The CIA concluded that Russia worked to elect Trump. Republicans now face an impossible choice.

[TomCADem]

Impossible? To me this is easy. You fulfill your oath of office and protect our Democracy.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-cia-concluded-that-russia-worked-to-elect-trump-republicans-now-face-an-impossible-choice/ar-AAlnscV?li=BBnb7Kz

The Washington Post is now reporting that the CIA has concluded something widely suspected but never flatly stated by the intelligence community: that Russia moved deliberately to help elect Donald Trump as president of the United States — not just to undermine the U.S. political process more generally.
The Post's report cites officials who say they have identified individuals connected to the Russian government who gave WikiLeaks emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee and top Hillary Clinton aide John Podesta. One official described the conclusion that this was intended to help Trump as “the consensus view.”

The report highlights and exacerbates the increasingly fraught situation in which congressional Republicans find themselves with regard to Russia and Trump. By acknowledging and digging into the increasing evidence that Russia helped — or at least attempted to help — tip the scales in Trump’s favor, they risk raising questions about whether Trump would have won without Russian intervention.

Trump, after all, won by a margin of about 80,000 votes cast across three states, winning each of the decisive states by less than one percentage point. So even a slight influence could have plausibly made the difference, though we'll never be able to prove it one way or another.

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R ...... nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Could not agree more.

If loyalty is to party over country, you're violating your oath of office. Period.

[Kathy M]

6. + 1

[gademocrat7]

3. K&R

They need to uphold their oath.

[KittyWampus]

4. And they leave out Comey's interference with an assist to Giuliani and Trump's campaign.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

5. Russia hacked RNC, not releasing the info (until it's needed). Great silencer.

This is war. They had their war room and attacked from all angles.

[pressbox69]

7. Rudy didn't get the prize

because he let the cat out of the bag about the upcoming October surprise.

[uponit7771]

8. Not impossible, they'll just say the FBI doesn't agree and move on... Of Course they homey James

... Comey will agree with them.

Fuck the FBI !!!

FUCK James "traitor" Comey

[mercuryblues]

9. Impossible choice

To them it was never in question on what to do. Defend trump and his Russian buddies

[libtodeath]

10. They are traitors so will just sneer.

[GummyBearz]

11. How many russian's illegally voted for trump?

Maybe we need more strict voter ID laws to prevent such a thing from happening

[meow2u3]

13. You might be onto something

There are a lot of Russians and Poles in WI, MI, and PA, many of them here illegally. Who knows if they carry fake ID amd vote illegally at Putin's behest. Trump voters were caught voting more than once, so maybe that's what put him over the top.

Maybe we need more strict voter ID laws to prevent such a thing from happening

Maybe we ought to have a different kind of voter ID laws, and definitely not like the repuke-imposed ID laws intended to disenfranchise Democrats. It should be a national ID law, where the ID--and the supporting documents--must be free, i.e., paid for by our taxes and no out-of-pocket costs; easy to get, i.e, no hurdles getting in the way of obtaining one; and come replete with biometrics (such as fingerprints) for the express purpose of preventing identity theft--and I don't give a rat's patootie if the crackpot CT peddlers freak out about it. Only U.S. citizens will be issued this national ID, which will be valid for voting purposes, opening a bank account, employment, proof of age, and boarding a domestic flight, to name a few.

If pukes resist a free national ID card for the wrong reasons, yet they want strict photo ID for voting that not only costs money, but also puts voters through hoops to get the ID, then they must come clean about the real reason they want their strict voter ID laws instead of ours.

[wishstar]

12. Congress needs to at least prevent appointments of Tillerson, Flynn and others

to powerful positions in our govt when these individuals have clear Russian ties and have worked with Russia on private deals or on RT payroll where they have benefited from friendly Russian connections