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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell throws Trump under the bus (Updated with Video)
TRUMP on Oct 3rd: "I spoke to (McConnell)...he said, 'That was the most innocent phone call that I've read.'"
MCCONNELL today: "I don't recall any conversations with the President about that phone call."
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NOW WITH VIDEO:!:!:
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)they'll "interrupt local programming" to announce it. This looks to me like SOP CYA. But like hearing it anyway.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)"GET OVER IT"
renate
(13,776 posts)Whenever he speaks, he's lying, but when he quotes someone else, he is TOTALLY lying.
"Some people say"
"They said, 'Sir,"..."
It's all bushwa.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)He just can't stop.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)While some people talk in their sleep, Trump just keeps the stream of lies going in his sleep.
dchill
(38,502 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)very cleveresperanto of you, dchill.
dchill
(38,502 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Okay, I'm done. Enjoy your evening.
dchill
(38,502 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)Usually, he says someone apologized to him or asked for forgiveness or to work for him or kissed his ass or made some kind of "greatest" or "worst"-type statement- he lies in this way all the time, even daily.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)McConnell underbussed Trump today.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Thats how New words are added to the language.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)elias7
(4,007 posts)Trump was underbussed today, hell escape with a light trampling since a truly effective underbussment can not resonate in the dissonant mind...
klook
(12,155 posts)which the American Heritage Dictionary defines as either "A short musket of wide bore and flaring muzzle, formerly used to scatter shot at close range" or "A person regarded as clumsy and stupid."
Submariner
(12,504 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Different sub species. Same tree though.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)ooky
(8,924 posts)mouth is a lie. To actually believe the man is a sign of mental defect.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)"To actually believe the man is a sign of mental defect."
Cha
(297,281 posts)spooky3
(34,457 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)Moscow Mitch just isn't playing along at this particular moment
spooky3
(34,457 posts)Did have a conversation (Mitch is lying that he doesnt recall it) but that Mitch didnt say what Trump said (Trump is lying).
keithbvadu2
(36,820 posts)Underbussing underbusing - spell check does not like either one
Make it so!
alfredo
(60,074 posts)lastlib
(23,243 posts)...as well as personal machine dictionaries.
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)This is a weasel respnse. Typical gangster like evasion. He didn't deny iy he was in on it just that he couldn't remember
lastlib
(23,243 posts)Weasels are noble beasts by comparison to the GOPher crowd. Maybe something invertebrate...?
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)True Blue American
(17,985 posts)The House. He is speaking on CSPAN now!
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)WheelWalker
(8,955 posts)lastlib
(23,243 posts)EPA may have to Superfund that mess.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)Moscow Mitch plays all sides and any angle that suits his Patrons. Try getting him to repeat it under oath 1st before you believe anything.
patphil
(6,180 posts)He lives in a fake reality where whatever he says is truth.
In actuality, it's almost always the opposite.
The most amazing thing is that Republicans let him get away with it time after time.
For McConnell to actually dispute Trump's words is really incredible.
Could there be a bus with Trump's name on it warming up in the parking lot?
Have the Republicans actually realized that they are even more screwed if they support him than if they cut him loose?
Do some Republicans actually love their country and have enough courage to defend the Republic?
We shall soon see.
Patrick Phillips
Moostache
(9,895 posts)They are 100% CONVINCED that Trump did nothing wrong in or at:
the 2016 campaign,
the 2017 inauguration,
the Mueller probe,
Helsinki,
Charlottesville,
Ukraine,
China,
Pussygate
Tax give aways of middle class future to uber rich now
Those are some lost ass people...
patphil
(6,180 posts)that so many other so-called Americans think Trump is a great president.
How can they have so little love in their hearts?
How can they embrace hatred so easily and so completely?
How can they have so little regard for truth?
These people have lost more than their ass.
Nasruddin
(754 posts)Must be a really difficult thing for these snakes
PragmaticLiberal
(904 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Inquiring minds want to know.
BootinUp
(47,162 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Hassler
(3,379 posts)Captain Zero
(6,806 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Throwing someone under the bus is saying
"That criminal I posed for a picture with? I don't know him! You'll have to talk to Rudy."
or
"It was a perfect phone call. By the way, Mike Pence called him too, you should ask Mike about that."
Marcuse
(7,487 posts)"I was not given an explanation," McConnell told reporters Tuesday as the congressional furor grew over President Trumps interactions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
McConnell said he spoke to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo twice about the matter without receiving clarification for the delay in $391 million in aid to Ukraine.
TNNurse
(6,927 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Lol.