trump thinks she’s a prime candidate, too.

[Renew Deal]

4. It would be completely hypocritical of Mace to back down.

But she is a loose cannon either way.

[Chasstev365]

7. Check their bank accounts!

[malaise]

5. Bwaaaah

Did you hear Leavitt’s explanation

[Ocelot II]

6. No. What was it?

[malaise]

10. From -18.20

[area51]

31. My fav altered pic of Karoline.

[malaise]

33. Love it 😀

Rec

[Chasstev365]

8. For the love of God: will someone just leak the Epstein Files already?

[TheRickles]

13. We could use an Assange or Snowden or Manning round about now.

[kentuck]

9. That would really be a surprise...

...if they said "No" to Trump. They will break under pressure, I would guess.

[BannonsLiver]

14. I expect if it comes to it he will threaten their lives.

[rurallib]

17. I would bet he already has

[GusBob]

15. If, just what if, they refuse to change their minds?

But if they did, would they then take the rap for the cover-up?

They shoulda kept this arm twisting stuff private

[Irish_Dem]

20. Both Mace and Boebert are very weak and not very bright.

They can easily be kissed or kicked into compliance.

[Irish_Dem]

28. If the price is right they will fold like lawn chairs.

[Bozvotros]

11. I've been expecting this.

Boebert and Mace have been softened up to fold already. Today they're just going to hear the specifics of "or else."

[doc03]

12. I figure the fix was in.

[Mblaze]

16. With all the time in the world,

Republicans will never come up with a better program than the ACA. The only real answer is Single-Payer and they seem to be "over my dead body" about that.

[surfered]

18. If the Epstein Files exonerated him, Trump would be threatening to primary the two if they didn't release the files

[Fil1957]

21. I would not be surprised if one or the other caves. Trump is very powerful, and can provide financial incentives and/or

serious threats. "Silver or lead" as the saying goes. However, he has been weakened by recent events, and the chances of them holding firm are better today than they were a few months ago.

[NBachers]

22. He can team them up with some of his shadowy "republican mega-donors."

[Wiz Imp]

24. They only have about an hour left to remove their signature(s)

As soon as the petition receives 218 signature, it is officially entered into the record and members can no longer remove their signature.

Grijalva is set to be sworn in around 4:00 pm and as soon as that happens, my understanding is she will immediately sign the petition.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45920

Members may add or remove their names until a petition has obtained 218 signatures. If a discharge petition reaches this threshold—a majority of the House's 435 Members—the list of names is frozen, printed in the Congressional Record, and the discharge motion is entered in the House Journal and in the "Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees" section of the House Calendar. Once on the Calendar, an additional seven legislative days must elapse before a Member who signed the petition may notify the House in a floor statement of an intention to offer the discharge motion on the floor. The motion may then be called up by that Member "at a time or place, designated by the Speaker, in the legislative schedule within two legislative days after the day on which a Member whose signature appears thereon announces to the House an intention to offer the motion."5 A discharge motion is not in order, however, during the last six days of a congressional session.

[Wiz Imp]

25. I don't believe either will remove their signatures at this point, however, even if one did

there will be another Democrat elected to the House via a Special Election Runoff in Texas in January (both candidates in the runoff are Democrats). There is also a Special Election in December in Tennessee which is likely to be won by the Republican, but there is at least an extremely slight but nonzero chance for the Democrat to win.

[Traildogbob]

26. Pleading or

Threatening their lives. I suspect door number 2.
Cave or the hounds of hell will rip you and your families into hamberder meat.

[WestMichRad]

29. My $1 bet is on...

… some Repuke to cave and pull their name from the petition, before the House had to vote on it.

[Marcuse]

30. He could make Mikey expel either Mace, MTG or Boebert on the grounds of mental instability and moral turpitude.

Resulting in a 217-217 tie. The cover up is complete.

My money is on MTG because she’s been a pain in his bountiful butt over the shutdown, the Georgia Senate race and Epstein. Plus she didn’t get a pleading presidential call.

[karynnj]

34. Yes and that would almost guarantee that Jefferies becomes speaker in January

In addition to a possible court case, it would take months to replace them. Right now there are 219 Republicans and 214 Democrats with 2 vacant seats. There would then be 217 Republicans to our 214 if they were expelled. One of the vacant seats is a run off in January between 2 Democrats, the other is the TN seat where Republicans are favored.

So, until elections to replace these two, on any piece of legislation, he could lose at most ONE representative and if, in a miracle, we win TN, he can't lose any with 217 R to 216 D. Not to mention, given their dysfunction, could we get one Republican to become independent and caucus with us?

[dalton99a]

32. Kick

[mucifer]

35. Seriously you guys thought we wouldn't get fitzmased ?

[BlueWavePsych]

36. K&R

[Jbraybarten]

37. There are some interesting dynamics to this, but one of them is

several Rs are invested in this and it's not really simple to just say no now, even by their shameless standards.

[garybeck]

38. "pleading?"

these guys don't plead

they threaten.

get the headline right