Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell: The Russians are not our friends.

[Botany]

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WASHINGTON Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell: The Russians are not our friends.

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So why did McConnell block the release of the story about Russia hacking our
elections and block increased security for our voting systems?

McConnell is guilty of treason.

Phone: [phone] McConnell's phone #

[shraby]

1. Why do you think he's trying to walk it back?

I smell fear, because what he did by threatening to make it partisan if the public was informed before the election, was treasonous.

When they start opening that Pandora's box, it's hard how many will be wearing the ball and chain when it's done.

edited to add:
I think we'll see a plethora of people taking the fifth.

[Botany]

3. Because he knows he is guilty of treason

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-mcconnell-putin-and-the-triumph-of-the-will-to-power.html

Trump, McConnell, Putin, and the Triumph of the Will to Power

*************

McConnell put the republican party over the well being of America. Although I
don't know thnis but I have no doubt that McConnell knew about the election
rigging and that is why he blocked Justice Merrick Garland's nomination to
the Supreme Court.

[global1]

5. One Of My Suspicions Over This Whole Election Cycle Is The Silence Or Non-existence Of Karl Rove....

Was he working behind the scenes to do the rigging? And Jeb Bush dropping out so soon in this whole scheme of things. Was the Repug clown car just cover for Trump and did the Repugs plan to use Trump as the front man for this whole bringing down of everything the Dems and Obama have worked for over all the years?

Did they plan all along to make Trump the useful idiot? Do they all have 'plausible deniability" now?

My tinfoil hat has been too tight since well before the election when I posted that if I didn't know any better that there was a 'coup' going on.

My suspicions seemed real on election night when Trump won. And everyday since that day - things are only getting worse.

[KittyWampus]

22. He was working with Republican districts in Republican controlled states where

voting equipment can be tampered with and no oversight will ever happen.

[canetoad]

44. If that is the case

They obviously didn't tell Ted Cruz.

[wordpix]

45. so internat'l billionaires can make more billion$$$$, Russia helping TrumpEtc do a coup

That simple. Your suspicions are mine, too

[Smickey]

56. I've a milliner that...

specialized in tinfoil. Mine is fitting much better now. lol

intended for post #5 sorry

[duffyduff]

2. Sure, Mitch.

Tell your wife to DECLINE Trump's proposed cabinet post.

[Protalker]

33. Bought and paid for

Wife is feathering their nest. Who is Comey's and McConnell's handler? Solitaire anyone?

[ZoomBubba]

4. I'm kind of wondering ...

... if they're trying to find a way to get Trump to quit the GOP before they make a move. From what I know, he's not even talking to them outside of the sycophants looking for jobs in his administration. If the congressional leadership approves an investigation into Russian hacking, there's no telling what Trump's ego will lead him to do.

[atreides1]

6. Remember

Trump has picked three retired generals to head the DoD, NSA, and DHS!

Giving Trump, almost direct control over the military, federal law enforcement, and all intelligence gathering!

Hitler never had it that good, coming out of the gate!!!

[ZoomBubba]

10. The difference is ...

... Hitler had a clear vision of what he wanted to do and his inner circle worked pretty much in unison to accomplish it. If Hitler were like Trump, he probably would have acted

Trump changes his mind minute to minute and his inner circle is trying to pull him a dozen directions. There's no coherency about it aside from telling him he's "wonderful."

[femmedem]

19. There's some consistency:

I think his cabinet is pretty unified in telling him to extract all the fossil fuels, everywhere, as fast as possible.

Also privatize everything in sight.

And keep corporate taxes low, because it will all trickle down and help workers. But, um, keep minimum wage as low as possible.

[ZoomBubba]

30. That's pretty typical ...

... Republican stuff we've been getting for years. Say what you want, but that's the predictable part.

Elsewhere, especially with trade and foreign policy, he's wildly inconsistent ... promising capitalism with one hand and then state support with the other.

