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Mon Nov 18, 2019, 09:12 PM Nov 2019

GOP Lawmakers 'Shaken' by Overheard Phone Call [View all]

Source: Political Wire



“Several Republican lawmakers were more ‘shaken’ than they publicly let on by the testimony of a US official in Kiev who overheard a phone conversation between the US ambassador to the European Union and President Trump,” CNN reports.

“David Holmes — who will testify publicly as part of the House impeachment inquiry — said in closed-door testimony last week that US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland had told Trump that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ‘loves your ass’ and that Ukraine was going to move forward with the investigation Trump had asked Zelensky for a day earlier.”

“According to the GOP congressional source, that testimony led several GOP lawmakers to express frustration that Sondland would place a call to the President in a public restaurant, and are concerned that Holmes’ testimony was the most convincing argument for Trump’s direct involvement in the campaign to pressure Ukraine.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/18/gop-lawmakers-shaken-by-overheard-phone-call/

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Are they also concerned? Troubled? Still In Wisconsin Nov 2019 #1
Maybe to the point of thoughts and prayers.... lastlib Nov 2019 #21
Shaken, not stirred? lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #31
Not shaken enough to do the right thing for the country tho. Iliyah Nov 2019 #2
what you said Delphinus Nov 2019 #4
this TeamPooka Nov 2019 #20
No kidding. Maybe shaken. But not stirred. calimary Nov 2019 #22
I'll be more impressed when they are stirred... Gore1FL Nov 2019 #3
This Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #19
"Deeply troubled," etc. klook Nov 2019 #5
AND put their names out there not fooled Nov 2019 #6
Shaken...but not stirred. FailureToCommunicate Nov 2019 #7
Jinx! I was gonna post that! dchill Nov 2019 #8
Softball, misleading headline. "Shaken" not over the facts but over their public revelation. PSPS Nov 2019 #9
It's not wrong if you don't get caught pat_k Nov 2019 #26
Shaken 😕 What are they going to do about it? nt iluvtennis Nov 2019 #10
Amateur hour. paleotn Nov 2019 #11
Hell, we're still cleaning out the trash left over from Watergate and Nixon csziggy Nov 2019 #30
They could care less. Traitors the whole lot of them. Pepsidog Nov 2019 #12
Shaken, but they won't do anything sakabatou Nov 2019 #13
when r they gonna hit by lightning? BootinUp Nov 2019 #14
Big breaks follow cracks follow small cracks follow stresses... hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2019 #15
What Susan Collins "concern" level are they at? Yavin4 Nov 2019 #16
They are concerned the Holme's testimony was the most convincing...My lord! Perseus Nov 2019 #17
No, they are concerned at how sloppy they are dansolo Nov 2019 #28
Shaken enough to send Thoughts and Prayers? zaj Nov 2019 #18
I could say what I think about those "GOP Lawmakers"... CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #23
Awww. Now prove it. Hekate Nov 2019 #24
What they most fear is that the Orangutan was heard by witnesses whom they don't control Ford_Prefect Nov 2019 #25
From the original CNN article nitpicker Nov 2019 #27
I agree with the above poster...they're only shaken that the conversation was public. pecosbob Nov 2019 #29
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