Sen. Tester: "We've got to get to the bottom of this shit. Jesus. It's a nonpartisan investigation o

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John Kruzel
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May 27, 2021
Sen. Tester: “We’ve got to get to the bottom of this shit. Jesus. It’s a nonpartisan investigation of what happened. And if it’s because they’re afraid of Trump then they need to get out of office. It’s bullshit. You make tough decisions in this office or you shouldn’t be here.”

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Senate GOP moderates fume as McConnell prepares to block Jan. 6 commission
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[MontanaMama]

1. THIS!

Thank you Senator Tester.

[2naSalit]

19. Ditto.

Now go help Sec Haaland put the wolves back under ESA protections again since your decision to take them off has turned into an ugly demon nightmare from hell.

[MontanaMama]

23. Absofrigginlutely.

[orleans]

2. live on cspan: "vote to begin debate on creating a january 6th commission; 60 votes needed" nt

[Andy823]

3. The problem is

most of the republicans are part of the trump corruption, and "any" investigation into what trump did to make the riot happen, would most likely lead to investigations on them, and they don't want that, especially Mitch!

For him to ask other Senators to vote against a commission as a favor to him, pretty much shows just how scared he really is of all his dirty secrets coming out.

[ace3csusm]

13. Bingo... Whats the sang.."If you have nothing to hide, what are you afriad of...

I am still shocked that this is even an issue to form a commission to find the truth ... only opinion i have of the Republicans is they are are involved ....

[Sneederbunk]

4. The GQP is the sh*t.

[dchill]

7. They are indeed the sh*t...

Turns out, though, that the sh*t ain't for shit. 'Cause it's shit.

[Marcuse]

12. No, the GQP is at the bottom of this shit. Therefore they are lower than shit.

[Omnipresent]

5. They're afraid of their constituents...

You know, the crowd with the guns, tazers, zip tie cuffs. They look like they belong in that movie “Madmax”.

[Haggard Celine]

6. I love it when Tester tells it like it is.

He puts things plainly, like most Americans are familiar with.

[a kennedy]

8. Been stuck on 54 YES votes and 35 NO votes........need 60 YES votes.

[Takket]

10. 54 yes????

I didn’t expect to break 51 if Romney said yes.

[Mr. Ected]

9. The GOP has been killing investigations of its own wrong-doing ever since Trump took office

We already look like laughingstocks to the rest of the world when we beat our chests and brag of our democracy and rule of law.

The only way to save our reputation and bring the criminals to justice is to put the hammer down and choke them to death with it.

The country will recover. I'm not a conservative and don't give a shit about Republicans, but an effective opposition party is what this country needs right now as a counterbalance to Democratic policies, not a bunch of fascists that pretend to be one thing but intend to be something entirely different.

[Pepsidog]

21. Biden needs to sit Garland down and lay down the law. No more nice guy.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. We need to start convincing the GOP/MAGAts that Jan 6 is Benghazi related.

then they'll force through fifteen commissions.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. grr.

friend of mine feels that the former guy has the goods on them meaning the rs and someone has the goods on the former guy. so , he is still pulling strings and before you say he has no way to twit, think about phones and standard email

[True Blue American]

28. Mitch is in trouble

Because of his Chinese wife. He knows if that investigation is re-opened he will be in it. Hanging on to power is all he has left. He was on the floor Thursday walking up, getting right in Republican’s faces as they voted on various bill, trying to intimidate them. It was so obvious. Many walked around him. His desperation is showing, asking for personal favors.

[Demsrule86]

15. The Republicans were never going to vote for this...not surprised.

[LaMouffette]

16. That's my senator! Thank you, Jon Tester!

[usaf-vet]

20. I wish he was my Senator. Unfortunately I have the mentality challenged Ron Johnson AKA RoJo.

I've got some change in my pocket that smart than him.

[LaMouffette]

30. My condolences! But it's far from rosy here in MT. We have Greg "Guardian-Reporter-Attacker"

Gianforte for governor, Steve "Where's-Yer-Neck!" Daines for our other senator, and Matt "Don't-Have-a-Good-Nickname-For-But-Give-Me-Time" Rosendale, plus a state legislature that is chock-a-block with Trump-humping Republicans.

[BradAllison]

17. Jon Tester is what Joe Manchin desperately wants to be. n/m

[Escurumbele]

18. The BIG question is "Why are they afraid of trump?"

Everyone knows who trump is, he is a buffoon, a dangerous one, but still a buffoon. He is an ignorant human being who only knows evil, but he is also someone who would be easy to get rid of if republicans were not compromised up to their necks.

Why is it that no one is asking these repubs the question "why are you afraid of trump?" Of course they will say, "I am not afraid of trump, why would I be?" and the answer from the interviewer should be "I don't know why you are afraid of trump, that is why I am asking you."

These people decided they wanted to get the power before 2016, they compromised themselves, and now the buffoon has the goodies on each one of them, so they are running afraid.

Someone posted that the repubs are not afraid, that they are just trying to destroy democracy and bring a dictatorship to the land. I agree that they dream with being dictators and that they want to destroy Democracy, but I don't buy that they are not afraid because in 2015 they said what they thought of trump during the early days of the campaign to elect a nominee, they know he is an ignorant, etc. (I don't want to list all the faults of the SOB, we all know them too well), that he is not fit to lead, so yes, THEY ARE AFRAID!

Anyone have a better explanation please provide...Another question...why don't they want an investigation? Because they are afraid knowing what they know of their implication.

[johnthewoodworker]

22. Make all the noise you want. It doesn't matter. The Republican's have become Nazis. Nazi's have

become Republicans. They will never do the right thing. Anyone who thinks they care about America is dead wrong.

[Progressive Jones]

24. They aren't afraid of Trump. They're afraid of their violent trash voter base.

They saw what happened on 1/6. They know that same kind of scum infests this nation.
There are plenty more of them. That is who the GOP fears.

[JT45242]

25. Complicit or kompromat

Some like hate crime Hawley and Cancun Cruz are complicit, so a yes vote is a vote for their own indictment.

With McTurtle asking for personal favors , I am curious what kompromat they have on McTurtle and wife beyond normal rethuglican corruption.

Time to start upping the charges on everyone who was involved to include at least two counts of felony murder. Officer Sicknick and the criminal who were shot are both foreseeable eventuality of the underlying crime, that makes both deaths felony murder. They will start singing like canaries when faced with two sentences of 25 to life.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. Maybe it's a matter for Homeland Security

I mean, insurrection, rebellion, attacks on government institutions at the highest level .... maybe political free speech is not the proper lens to understand the conspiracies and violence.

As posted before, if they'd done this in their neighborhood or hometown they'd be in jail today, working on a plea deal and hiring lawyers for the civil suits and restitution.

Trump sent some form of federal security to Portland. So what's not going on here that might be expected to weigh in?

[Bullfeathers]

27. Oh wait

I didn’t realize you needed 60 votes. I naively thought it passed and couldn’t figure out the anger on this board. I get it now

[The Jungle 1]

29. I demand all repukes stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

It means nothing to them. Every time they recite the pledge it is a lie.