[wordpix]

46. yes you are all correct IMO, this is what it's about

[still_one]

35. and Michael Flynn, the NSA perhaps has the most questionable involvement with Russia

and Putin, especially when he was involved in promoting Putin's media outlet "Russia Today"

[wordpix]

51. we def need to ask about Flynn's background with Russia

I didn't know he was involved in RT

[Sunlei]

13. Repubs were scared of trump even last year,now I wonder what blackmail russia hacked from R emails.

[ZoomBubba]

18. Whatever it is ...

... he is playing chicken with China right now. With the disaster he's already created, I'm wondering how far he's going to go before their hands are forced. I think Pence and Priebus were put with him to control him ... but obviously they can't. If he's uncontrollable and the likely outcome is the abandonment of NATO or military conflict with China, I see them acting because they don't have a choice. The GOP may be assholes, but they want to have a country left to run too.

[Sunlei]

29. whatever it is made 17 republicans quit, some cried and walk away from a fight with trump.

[ZoomBubba]

32. To be fair ...

... continuing to campaign would have put them further into debt. Which isn't worth it unless you win.

[Sunlei]

36. Nope, they didn't spend their money. they pulled the 'suspend' trick.

[ZoomBubba]

37. I should have said campaign money ...

... because it's the campaigns that technically go into debt. We're talking about millions of dollars, which may never get paid, but makes donors reluctant to give to a losing horse. GOP donors kept shifting their donations to beat Trump, but it was pretty much a waste, even when the field narrowed.

[Sunlei]

39. No they didn't, Republicans LOVE having an unfit crazy man in the presidents seat. Rs can do whateve

whatever they want, Federal level republicans, state republicans and the local crazies.

[ZoomBubba]

42. That's a bit of an extreme thing to say ...

... even though they're Republicans, they're not suicidal. I have dealings with GOP politicians on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis. Most of them are your dull, run of the mill, politicians who want to be elected over and over again. They do not like unpredictable leadership and if they can't control someone, they're going to find a way to get rid of him, preferably (for them) with as little damage to themselves as possible.

[Sunlei]

47. It only takes one Republican to push a crazy bill and the others will either sign-on or ignore it.

Like Ohios NEW (passed this week, shoved in as attachment) 'no abortion once the 6 week heartbeat is heard'

Republicans aren't suicidal, they're selfish. Republicans won't get rid of trump, they'll protect him so other Republicans can cut-off & chip away, secret ryder, some Americans right to a decent " "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" .

[wordpix]

50. re: R's "want to have a country left to run"---no, they want a country left to exploit

let's be clear, they could not care less about running the country. Instead of governing, they prefer shutting down government annually, gutting regulations, suppressing votes and being a Russian puppet.

[cstanleytech]

21. I suspect at most its probably along the lines of the DNC emails with some fishy stuff but nothing

that would be a major criminal act as there are many other ways to coordinate illegal acts that dont leave a trail as easy to follow like emails such as private dinners and meetings as well as phone calls.

[wordpix]

48. he nearly went crazy during the campaign with all the oppo coming at him

He lost by nearly 3 million votes and except for the EC, he would be toast right now

[Arkansas Granny]

7. So why is he resisting an investigation into the CIA claimed hacking?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell raised doubts about intelligence pointing to Russia trying to help President-elect Donald Trump win the election.

<snip>

Citing several unnamed officials, The Post wrote that McConnell threatened to rebuke the Obama administration if it publicly challenged Russia.

Trump hired McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, as secretary of transportation after the election. Chao ran the Labor Department in the George W. Bush administration.

The appointment requires congressional approval. McConnell has rejected calls to recuse himself from the confirmation process.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mitch-mcconnell-cia-russia-trump-election-2016-12

I think the last two paragraphs might explain his attitude.

[WhiteTara]

16. Old white men who think they will never die

and trying to slop up all that is our country are despicable bottom dwelling creatures of the swamp that is the Trump cabinet.

I called all his offices this morning and told him I knew he was a traitor and that the punishment for treason is death and that he should be hung in the town square.

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/328/contact

[Tanuki]

8. Neither are you, McConnell. You spat on the Constitution when you

blocked consideration of President Obama's SCOTUS pick, the Honorable Merrick Garland, so that the position could be filled a year and an election cycle later by a corrupt serial sexual predator and an unqualified buffoon who lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million.

[Sunlei]

9. But they're trumps long time pagent party friends, Republicans have a lot of work to do to.

Republicans better start to think about 'threats' crossing the water border and the cyber border with Russia.

Americans won't be very happy with Republicans when they start to fuck-up the positive progress America enjoys today.

4.6 % unemployment, a MUCH better economy, less WAR DEAD and healthcare insurance for 20+ million Americans are very hard shoes to fill.

