Dem Rep - Nunes acting 'Agressive", 'Unusual'

[orangecrush]

Last edited Wed Mar 29, 2017, 10:59 AM - Edit history (1)

"Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said during an interview early Wednesday that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes's (R-Calif.) behavior has been “aggressive” and “unusual” in recent days.

“A lot of us have a lot of history with Chairman Nunes and consider him a friend, but until we really get read into whatever drove last week’s behavior, it’s really hard for us, along with the rest of the American public, not to make some assumptions about what is driving this very strange behavior,” Himes said on CNN’s “New Day.”

Himes, a House Intelligence Committee member, added that the panel’s functions have stalled since Nunes said there was incidental intelligence surveillance of President Trump’s transition team last week."

VIDEO AT LINK...

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/326258-dem-rep-nunes-acting-aggressive-unusual

Explanations?

[JTFrog]

1. Like someone being threatened or blackmailed? I'm sure Trump & Co. didn't put him up to any of this.

[caroldansen]

2. It sounds like he has something to hide and was trying to get somewhat forceful about it. Maybe he

has money in a Russian bank account under a fake name to avoid paying United States taxes on it.

[dalton99a]

3. He's guilty as sin

[Coventina]

4. Maybe he's got the Rabies?

[mountain grammy]

38. Reasonable explanation..

[SharonAnn]

51. 45 gave him some of his coke.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. He's been so weird that I wonder whether he's really afraid of something.

I mean, really afraid. Like, nervous around umbrellas and checking to see if his tea glows in the dark.

[orangecrush]

11. Ding! Ding! Ding!

Thread winner!

[tallahasseedem]

16. I think you're right...

It seems a lot of people who work around 45 act the same way...it's a pattern.

[orangecrush]

25. "Buggy"

It's contagious.

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. He is connected to oligarchs who dont fuck around. We know this for a FACT, it is on the record

IF he was a Democrat

He would be a. fired b. investigated until he couldnt see straight

[mountain grammy]

39. Pretty much my first thought.

[uponit7771]

40. +1

[Tatiana]

55. This is exactly what's going on. Watch his hastily arranged press conferences again. He's TERRIFIED.

Someone in the White House threatened him. And they threatened him with something big.

I'm 95% sure he's being blackmailed and it may have something to do with that family business of his or other things he wouldn't want family members to know about.

[SDJay]

6. He's Starting to Realize He's the Stooge...

when a pawn realizes he's a pawn, he may also realize he'll be the first to be thrown to the wolves to protect the puppet masters.

In other words, he's shitting his pants as he begins to realize what he's done and what he'll be held accountable for before too long.

[Zambero]

8. Time for a "Come to Jesus" moment

I'm sure the FBI investigators would love to have him provide a no-bullshit account of recent bizarre events.

[orangecrush]

13. I see that

As a real possibility.

And perhaps a spot in the witness protection program.

[orangecrush]

12. Very possible

And maybe even more.

[calimary]

34. The low-hanging fruit is often what gets the prison sentence.

Or maybe, to head that off, a plea deal - cough up the dirt and you get immunity from prosecution.

But in his case, he may have figured that he might be able to walk away from going to jail by cooperating with investigators, but when he's out among 'em and unprotected, he knows what can happen to him. Like that "special" spiked tea, perhaps? He may just assume prison would keep him safe, but you never know about that, either.

I would bet, though, that he IS weighing his options at this point. And I think the swagger we've seen lately is an attempt at a bluff to throw critics off his case. Talk tough enough, or sound sure enough, and maybe they'll just drop it?

[uponit7771]

41. +1

[Gabi Hayes]

52. relax, already!

[Cognitive_Resonance]

7. Behavior one would expect from someone who has been compromised and is being coerced. nt

[Alwaysna]

53. Russians hacked more than the DNC

When the Russians hack the RNC emails they didn't release any info from them. Could his e mail been among the hacked?

