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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLive Hearing about to begin- Lewandowski in the hot seat
Let's go Dems! ITTMF!!
spanone
(135,830 posts)malaise
(268,968 posts)Go Dems! ITTMF!
blaze
(6,360 posts)RussellCattle
(1,535 posts).....that I see is Gym Jordan bloviating how biased and unfair the Democrats are and how mean they are to the bestest president ever.
eleny
(46,166 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)Take the 5th or motor-mouth his way through?
malaise
(268,968 posts)because of the Mueller Report - lying liars will be punished.
Go Dems!
eleny
(46,166 posts)malaise
(268,968 posts)ITTMF!!
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)At least it shows he's too scared to defy Nadler.
dem4decades
(11,288 posts)Cause he won't answer any questions.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)I am extremely impressed with our Democratic Congressional members, especially, Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff, Elijah Cummings and please add any names I missed.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)imaginary girl
(861 posts)He was at Cohen hearing, too. Also tried to tweet threaten Cohen.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)lastlib
(23,224 posts)(I wouldn't be surprised if they engaged in mutual fellation after hours...)
Repugs make me . --- --- --- --- ---
Delmette2.0
(4,164 posts)I wonder how many rubles were laundered through the MRS. He sure does love his pResident more tha his country.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)I don't expect Lewandowski to reveal anything substantial.
What we will also get is Doug Collins and the Gang of Peckerheads demonstrate their assholeishness.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)spanone
(135,830 posts)he's a clown
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Bunch of immature jackasses.
shanti
(21,675 posts)Fuck him. Shut that fucker up~!
malaise
(268,968 posts)Geez!
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)but just wanted to see what their stonewalling strategy was going to be. I see it now.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)He's absolutely hysterical! What an embarrassment.
malaise
(268,968 posts)but McGahn must be private hearings.
Their dishonesty knows no bounds.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)I know that's irrational, but I do.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)which is telling.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)I despise my congresscreep.
spanone
(135,830 posts)spanone
(135,830 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)so that he doesn't have to answer anything.
He is absolutely filibustering!
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)But of course he is stonewalling now...
But guess what - this is all going into the "official" record.
spanone
(135,830 posts)malaise
(268,968 posts)What the fuck is this asshole up to other than obstruction of justice
spanone
(135,830 posts)H2O Man
(73,537 posts)spanone
(135,830 posts)What I find interesting is that his performance today only demonstrates the way the Trumpsters are trying to obstruct. There needs to be a consequence.
spanone
(135,830 posts)rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)brooklynite
(94,520 posts)demmiblue
(36,845 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)I.e., this whole thing is hitting a nerve big time.
brooklynite
(94,520 posts)The average voter won't be watching this absurdist theater. Why go through with it?
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)(you know that )
brooklynite
(94,520 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)The empressof all
(29,098 posts)I just can't. I tuned in and immediately felt my bull shit tolerance levels plummeting and my blood pressure escalating. I will follow along and keep the tube on mute....UGH...
And I hope to God that they lock his sorry criminal Ass up!
brooklynite
(94,520 posts)...that since you know what the answer will be, frame the question to match.
H2O Man
(73,537 posts)He should be put in lock-up until he answers questions. The republicans are helping him make a mockery of justice.
malaise
(268,968 posts)but he knows how long he spent at which ever Committee.
Call the Marshal and lock him the fuck up!
Do not tolerate contempt Mr. Nadler.
spanone
(135,830 posts)dweller
(23,629 posts)was self
deleted,
glad i found this ...
what jackassery by the repugs 😡
going
to be a long
afternoon
✌🏼
oasis
(49,381 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)and then threw the dust in his face.
malaise
(268,968 posts)I'd have locked up his ass for that alone - do not tolerate contempt of Congress.
Now it's blame Obama time again.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)gets referred to the Trump/Barr DOJ for enforcement unless the House decides to return to using Inherent Contempt
malaise
(268,968 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)The reason Lewandowski was willing to "testify" is because he needs to bolster his "image" so he can run for office.and republicans love to play with dems to make us look foolish..Trump's loving this more than any "hamberder" he ever gobbled .. They should end this ASAP and just read from the report..
They should re-subpoena the witnesses they want and lock the ones up who do not submit..
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)he was in the middle of the obstruction attempts. Sheila Jackson-Lee just spelled it out. It will be in the record - BEFORE THE PUBLIC - how weasely they all have been. You have to go through the steps of the process in order to justify, without a doubt, the end game.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)watch with ability to understand. Bumrush is right.
kentuck
(111,089 posts)They should just read his testimony out loud and use their time in that manner.
It is obviously a stonewall and a cover-up.
He should be advised that he is flirting with a contempt of Congress charge.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)Pointing out that Lewandowski just "testified" to stuff not in the Mueller report.
malaise
(268,968 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)The insults thrown at Lewandowski are breathtaking.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Calling him nothing but a "secretary" and "loyal soldier". Basically putting him on the same level as a Michael Cohen (a fixer).
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Ditch 5 min rule?
shanti
(21,675 posts)none of that mealy mouthed shit.
malaise
(268,968 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)and then started plucking at him from the inside!
kentuck
(111,089 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)(and a "secretary" )
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)demmiblue
(36,845 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Segments. They don't want the sound bites! Same thing with Mueller. Much more effective when witness reads his own words/testimony.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Democrats are putting facts into the record AND out into the public, regarding Lewandowski's role in attempts at obstruction of justice by the President.
Note that even planning to "obstruct" is considered to be "obstruction".
