General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP leader: It was 'rightful' for Trump administration to break the law
By Dan Desai Martin -January 16, 2020 2:37 PM
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy defended the Trump administration after a GAO investigation found it broke the law.
During a Thursday press conference, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy attempted to brush aside a GAO investigation that found the Trump administration broke the law by withholding military aid from Ukraine.
"I think it was the rightful thing to do," McCarthy said hours after the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office released a report calling those actions illegal.
McCarthy repeated Trump administration talking points defending holding back the aid out of concerns for corruption, a concern that was debunked by the GAO report itself.
The GAO concluded the Trump administration's hold on Ukrainian military aid violated the Impoundment Control Act.
https://americanindependent.com/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-ukraine-gao-investigation-military-aid-house-gop-impeachment/
No asshole is not alright to try and normalize your traitors criminal behavior.....................and to think asshole you are in Congress supposedly defending the "rule of law and laws that were passed to protect the country from this kinda of shit............your a disgrace to put it mildly ........
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough..........................
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)65 million voters who want their leaders to BREAK THE LAW so they win?
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Or suggesting cons want us dead.
They want all non-them gone, they do NOT care how.
Does anyone reading this board STILL doubt that statement? And if you say how could one family member want another gone or dead, trust me, cons dont really care about family when it comes to their racism and hate of others.
They will throw you under the bus so fast your head will do the mariachi...
Turin_C3PO
(14,004 posts)We had a blue wave in 2018 and well have a bigger one in 2020. A lot of mischief has been prevented because Democrats have the House of Representatives. Once we get the Senate and Presidency, we can correct much of the damage Trump has inflicted on us. I believe.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)is the nominee, for instance, or for that matter Bernie Sanders, everyone better at least ACT like they are the 2nd coming...or we are doomed for sure.
Turin_C3PO
(14,004 posts)All hands need to be on deck for us to prevail.
Cosmocat
(14,565 posts)Even if we somehow can root this POS out of the white house by the start of next year, the damage done by the republican party can never even remotely be repaired.
struggle4progress
(118,293 posts)Ahpook
(2,750 posts)The explanation is the best person is in regardless of broken laws. You can't argue with that kind of mindset. Fucking lost!
They know not what they are asking for if this keeps up
tblue37
(65,403 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)The irony is getting to be rather painful. The erosion and corrosion and confusion seems to be working, though.
Aussie105
(5,401 posts)Honestly, all previous rules, laws and even the Constitution are now null and void.
Trump will tell you what to do, what to think, what the new rules are.
So be good sheeple and follow our lead, ok? Don't think, just follow orders.
Not going to work though, is it? Too many good people going 'Hell no, this shit isn't happening to MY COUNTRY!'
The smell of Revolution and Change is in the air! Time for every American to wake up and know this has gone too far, too long, and the invertebrate life forms that make up the majority of the Republican party need to be forced to slither back under their rocks. And stay there!
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)...think it's the "rightful" thing to do.
Send the GOP to Gitmo and forget them there.
Aussie105
(5,401 posts)No rule against locking up political terrorists in Gitmo. They are operating within the US, otherwise no different to outside terrorists.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)that president is a Republican. In other parts of the world, their concepts would be called fascism.
And, if he/she is a Democrat, the office must be neutered and symbolic only - giving out medals, lighting the Christmas tree and such only.
We can't be rid of this slimy hoard of minions fast enough......
coti
(4,612 posts)bluestarone
(16,972 posts)I will NEVER accept them!!!
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)They have always thought they were above the law.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)He knew Trump was a snake when he let him in.
And when he defends Trump, McCarthy knows full well what he is doing is not "rightful".