'Steaming nonsense': Republican report claiming Trump did nothing wrong panned for ignoring facts..

[Soph0571]

...and witness testimony

Democratic lawmakers and other critics said the Republican defense of Trump, laid out in a 123-page report obtained by the New York Times late Monday, is laughable and completely ignores facts that have emerged from hours of public witness testimony—as well as the president’s own words.
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In the report, House Republicans defend Trump’s decision to withhold appropriated aid to Ukraine as “entirely prudent” and state that Trump did “nothing wrong” by pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden and his son Hunter.

“The evidence shows that President Trump holds a deep-seated, genuine, and reasonable skepticism of Ukraine due to its history of pervasive corruption,” the Republicans write.

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/steaming-nonsense-republican-report-claiming-trump-did-nothing-wrong-panned-for-ignoring-facts-and-witness-testimony/|]

We truly are inhabiting a post reality world... do you think they are even slightly embarrassed by their ridiculous positioning on this?

[JHB]

1. They needed 123 pages for just one word?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. ha! I love that one

Just posted it in another thread a little while ago. It sums up a couple of problems very nicely.

GOPers don't care if facts get in the way; they just want to provide an excuse for the people who are looking for one.

[ChicagoRonin]

2. I once knew a liar . . .

Former friend and drinking buddy.

Funny enough, he spoke Russian and had connections there reaching back to his college days, and he seemed quite enamored of the tough-talking, tough-drinking, rule-stretching ways of his buddies there.

It took a while for me to catch on, but he was an incessant liar. Lied at work. Lied to spouses and girlfriends (who always eventually became ex-spouses and girlfriends). Lied about his credentials. If we went to catch a movie, he'd always try to find a way to sneak in without paying or smuggle in egregious amounts of snacks or booze.

There was nothing about him that indicated this was due to any mental illness or deficiency. He was very practiced at it. And it drove me crazy that he seemed to lie even when lying wasn't necessary to get what he wanted.

Eventually I realized that at some point it life, it had simply become second nature to him. He couldn't understand a world where people relied on honesty, facts or integrity.

I think the GOP is full of people like that. Not to mention the world of billionaires, entrepreneurs and fund managers who bankroll them.