[SHRED]

40. It's like a coach taking over a winning team

Pretty much an impossible task to maintain.

[turbinetree]

11. FU Mitch McConnell and the horse you road in on

again FU and that f***ing horse you ride.

You sat in a room with your fellow republican ass***** and were told that a state actor and the hacking was going on at the DNC and that your server from the RNC had been hacked, and that the only information that came out was the DNC information, FU again FU.

And while your pin pal the serial predator was running around and saying the election was rigged, well guess what he knew, you knew, Ryan Knew, McCarthy knew, Prebius knew, all the fascist knew and then you step out and say there is no veracity" in the information from the CIA. I guess when Wikileakes shut down after the election, it doesn't mean anything, have you heard anything from them dick****, nope how f****ing convenient.

You sat in that room and was told, just like when you sat in that restaurant and conspired against a sitting president and now you have done it to the entire nation along with your f***ing republican buddies ----------------------FU


Not only should you be impeached, but when given the opportunity, you and everyone and everyone in that room, had the means to say we want a vote done by paper and and have it counted by hand for the good of the "republic"-----but you did not-----your are a f***ing Traitor and you are making money off the taxpayers ( $225,000) a year to be a f***ing Traitor, along with Ryan and all of your fascist cronies and you all should be impeached

[WhiteTara]

14. call all his offices and tell them that

you'll either feel better or have higher blood pressure
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/328/contact

[turbinetree]

17. Done......................

[WhiteTara]

23. Feel better?

[turbinetree]

24. I actually spoke to someone in the office who is a traitor, how about you?

Even got a basic traitor response, will look into it!

[WhiteTara]

25. I didn't wait for a response.

I didn't want to hear their traitor words. Did you call the phone message taker a traitor too? Good.

[turbinetree]

34. Yepper got to treat them equally

once your in that boat, your in that boat

[WhiteTara]

38. Indeed

[turbinetree]

43. And have to remind of that fact every time I speak with a fascist

[stollen]

53. Thanks all.

My turn.

[turbinetree]

54. Okay have fun, what can they say, when you tell them the truth

[stollen]

57. I want them to have a "hard" copy

with a military address. That's what all my recipients are getting.

I just finished with Ryan and McConnell.

[turbinetree]

59. I finished with them when they said they were republicans, that party should be under the RICO ACT

as for a "hard copy" I hear they like to shred information before its passed out to you and me, after all they are fascists.

One has a DD214: And he's just fighting for the Veterans all the time..........

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/2/24/1189537/-The-Strange-and-Possibly-Sordid-Story-of-Mitch-McConnell-s-Military-Service

https://pageonekentucky.com/2008/09/30/whats-the-story-about-mcconnells-discharge/


The other one Eddie Munster he has "never " been in the military as a kid or as an adult, but he likes the idea of privatizing the VA --------go figure, it's for greed and need to keep screwing people in general

[bdamomma]

55. good idea

he is up to it to his eyeballs, and his wife has a position on team trump.

He needs to step down now, sticking man. He committed TREASON.

[WhiteTara]

12. Here's all of his contact info

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/328/contact

I called each office and told him he is a traitor and should move to Russia so he can be comfortable as he keeps his nose firmly planted up Putin's ass.

[Scalded Nun]

15. McConnell is a traitor to this country

Unfortunately, he, along with his co-traitors, will likely not face any consequences due to the complete rage/hate-filled followers they have cultivated so successfully.

[world wide wally]

20. I think the full quote would have been,

"Russia is not our friend, they are our boss"

[WhiteTara]

26. So true.

[SamKnause]

27. Neither are you Mitch, neither are you.

[Judi Lynn]

28. Mitch McConnell is not "our" friend. n/t

[heaven05]

31. fuck macconnell

and his party hacks. It's all diversion. this shit from mcconnell.

[Blue Owl]

41. OK Mitch McCommie

[SHRED]

49. Now he says this.

How convenient.

[Generator]

52. Yeah if Russia isn't your friend

You simply cannot let Donald J Trump in the office without real vetting. Starting with his taxes. Otherwise Russia is now our friend as long as Trump has power. Playing bs games.

[adigal]

58. The Russians are our friends before Nov 9th

Now they are not.

There, McConnell, you craven douche bag. I fixed that for you.