OK folks

[malaise]

It's treason

[dalton99a]

1. It is treason.

[olegramps]

46. Yes, he sold out his country and aligned himselve with a sworn enemy of our nation.

To every member of congress and most especially to the Republicans:

It is your choice, your country or party. There is absolutely no equivocation.

[onetexan]

75. no doubt

[olegramps]

81. Will it have any affect on the Republican base, that is the question?

If I had to lay a bet today, I would have to conclude that it will be minimalized in comparison to his accomplishments of deregulation to enable the banks to rip us off, destruction of the environment, demolishment of trade agreements, alienating everyone of or allies, turning the Moslems into arch enemies, destroying the credibility FBI, CIA along with the entire Intelligence system, waging war on immigrant children and jailing every immigrant he can get in the crosshairs, etc., etc. plus, most importantly forming a allegiance to our swore enemy, Russia. After a brief public handwringing that is totally the fault of Hilary and her emails, they will dust off their soapbox and with renewed vigor intensify their attack on Democrats as un-godly, atheistic unamerican liberals intent on the destruction of wholesome real Americans.

[dalton99a]

82. Very little to none.

They really believe him. It is cultist behavior.

[unitedwethrive]

2. There is really no doubt after that display.

As hard as it was to watch, I'm kind of glad they went ahead with it, because is really shows what is going on to its fullest extent.

[sunonmars]

3. Never had a doubt and i think this may actually be a bridge too far....

[H2O Man]

4. Agreed.

(OP recommended.)

[malaise]

7. My mouth is still open

With my jaw on the floor

[H2O Man]

10. Yep.

Although I expected the unacceptable, this went far, far beyond that. I feel sick.

[olegramps]

49. I am not only appalled but greatly sadden by what I witnessed.

It is going to be difficult, but we must go on and somehow awaken the young people to the fact that their apathy can no longer be tolerated. Their very future is a stake.

[malaise]

66. Seriously this is bad

[sunonmars]

9. If this does not shake Americans out of their slumber, nothing and i mean nothing will

[H2O Man]

11. You are right.

And no matter how disturbing today is, that is so important to keep in mind.

[malaise]

13. Brennan says he was shocked

It was outrageous.

[.99center]

15. "It was nothing short of treasonous."

Link to tweet

[H2O Man]

16. I've never seen

anything like this. I knew Trump was going to get his marching orders in private. But this is just stunning.

[Delphinus]

72. Early on,

right after this happened, I read a Tweet from ex-CIA John Brennan (am I anywhere close to being right about that?) and there were SO MANY against Brennan - that he was a Communist, that we don't have any real evidence that Trump colluded with Russia ... and a lot more. So, sadly, this probably will not make a difference.

[Totally Tunsie]

5. Nail the bastard to the wall.

[Solly Mack]

6. Notice how Putin attacked Soros?

[malaise]

8. Yes

Mind blowing

[thegoose]

12. Standing next to a murderer

And lying. Scum.

[hurple]

14. For those of us stuck at work without access to a TV

What happened????

[BigmanPigman]

18. Put all of his typical BS

about witch hunts, bad Dems, fake news, FBI, etc together with all of the denials and accusations and that is what we heard again, only this time it was next to Russia's dictator. He almost apologized for our country's investigation trying to blame poor Putin who just wants to work with the US on improving the world.

[gademocrat7]

17. He must be removed from office.

He has betrayed our country.

[bdamomma]

31. he is no president

but a treasonous POS. I would like him to be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law.

This is no joke.

[Doitnow]

19. Do we want to have this pResident selecting the next Supreme Court Justice?????

[Haggis for Breakfast]

78. Hell, NO.

As long as this administration is looking at criminal indictments, there should be NO hearings held on anyone.

Call your congressionals and tell them "NO VOTE."

[duforsure]

20. He's admitting it openly

He's working for putin, and all the republicans now better get on the right side by denouncing the republican party, and switching over to the Democrats for control in the Senate, or they could be facing serious charges also.

[herding cats]

21. At this point, I agree. nt

[mcar]

22. Twitter has gone out of its mind about this

Yes, it's treason. Lock him the fck up.

[dchill]

23. Yeah. It always has been.

But he's new at this. Right?

