Lindsey Graham: Intel Agencies Investigating Whether Certain Campaigns Coordinated with Russia

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44. Trump/Pence were on the same ticket, had SAME staff, had SAME meetings, SAME benefits from Russia

If Republicans decide to use the information from the intelligence reports, and eventually hold hearings or even to impeach, they should not be able to invalidate Trump without invalidating Pence too.

And I surmise that would be their scheme, because the third in line of succession happens to be their little theocratic/budget-gutting wetdream, House Speaker Paul Ryan.

So while these statements by Graham and McCain all appear very statesmanlike and patriotic, putting Ryan in the White House could be their long-game here in the Game of Thrones.

Of course, I feel that the whole premise of invalidating Trump but still getting to keep Republican control of the line of succession is nuts. If Trump or both Trump/Pence are illegitimate because of TAMPERING, that means the results of the election itself are invalid including which party won - not merely which candidates won.

And if that were true, then if we had laws and election rules that made any sense (in the way we all understand fair play and team sports and competitions) then the other candidate (Clinton) would win BY DEFAULT OR DISQUALIFICATION.

But, alas, we don't have election laws that make sense in these circumstances.