Do You Hear the Silence?

[Arkansas Granny]

Elijah Cummings Slams Republicans for Lack of Oversight of Trump and Flynn

Following declarations made by the Republican chairmen of the House Oversight and Intelligence Committees this morning that they wouldn’t be conducting any additional probes into the Trump administration surrounding the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) ripped into them.

Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, highlighted the silence coming from those in power to investigate President Donald Trump and Flynn.

“Let me begin by asking everyone in this room a very simple question,” he said. “Do you hear that? Do you hear the silence?”

Cummings continued, “This is a town of House Republicans conducting no oversight of President Trump. Zero. That is what it sounds like when they abdicate their duty under the Constitution.”

http://www.mediaite.com/online/do-you-hear-the-silence-elijah-cummings-slams-republicans-for-lack-of-oversight-of-trump-and-flynn/

[guillaumeb]

1. I like the Paul Simon song, Sounds of Silence.

Where is the media outrage?

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. Here is the new oversight committee's theme song you requested

[guillaumeb]

4. Much better.

The next selection from the GOP mixmaster will be 30 minutes of relaxing WHITE noise. All white noise, that is. Relax, have a seat.

[il_lilac]

2. I hear it

It is deafening...

[Leghorn21]

5. Loud and clear! I cruise the twittersphere regularly, and the "deplorable KGB" posters are

(and have been for eons) on every single thread...till last night. For some reason. ??? I'd say I miss them, yet - I do not!

[jmg257]

6. Excellent moment! Did we ever find out if the Flynn tweet he referred to was real??

Ah shit never mind...

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/319401-new-york-times-newsmax-fall-victim-to-fake-flynn-twitter-account

Both the New York Times and Newsmax reported on the fake account, erroneously quoting the account's claim that Flynn viewed himself as the "sole scapegoat."

Ugh and Pelosi did the whole "scapegoat" thing.

[Initech]

7. They'll find some way to blame us for their incompetence. They always do.

Not today!

[GallopingGhost]

8. If there is one word to describe

the modern day Republican party, it is hypocrisy.

They wouldn't be able to bare their investigative fangs fast enough if it were a Democratic president.

The other day I was at the store, and a man who didn't like the anti-Trump pin I wear said to me that Clinton is corrupt. I said, "And Trump isn't?"

He then told me that with Hillary it is "established" corruption.

Usually I'm up for a fight, but some days I have no tolerance for that kind of stupidity.

[retrowire]

9. But they won the election sooo

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Augiedog]

10. If this had happened on President Hillary Clintons watch it would be open season on democrats.

The Democratic Party would be declared an outlaw organization and RICO statutes would be considered. The impeachment process would take two days, one in the house and one in the senate. Then it would be "off with 'er head". Any democrat who defended her would be deported to Guantanamo and kept in the basement there.

Republicans in North Dakota wanted to make it legal to run over protesters who happened to be in the road. Well it would be required that you run over any democrat you found outside if this had occurred on her watch. And it wouldn't matter if they were in the road or not, sidewalk, yard or on their porch. Just run'em down where you find them.

These fucking republicans are nothing but fucking fucks who fuck over our nation.

Oh, happy Valentine's Day, unless yer a fucking fuck.

[Tatiana]

11. YES! Keep hitting them!

Force them to choose Trump or themselves.

[Mr.Bill]

12. I'll tell you one thing I'm not hearing anymore: "Winning".

I sometimes do battle on conservative forums. That word has vanished.

[mtngirl47]

13. Actually Trump talked about his "landslide" Electoral College win

yesterday in his presser with Trudeau. As usual, he's delusional!

[Mr.Bill]

14. I don't mean from Trump.

I mean from people arguing politics on conservative forums. That was their favorite word. Every time Trump farted, it was "winning". Not anymore.

[Ligyron]

17. There is a distinct lack of Trump apologists on Yahoo News suddenly.

Those Russkies have no backbone I tells ya.

[NNadir]

15. We don't want to distract them from the most important American problem of all time: Benghazi!

It's not like they give a rat's ass about the accession of a traitor to the Presidency. The issue was, is and always will be Benghazi.

[erronis]

16. I was sure you were referring to the silence of the puny thumbs

On the huuuge twitter keyboard.

"It" hasn't tweeted for a few hours (that have been reported, that I know of.)

Could someone go check on "it" to see it's (un)fortunately popped a blood vessel in it's fantastic brain?

[AllaN01Bear]

18. re: can you hear the silence

[rock]

19. "... they (House Republicans) abdicate their duty under the Constitution."

After they have wiped their ass and blown their nose with it. Usually in that order.

[brer cat]

20. We can count on Rep. Cummings to stay on their ass.

He will not back down from a fight.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

21. It's not that they're cowards, though they are, but that they are willing to let this shit go down

unchallenged as long as they see even the minutest possible benefit for themselves in allowing the shitgibbon to stay in the White House. Corrupt bastards. Country First? Yeah, right.