[enid602]

24. Traitor

Well, given that Baby Jesus told so many to vote for tRump, does that mean Baby Jesus is a traitor as well?

[BlueJac]

25. k&R

[MFM008]

26. Ex CIA guy

Brennon thinks so to.

[nolabear]

27. And if everyone in his cabinet doesn't resign they're complicit.

[handmade34]

28. Congress as well

absolving themselves of their oath...

I, ____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

[colorado_ufo]

42. "purpose of evasion"

or, "How can I enrich myself in every way possible?"

[usaf-vet]

56. Their inaction dishonors EVERY veteran and active duty military service member.

Especially those who have given up their life in the defense of this country.

Those of us that served essentially take the same oath. 'to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic".

Their inaction says the oath is not worth the paper it was written on it their opinion.

So what would happen to any new recruit who refused to take a "worthless" oath. Would they still let them serve?

I'll BET HELL NO!!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

79. And that oath doesn't end

Just because we retired our uniforms, either.

This sickens me. I come from a military family that has served since WWII. And in almost every war since. I just feet like I've been kicked in the gut.

[usaf-vet]

83. I come from a family that has served in WW I, WW II and

myself during Vietnam. And you are dead right the oath never ends.

My gut aches as well.

[GoCubsGo]

29. As it has been all along.

Those who do not see it by now never will.

[bdamomma]

34. this should be flying all over the place

can we start faxing this info to Repigs??? They are in this too.

[vlyons]

40. Post it on your FB and other social media pages

[DiverDave]

62. No.

PRESIDENT OBAMA???
Thinly veiled there.
"Sow discontent and divide"
FAIL

[klook]

47. Surely there's a better source.

This article trashes Obama at length and argues for his impeachment (in 2015). It concludes with this gem:

WHERE WERE YOU WHILE OBAMA WAS AIDING AND ABETTING OUR ENEMIES?

WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT?

Please self-delete or find another source.

[handmade34]

50. agree

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleiii

[bdamomma]

54. why does this site you posted.

have President Obama's name on it and it says August 2015.

http://northamericanlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Articles-of-Impeachment-of-Barack-Hussein-Obama-3.2-41.pdf

[peggysue2]

32. It's been Treason from Day 1

The moment we watched the Trumpster glide down that escalator with his paid cheerleaders in attendance, we were watching an active Russian operation in motion.

Today, the Trumpster revealed it in broad daylight to the entire f*cking world. He stands with Putin, not the United States.

Donald Trump = Putin's Apprentice. Anyone still supporting this traitor can now be labeled treasonous by association.

The outcome of the November elections will determine who and what we are as a people for decades. This is a National Security red light warning.

We've got one shot at this, people. We dare not miss.

[FakeNoose]

65. No doubt about it

Ever since "Russia if you're listening, and I hope you are....", he's been openly conspiring with Putin.

I think today Cheeto was reading a script that Pootie gave him. His own staff would have never written that speech, and they must be appalled. He just gave us all the finger and walked out with Putin.

[Vinca]

33. This is far beyond what he's done or said before. And most of the GOP is mum.

[bdamomma]

39. McConnell

among others are involved in this too, treasonous bastards. Selling us to an Ex-KGB'er. WTF!!!!

[Vinca]

41. Some of them have to be directly involved. I hope to hell Mueller is looking at their campaign

financial records and personal finances. This stinks to high heaven.

[imanamerican63]

35. Nope? It is Mueller time!

Need a big dump of facts let out!

[Blue Owl]

36. Beyond treasonable doubt...

Red Don has betrayed this country

[Cosmocat]

37. Been treason all along

nm

[Raster]

38. It's been treason all along...

...now it's just out in the open.

[blue-wave]

43. +100

It is now time to prove we are a nation of laws. March him and all his treasonous cronies from our nations capitol and into the nearest federal prison.

[Chiboy]

44. Ya ?

Now what ?

[bucolic_frolic]

45. Twitter is jumping with treason ideas

Link to tweet

Art. III requires two witnesses to convict someone of the crime of treason. Conveniently, the 2-hour Trump-Putin session in Helsinki, which Trump says fully turned around our bad relationship with Russia, was conducted with no witnesses but the principals and their translators.

