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Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 03:11 AM Feb 2022

Former Pence Lawyer Hailed As 'Patriot' For Lengthy Testimony To January 6 Committee - Rachel Maddow



Rachel Maddow reports on Greg Jacob, former chief counsel to Mike Pence, who was at the center of the Trump pressure campaign to push Pence to reject the 2020 election results, testifying for almost nine hours to the January 6th Committee and being described as a "great patriot" by the committee's chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson. Aired on 02/01/2022.


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Former Pence Lawyer Hailed As 'Patriot' For Lengthy Testimony To January 6 Committee - Rachel Maddow (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 OP
Kicked and recommended WheelWalker Feb 2022 #1
Reich-wing death squad activated...? Grins Feb 2022 #2
K & R. Rachel goes there, "overthrow the government." L. Coyote Feb 2022 #3
"Patriot" Turbineguy Feb 2022 #4
I was thinking that that word is so over-and-incorrectly, used that it has become niyad Feb 2022 #5

Turbineguy

(37,212 posts)
4. "Patriot"
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 01:58 PM
Feb 2022

has become one of those funny titles. If you are a republican, working for Putin, you are a patriot too.

niyad

(112,440 posts)
5. I was thinking that that word is so over-and-incorrectly, used that it has become
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 09:34 PM
Feb 2022

meaningless. Doing the correct thing, the lawful and legal thing, should be a given.

"Patriotism is the last refuge of fools and scoundrels" runs through my head when I hear that word.

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