Its now political suicide for Republicans if they dont call for deeper investigations on Russia

[babylonsister]

It’s now political suicide for Republicans if they don’t call for deeper investigations on Russia
By Chris Cillizza March 1 at 10:39 PM


President Trump's Russia problems just got a whole lot worse.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kisylak twice in 2016, according to The Washington Post, conversations that run directly counter to Sessions's assertions during his confirmation hearing to be the nation's top cop.

In that Judiciary Committee hearing Jan. 1o, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) asked Sessions whether he was aware of any contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russian intelligence officials. “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians,” Sessions replied.

Here's the video of that moment:
Sessions ‘unable to comment' on Trump intelligence briefing reports
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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) questioned attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) about news that intelligence officials briefed President-elect Trump on unconfirmed reports that Russia has compromising information on Trump. (Senate Judiciary Committee)

It does not take a political genius to understand how big a problem this is for Sessions, Trump and congressional Republicans more broadly. (Sessions's response — I talked to a lot people! -- isn't going to cut it.)

Before this report, most congressional Republicans were resistant to the idea of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the contacts between Russia and Trump campaign officials and surrogates — insisting that the ongoing FBI investigation and congressional committees looking into the issue were more than enough.

That's going to become an untenable position for Republicans — starting with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) -- in light of this new information about Sessions. Not only is there a very serious question about whether Sessions misled — purposely or accidentally — his colleagues while under oath, but this is only the latest incident involving unanswered questions about the ties among Trump, his top advisers and Russia.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/01/its-now-political-suicide-for-republicans-if-they-dont-call-for-a-special-prosecutor-on-russia/?postshare=491488426124399&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.04e1ce40067c

[Initech]

1. Because they're all guilty!

And if you're on a power trip you don't want to give it up. Our whole damn government has been compromised by these treasonous bastards. Everyone who enabled this act of treason is guilty. Trump, Pence, Bannon, the cabinet, the GOP House and Senate, their enablers in the media (Limbaugh, Hannity, Jones, etc) - they're all guilty of this. And they're all going down.

[old guy]

2. One would think, but repub voters will never turn on their masters.

The gerrymandering will continue to guarantee safety for them in the House. In the Senate Mcturtle is safe until he retires or dies as are many other wingers.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Yeah, I think there's a lot of wishful thinking in the linked article...

[babylonsister]

4. I don't know about that; THEY are also being lied to.

At some point that has got to be unacceptable.

[old guy]

5. If their reality was the same as ours, I would agree.

In their reality everything bad is the fault of someone else so they keep going to the same poisoned well.