Rep. Pelosi trolls Pence in 'anonymous' op-ed flap

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@NancyPelosion on @nytimes anonymous op-ed: "It probably won't take long for us to find out who wrote it. Who has denied it already? The Vice President, that was my first thought…"

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[Pachamama]

1. Pence will have to answer eventually - including to Robert Mueller and the American People....

He (might) become #47....but I believe only briefly before being impeached and/or forced to resign....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Coats and Pompeo have also said it isn't them.

I don't think anybody is going to cop to it. They were very careful to cover their tracks and the NYT won't tell.

[Nitram]

4. Oh, the NYT will tell if they suspect national security is at stake. But first they need to reap

the harvest of publicity.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Trump "ordered" the NYT to disclose the name of the writer

so he can be turned over to the government for prosecution. There are no national security issues involved, and no way in hell will NYT disclose the name. Journalists have gone to jail to protect their sources.

[Nitram]

8. I beg to differ. If a group of unelected officials are breaking their oath of office by failing to

report the president's incapacity, and are secretly running the Executive Branch on their own, that is a criminal act and most definitely places the country in the gravest danger. I don't think you appreciate the enormous implications for national security.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I guess not; I'm pretty stupid that way.

My point was that journalists don't disclose sources. I do agree that the writer should have come forward and revealed publicly that Trump is nuts rather than hide behind an anonymous op-ed. On the other hand, the fact that Trump is nuts isn't really a secret.

[Nitram]

12. Journalists don't disclose sources unless national security is at stake. The author of the Op-Ed

says he is protecting the country from an insane president, but has taken no steps to have him removed from office. I don't know whether I'm more scared of Trump or the "patriots" who are running the government behind his back. So what are they going to do if a military crisis arises? National security is at risk here.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. But they didn't disclose anything new.

They just admitted what was already as clear as gin based on the books by Wolff, Omarosa and Woodward, from other leaks, and from just watching the way Trump behaves. The fact that he's as mad as a box of frogs and that WH staff and others are trying to run the government, or at least trying to keep Trump from completely jumping the rails, has been obvious from the beginning and is hardly a state secret. The problem isn't that someone came right out and admitted it, it's that so far nobody is doing anything about it.

[Nitram]

15. They clearly admitted they are protecting the president for purposes of protecting a far right

agenda, when they are Constitutionally bound to report the president's incapacity to have him removed from office.

[Nitram]

3. Yup. Nancy's right on the money.

[comradebillyboy]

10. She usually is.

[Trust Buster]

6. If Pelosi gets involved, the right will scream "set up". Pelosi should stay out of this IMO.

[comradebillyboy]

7. Dear Nancy please pour more oil on those troubled waters.

Trolling Pious Pence is God's work. I love Nancy Pelosi.

[Nitram]

9. That ain't oil. It's napalm.

[Jersey Devil]

14. lol, the butler

Good one! I like the way she handled it. It is not a Democatic problem so why should she get too serious about it?

[OnDoutside]

16. lol

[Gothmog]

17. Here's Pence saying #Lodestar eight times, going back to 2001. I'm just saying!

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