Link to tweet

Jon Cooper
🌊
‏Verified account @joncoopertweets

.@realDonaldTrump should be arrested for treason the moment he sets foot on American soil.
#TreasonSummit

[spanone]

48. let's see what congress does....if they support the 'president' all bets are off.

[Lonestarblue]

51. Treason has a pretty narrow definition.

I’ve been reading various descriptions of treason, and most seem to say that a key word is enemy.An enemy is defined as someone who has declared war or is openly at war with the U.S. Obviously, Russia has not declared a formal war on the U.S., but does Putin’s use of active military intelligence agents to conduct their cyber attack represent an “open” war? Even Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who committed espionage during WWII, were charged not with treason but with conspiracy to commit espionage, for which they were executed so definitely a serious charge. So is the Trump campaign guilty of conspiring with Russian agents instead of treason? The legal distinctions are quite confusing to this non-lawyer!

[onenote]

55. Few here will agree, but you're right the legal distinctions matter.

And its not treason because, as a legal matter, we're not at war with Russia and they're not an "enemy." They are not a friend, but there is, for constitutional purposes, a large gap between being allies and enemies.

Consider the normal attributes of two countries at war: suspended diplomatic relations, suspended trade, suspended travel. We have diplomatic relations with Russia. Hundreds of thousands of Americans will visit Russia as tourists. And we have billions in trade with Russia.

What the Russian military officers did was a crime, as reflected in the Mueller indictment. Americans, including Americans that are or were associated with the Trump campaign and/or administration likely will be named as co-conspirators with the Russians. Maybe Trump will be so named. But that still falls short of treason, just as the crimes for which the Rosenbergs, Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen and others were prosecuted did not include treason. And just as the activities of those of us who opposed US involvement in Vietnam were not prosecuted as treason, even when they included activities that, according to some, gave aid and comfort to the North Vietnamese (such as counseling individuals on how to legally -- or illegally -- avoid the draft). Hell, some even claim Daniel Ellsberg committed treason by revealing the Pentagon Papers. That's the risk of giving the treason clause in the Constitution a broad reading -- it can be used in many ways.

[BumRushDaShow]

63. In other words

is a "Cyber-War" considered "War"?

That is something that academics have been debating in earnest for some time. Most recently, there were a bunch of articles about it in 2013 - e.g., https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/is-cyber-war-around-the-corner-collective-cyber-defense-in-the-near-future/

And then more last year, e.g., - https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2017/05/cyberwar-war/

That is why the call by Jeh Johnson, back in 2016, to declare the U.S. election system, "critical infrastructure", and included his official statement designating it as such, a few weeks before the Obama administration came to a close.

[apkhgp]

52. SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME

When are all of the people in this country going to wake the hell up and see this idiot traitor for what he really is?

[democratisphere]

53. Treason by a traitor.

[Tatiana]

57. Not to sound cliche, but this is probably the time to

CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW....

[phone] (switchboard)

[malaise]

69. ROFL

Too good

[Oneironaut]

58. Benedict Donald

[uponit7771]

59. K&R

[Scurrilous]

60. Yep.

[DiverDave]

61. Damned skippy.

Eom

[elmac]

64. It is, but

there is nothing we can do about. The fascist party has joined this Russian circus and they control all branches of government, most states and the supreme court. Putin has taken this country over, all we can do s see what he plans to do with ameriKa.

[Blue_Tires]

67. This has to be it, right? The last straw??

[calimary]

68. Certainly does look like it.

And sound like it.

And walk like it.

And talk like it.

And quack like it.

[Honeycombe8]

70. It is. But we knew that before, didn't we? We're not the batsh*t crazy ones.

We are witnessing America become a Russian satellite country.

[spanone]

71. Yes. it. is.

No Doubt

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

73. Always has been...nt

[roamer65]

74. It's treason and sedition all rolled up together.

Into an orange colored shitgibbon.

[MustLoveBeagles]

76. Yep

[ClusterFreak]

77. It's the very definition. n/t

[PatrickforO]

80. You're darned right it is.

And not just Trump either. McConnell was in it up to his nose hairs, as was the punk Ryan.