Schumer demands hearings 'immediately' with Trump officials -- including Pompeo

[workinclasszero]

By Catherine Treyz, CNN Updated 1:17 PM ET, Tue July 17, 2018

Washington (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Republican colleagues to join in "demanding testimony" from President Donald Trump's national security team present during the Helsinki summit earlier this week, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, "immediately."

"And very importantly, probably most importantly, our Republican colleagues need to join us in demanding testimony from the President's national security team that was in Helsinki -- and we need to do that immediately," the New York Democrat said from the Senate floor Tuesday.

Schumer said the American people need more information on anything Trump promised Russian President Vladimir Putin, following a press conference Monday where Trump appeared to downplay the US intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered with the last US presidential election and that Trump said Putin was "extremely strong and powerful" in his denial of responsibility.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/politics/chuck-schumer-hearing-russia-news-conference/index.html

[bigtree]

1. that's a smart move

...I wonder if they can do this in subcommittee if republicans resist holding hearings.

[Grammy23]

2. I am sure they got right on that.

[bdamomma]

3. good idea

you don't hear shit from the repigs, because they are "in" on it.

[green917]

22. Not to be a grammar nazi but,

The quotation marks in your post are extraneous.

[MineralMan]

24. Then don't be.

Some people use quotation marks for emphasis in places like this. Others try other things. It doesn't matter. The word gets emphasized. This forum has formatting options, but they're not easy to uses on phones and other mobile devices. The point is to make a point.

The person you replied to emphasized a word. The quotation marks worked just fine.

Now, do you have anything to say about the point that was made?

[green917]

27. I was being facetious and utilizing that

To agree with the comment. Sheesh... this is a really tough crowd sometimes.

[MineralMan]

28. Not obvious enough, I guess.

The facetious part, I mean.

[duforsure]

4. Hope Chuck and Nancy

Have a plan in place if trump fires Rosenstein because of the 12 russians getting indicted last week. Putin and trump are getting more desperate as it closes in on them both .

[triron]

5. Looking grim.

[FreepFryer]

6. To whom? (n/t)

[DownriverDem]

21. Minority Party

You want Chuck and Nancy to have a plan if Rosenstein gets fired. Chuck and Nancy are in the minority party. Chuck and Nancy lack the votes and power to get anything done. Until they are the majority party with the votes and power, nothing like we want will get done.

[Iliyah]

7. Ya know McTurtle and Lying Ryan ain't gonna do shit but act

like everything is peachy. Rand Paul will meet his counter part in Russia in a few weeks, like nada has happen.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. RubleCon's committee leaders are focusing fury on whether Diamonds & Silk get enough LIKES.

Distraction of course, and repetitious propaganda to keep base fired up and wobbly middle confused.

[workinclasszero]

12. Right

You got the GOP noise machine figured out.

[leftieNanner]

9. I hope that Chuck is meeting with some of his R senators

Wouldn't it be interesting if he could convince them to become Independents and caucus with the dems? Throw Mitch to the back of the bus (or under it) where he belongs! Steve Schmidt's idea, BTW.

A girl can dream, can't she?

[elmac]

10. He can demand until he turns blue

but nothing will happen. The fascists don't care, hell, they would sell their own kids to make a buck. They just want that fascist capitalist money, and putin is all about that.

[Scarsdale]

15. They should do what the

gop has done more than once, hold a meeting with just their own party. How many meetings has Nunes held without democratic members of the team? Nunes, the guy who supposedly recused himself after his midnight flits to the WH, delivering copies of the meetings. BTW Did Vlad re-program the miserable Maleria while they were in Helsinki?

[Martin Eden]

11. "Trump appeared to downplay the US intelligence community's assessment that Russia ..."

Huh?

Trump outright rejected the US intelligence community and accepted the word of the Russian tyrant, instead.

Mainstream news really needs to start calling things for what they are, and Trump for what he is.

[workinclasszero]

13. The media has a problem with certain words like

Lies and treason just to name two.

Err when its about GOPers anyway.

[Scarsdale]

17. Not only US intelligence,

UK. France, Israel also. Others, too I am sure. tRump threw them all under the bus. Let's see if they trust the US with intelligence warnings ever again.

[mcar]

14. K&R!

[Moostache]

16. Stop laboring under false assumptions...

The Republicans are not going to do a goddamn thing to Trump, nothing.
No hearings.
No censure.
Not even a request for clarification...

The GOP is not an honest or functional political party. They stole the SCOTUS seat from Obama and are looking to mangle the court entirely for the next 30 years already as a result. They are neck deep in NRA money...which coincidentally has a Russian money problem too...so there is no incentive for them to turn on themselves.

The ONLY way this can be stopped is with an enormous rebuke in November...a flip of both houses in record fashion and a natural-causes demise of Trump himself. That's really it...long odds against us as a nation surviving this horror show.

[C Moon]

20. But we've done nothing to keep our elections Russia free, so even November is a toss-up.

I'm not saying to give up, but we need to get our government to allow us honest elections.

[BigmanPigman]

18. CNN just said that GOP Congress can subpoena

the translator at the closed door meeting...but of course GOP won't do that. They could also secure the 2018 elections and secure Mueller investigation but won't do that either. Call your REPS and demand these actions (not words).

[appalachiablue]

30. Securing the NOV. 2018 ELECTION is critical, good idea to call REPS for this.

[BigmanPigman]

31. Especially since McConnell just said to the news reporters

that Russia interfered in our election and "They had better not do it again or we will have to take action". I am serious! He is NOT taking action NOW!

[C Moon]

19. That's how our government is supposed to work. Instead, the GOP will either say no, or water it down

so it's useless.

[ancianita]

23. The hearing should call for a subpoena of Trump's translator, as further evidence before the

citizens of the US.

A secret meeting is the method of dictators.

[Alwaysna]

25. Not only what Trump promised Pooty but

What did Pooty promise Trump.

[C_U_L8R]

26. What is being done (or not) to protect our elections?

Hang these traitor with this very question

[Honeycombe8]

29. Now you're talkin'. If they don't comply, the Dems in the Senate to REMEMBER THAT FOREVER....

and make them pay, whenever the Dems are back in power.

FINALLY, someone is DOING something!

[Yavin4]

32. When you're in the minority in congress, you have to play to the people

Not the DC media. Not your "esteemed colleagues". The people. You have to go on EVERY news show and DEMAND congressional hearings. You have to pressure the media to pressure McConnell et al to have open, public hearings into Trump's ties with Russia.

Once again, Schumer shows that he's not suited for the current political climate.