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Himself that are getting into the record are good things about trump.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Very few have. I have the "book" on my ipad and a PDF copy on my laptop.
These hearings are putting HIS role out into the public because his previous testimony before Congress was behind closed doors (not public).
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)The report and do you agree with everything it says you said?
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)And in fact, some extra was just teased out by both Swalwell (where he got an admission that Lewandowski said to Mueller about taking notes from Trump to relay a message to Sessions having been the only time he had done such a thing and now admitting that it wasn't the only time he had been asked to pass on messages) and Lieu (regarding having assuming Trump "was joking" about firing Sessions yet believing all the other threats)....
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)And they have brought out info on "Russia" (how could someone totally in charge of the campaign not know about hundreds of contacts with Russia by the campaign?) and "Witness Tampering" (dangling pardons as well as campaign support for Lewandowski for his Senate run in exchange for covering up).
Now Garcia is invoking Roger Stone!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #83)
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IcyPeas
(21,865 posts)I was going to use a different word than "enjoying" but I am afraid it would be obscene.
malaise
(268,968 posts)like a goon squad. This is embarrassing.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)by having someone not say anything...over and above what's in report? Seriously. Only to put repukes on display as being against it?
They keep bragging about how many hours he has testified willingly. I would ask "why do you think this time you were silenced?"
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)and the latest line of questioning seemed to spawn the request for a break from Lewandowski.
And Democrats filled in the pieces of what his role was regarding the President's attempts at obstruction of justice by showing Lewandowski had been tasked to personally deliver the message (as a civilian) to the AG to obstruct the investigations.
malaise
(268,968 posts)Executive Privilege.
The media hacks need to focus on obstruction of justice and spare me the ratings circus they so desire.
The questions are coming up shortly.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)by using Lewandowski as the "message boy" to tell the AG to assist in the "obstruction".
malaise
(268,968 posts)Got yah liar
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)I just posted that almost all, if not all of the Democrats on this Committee are lawyers.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)As a note - almost all of the Democrats (if not all) on this Committee are lawyers.
Mersky
(4,980 posts)The republicans are engaged in grandstanding theater to provide cover for tRump. Save your false concern for the youths, johnson-LA.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)if the AG didn't carry out the obstruction.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Just connected the dots for Lewandowski's culpability in obstruction!
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #105)
BumRushDaShow This message was self-deleted by its author.
shanti
(21,675 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Mersky
(4,980 posts)Dismiss the findings of the Mueller report all you want.
Explain Russian tRump brand asbestos. Tell us how comfortable you are with Russian cyber experts helping us secure our elections, as tRump once recommended.
Your questioning, as well as your repub colleagues', is an active fraud being committed against the American people.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Mersky
(4,980 posts)Smh. Good grief. Did these two preplan this exchange?
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Mersky
(4,980 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)getting Lewandowski to admit to having heard Trump talk about firing Sessions and thinking "it was a joke".
Mersky
(4,980 posts)Claim all knowing powers at the same they'll claim they've been living under a rock.
So gross...More pontificating from corey at 3:56 p ET.
malaise
(268,968 posts)Mersky
(4,980 posts)And disgusting. They're all so bad, they give me brain bubbles.
avebury
(10,952 posts)My children are watch - thank you.
Hopefully the President isn't watching
malaise
(268,968 posts)Lock up this fucking LIAR - he is rude beyond belief -
Mersky
(4,980 posts)Is he supposed to part of the oxymoronic republicon intelligentsia?
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)Loved that she played the clip where he said he would sit for as long as they want him to and answer all questions.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)claiming he had "nothing to hide".
Mersky
(4,980 posts)Mersky
(4,980 posts)Are in agreement that the president has the right to be an authoritarian douchebag, level 11, but was reserved and kept it at a level 10.5 in his efforts to obstruct justice.
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)of him being "in sole charge" of the campaign yet not knowing all the hundreds of contacts that the campaign made with Russia.
And now Correa is following up on that...
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)Here it comes - the pissing match between Lewandowski and Manafort!
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)(she is one of my sister's Congresswomen)
ETA - and Scanlon just nailed him with the dangling pardons and dangling Trump support for Lewandowski's Senate run!
Mersky
(4,980 posts)Huh? Wtf? Weeirduh.
Mersky
(4,980 posts)During the 5 minute recess that wound up running like 30mins.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Mersky
(4,980 posts)What better way to gain immunity and peddle lies than to become an elected republicon? He and Moscow Mitch can sell out the American populace together, as a two headed tumor connecting the executive and legislative.
Mersky
(4,980 posts)Let's see how long this one goes.
What's he gonna do this time? Tweet out a fundraising pitch?
Mersky
(4,980 posts)Mersky
(4,980 posts)Good comeback from Mucarsel-Powell
Mersky
(4,980 posts)In the interest of time, as collins and the repubs were threatening to use all parliamentary technicalities to display how bunched up their panties are that anyone could accuse dear leader of actively obstructing justice.
Mersky
(4,980 posts)I'm terrible at keeping minutes of live events. Is there another thread of the current hearing?
malaise
(268,968 posts)I'm not too good at these hearing threads either
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212471051
Mersky
(4,980 posts)I'm kinda slow with these.
What I'm not ok with is the continued charades of the party of no rules, no laws is running down the clock with parliamentary fluff.
malaise
(268,968 posts)Seriously
avebury
(10,952 posts)hearings. Democrats aren't allowed to do that.
avebury
(10,952 posts)Did Corey demand immunity?
Did he take the 5th?