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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:39 PM Jan 2017

Pic Of The Moment: Trump Fired Sally Yates For Doing Exactly What Republicans Wanted Her To Do



Deputy Attorney General Confirmation Hearing (skip to 1:15:50)


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Pic Of The Moment: Trump Fired Sally Yates For Doing Exactly What Republicans Wanted Her To Do (Original Post) EarlG Jan 2017 OP
Remember that Sessions. underpants Jan 2017 #1
K&R ffr Jan 2017 #2
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #3
K&R 2naSalit Jan 2017 #4
Oh the words that come back to haunt you! PatSeg Jan 2017 #5
Without a conscience, nothing is "haunting". Mr. Ected Jan 2017 #6
They act like it never happened PatSeg Jan 2017 #7
And as far as the Alt-right, Fox News and Breitbart fans are concerned, it never happened. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #11
Evidently when you embrace PatSeg Feb 2017 #16
Yep. They should feel humiliated. But they're shameless, Mc Mike Feb 2017 #13
The Only Consistency in Republicanland Ccarmona Jan 2017 #8
k and r niyad Jan 2017 #9
Republican hypocrisy in a nutshell: Initech Jan 2017 #10
I wish we could play this over and over on our massive public media access Midnight Writer Feb 2017 #12
The key is the lawfulness of the order. malthaussen Feb 2017 #14
K & R JHan Feb 2017 #15

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
7. They act like it never happened
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:49 PM
Jan 2017

Like they never refused to consider Obama's pick for the Supreme Court. God forbid the Democrats try to obstruct Trump's pick.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,272 posts)
11. And as far as the Alt-right, Fox News and Breitbart fans are concerned, it never happened.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 09:06 PM
Jan 2017

They are like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed shit.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
16. Evidently when you embrace
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 11:36 AM
Feb 2017

the far right, memory is the first thing to go. They are living in the perpetual NOW.

Mc Mike

(9,107 posts)
13. Yep. They should feel humiliated. But they're shameless,
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 06:00 AM
Feb 2017

so they're incapable of being embarrassed.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
10. Republican hypocrisy in a nutshell:
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 03:55 PM
Jan 2017

Republicans: We must take the constitution literally! Carry around pocket size versions of the constitution to show your loyalty!

Sally Yates: I believe the attorney general or deputy attorney general has an obligation to follow the law and the constitution.

Trump: You're fired!

Midnight Writer

(21,548 posts)
12. I wish we could play this over and over on our massive public media access
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 03:04 AM
Feb 2017

You know, hours on talk radio, maybe some coverage on local news, national news, cable news. Maybe a few paid ads.

But our side just doesn't have much of a media presence to reach out to folk like the Crank Party does.

Too bad.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
14. The key is the lawfulness of the order.
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 10:06 AM
Feb 2017

As long as the Trump faction maintains the lawfulness of the order, then they can claim Yates overreached by failing to support a lawful action. And we have already been told by Mitch McConnell that the lawfulness of the order will be "determined by the Courts." Which, of course, the Trump faction intend to stack to their advantage, starting with the USSC. Thus the need for the Senate to block any conservative USSC nominee becomes even more important.

Keep in mind that the stays of execution of the XO have been temporary, pending determination of whether the XO is lawful or not. If corrupt courts rule the order lawful, then lawful it is. There is no further recourse.

-- Mal

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