[NightWatcher]

9. The dairy farmer is out of his league.

[orangecrush]

26. Definitely not geared for this....

Breaking point in 3... 2.. 1...

[Baconator]

10. Stressed to the gills I'm sure...

This goes for all of the GOP...

It must give them ulcers to be in power but know that there is a decent chance it will all implode at any moment.

Plus all that power has to flow through Trump.

I imagine it isn't quite as fun as they imagined in their heads.

[orangecrush]

21. Realizing the locomotive pulling their train

Has no brakes, and the engineer is insane.

[calimary]

35. Welcome to DU, Baconator!

This seems like a classic case of "be careful what you wish for, because you might get it."

I suspect they all thought - "Oh Boy! We own it all! Let's GET IT ON!!!!!" Not realizing the pitfalls ahead.

[Baconator]

47. I don't think so...

I think they all saw the train barreling towards them as folks fell off in the primaries and decided that they could either get run over or grab it and hang on.

In any case, they saw this a long time ago and chose it as the lesser of evils option.

[dchill]

14. Since this whole melodrama has obviously been scripted...

by "the White House," it seems logical that the "intelligence" that Nunes was shown would have included a conversation that involved Nunes himself. This would explain his nervous and highly erratic behavior. It would also explain what he meant by knowing identities, even though names were masked.

[SunSeeker]

15. Yep. He looks like a man who just just found out he got implicated.

And like folks who suspect they have been found out, he is acting "buggy," as Malcolm Nance said of Trump.

[orangecrush]

19. I remember reading that

Apparently, "buggy" is contiguous...

[orangecrush]

20. Hadn't considerwd that angle...

Intereesting.

[elmac]

17. Another golden showers tape nt

[orangecrush]

18. ...

[SHRED]

22. It's a cover up.

[orangecrush]

23. Nunes isn't made for this.

Which actually may turn out to be a good thing.

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. It's a

[orangecrush]

44. And he

Is trying to chew his own leg off.

[kimbutgar]

24. Someone needs to fund a giant billboard on a much traveled road is in his district

Stating he is a Russian asset and represents Russia over the US or something like that.

[colbertforpresident]

28. He's involved

Now he has to stop the investigation. He is most likely caught in the net.

[Thomas Hurt]

29. Maybe......if these intercepts are real,

not sure I buy that yet. He recognized himself in one and knows the investigation is close to implicating him in something criminal.

He freaked out, ran to Ryan and then to the fat fascist 45 to see if his daddies would fix it for him.

[paleotn]

42. Unfortunately for him, the daddies have their own problems right now.

[MFM008]

31. Complicit

Period.

[tclambert]

32. He's stalling while he tries to get the elephant toothpaste back in the tube

[orangecrush]

33. Omg

Thanks!

[calimary]

36. OMG!!! "...that's like the greatest zit ever popped!"

[NastyRiffraff]

37. He's acting like a drug lord

who KNOWS he'll go to jail if caught, and is willing to take risks to avoid being caught. Nunes is at least has knowledge, if he isn't actually complicit, in the Russian interference of our election.

BTW, Himes was on Rachel the other night, and made a good point. (Paraphrasing) He said that often witnesses to an Intelligence Committee hearing are whistleblowers protected by laws relating to whistleblowing, and/or current or retired intelligence officers. He asked how many would be willing to testify after they saw Nunes running to the White House after a committee session?

[orangecrush]

45. That is an excellent point, actually

And a good reason an independent bipartisan committee is needed.

[Hekate]

43. Panic. Eyes like a deer in the headlights of an oncoming bus. The Trump bus which is going to ...

...run him over, back up, and do it again.

[orangecrush]

48. ...

[jeanmarc]

46. He's been listening to You Might Think by the Cars

And has alien ants eating half his brain.

It's not a weird reference if you watch tv.

[orangecrush]

49. Not weird

[Amaryllis]

50. Ryan is throwing him under the bus to save himself:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028850749

[Skittles]

54. getting orders from Russia and Trump must be nerve-wracking

fuck him