CANCELLED: House Freedom Caucus will no longer be holding news conference to discuss raid of MAL

[kpete]

CANCELLED: 9:00 am EDT The conservative Republicans’ House Freedom Caucus will no longer be holding a news conference to discuss the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.

Link to tweet

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[niyad]

1. Snicker.

[hibbing]

36. Chuckle

[Aviation Pro]

37. Guffaw

…

[Aristus]

57. Chortle.

[ZZenith]

72. Maniacal laughter.

[FarPoint]

2. I so hope they have to eat their words

they spewed over the past few days.

[Claustrum]

3. Oh. Interesting.

Maybe they finally realize it's dangerous to defend TFG without knowing the whole story.

[SergeStorms]

27. That would make....

republicans eligible for Special Education status, free school lunches etc. for being extremely slow learners.

Short bus republicans, just like we used to tease Baby Bush about being a short bus president.

There isn't a single republican in Congress who's intelligent enough to be there.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Squirm, squirm

[cbdo2007]

5. At some point there was always a limit to defending him....

I guess selling nuclear secrets to the Saudi's and Russian's is the limit.

[PatSeg]

33. I certainly hope so

but I really have my doubts after Jan 6th. For a short time, we really thought they'd finally woken up, but it didn't last long. I'm sure some are already trying to decide how to spin this to their advantage.

[Pinback]

55. I doubt that's it.

Probably even these morons understand the extremely bad optics of railing against the FBI the day after the Cincinnati office attack.

[Zambero]

6. Matt Gaetz must be a bit nervous at this point?

If and when crimes in high places do not go unpunished, his number may well be coming up as well.

[imanamerican63]

7. They are running out to hire some lawyers?

[durablend]

8. They need to confer on new talking points

[evolves]

9. Hmmmmm......

Maybe they all want to "spend more time with their families...?"

[Hortensis]

11. Lol, hopefully very worried they'll have to. They're still huddling in the

hang together or assuredly hang separately stage.

[PatSeg]

32. Actually, they should consider themselves lucky

to still have the option of "spending more time with their family". They should just shut up and exit quietly while they can.

[Hortensis]

41. Ohhh, yes. Guessing they're all keeping the exits scoped out. Separately.

[PatSeg]

46. Ha, ha!

I got a great visual with that. I can especially see McCarthy looking left and right, ready to make a mad dash to the nearest exit - classic cornered rat. He'd have that same look on his face that he did on January 6th.

[Phoenix61]

10. I thought for sure they'd be out there bragging how

they made Garland release the warrant. I wonder whatever could have made them change their minds? Perhaps they caught another tire?

[Solly Mack]

12. Press conference canceled due to lack of lies.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Four Seasons Sex Toy Landscaping was booked, Empty Greene couldn't get out of her straitjacket. . nt

[Solly Mack]

40. Heh

[niyad]

44. you nearly owed me a keyboard.

[PatSeg]

48. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[wryter2000]

63. You win

[orangecrush]

13. Their lawyers

Told them to dummy up.

[Tickle]

14. Is there a link to this

other than Twitter?

I can't seem to find this anywhere and I don't want to repost it until I can back it up

[intheflow]

22. Jennifer King is an AP reporter.

This tweet is a news source by itself. And an hour after it was scheduled to start, I’m not seeing any reporting of it having happened.

[oregonjen]

24. It was posted last night on DU

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217031513

[colsohlibgal]

15. They Got Nothing

The Far Right made fools of themselves and now they look foolish and maybe they for once get it.

Between this, and their rush to make “The Handmaid’s Tale” reality, they got way out over their skis and for once maybe they Comprehend that.....but that is likely a long shot, Stupidity is hard to crack.

[flying_wahini]

16. Can't you just hear them now?

“Trump did that? We are going to all go to jail.” No way people will believe they didn’t know.

[Claustrum]

17. Are you sure it's cancelled?

I looked at youtube and there are links to the conference happening now.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

53. But you are not sure enough to actually post the links. Hmm, you don't believe yourself?

[Claustrum]

58. Sorry. I didn't click into the videos to watch it because of stupid youtube suggestion algorithm.

I don't want my page flooded with stupid republican BS.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

61. Fair enough. I'm careful that way too, about "algorithms". . . . nt

[intheflow]

18. 😂😂😂

OMG, I needed that laugh this morning!

[bringthePaine]

19. ha refuKKKchickenshits

[Roland99]

20. Someone nuked their plans

[uponit7771]

23. lol

[Johnny2X2X]

21. They have their own sources too

And their sources are telling them the FBI found nuclear secrets at Mar a Lago.

So they're pausing to figure out how they can spin this as a good thing. I am serious, they'll will first attempt to spin it that it's not wrong.

I expect the FBI to have a private meeting with the national security committee very soon and show all the members in the Scif what was found. That will be the come to Jesus moment for the GOP, it will be a choice for them, pick Trump, or pick the continuation of the United States. Not sure what they'll pick.

[durablend]

28. They're already spinning it

"If it were that important, why'd you wait that long to come get them?"

[NYC Liberal]

54. Yeah and I've seen that posted here at DU too...

[PatSeg]

30. Yes and that is kind of sad

It seemed for a short time after Jan 6th that they finally were ready to put country over Trump/party, but now I don't know what it will take for them to wake up and do the right thing. Maybe it isn't possible. They are so bent now, I don't believe they can be set straight.

The smart thing for them to do would be to exit politics quietly and save what little face, if any they have left.

[liberalmuse]

25. What a surprise.

[Farmer-Rick]

26. Could there be more damaging info on TFG and his stashed documents?

Is there more awfulness yet to come out? Could this be the reason the press conference has been called off. The GOPers are waiting for the other shoe to drop?

I guess it could be most anything.

[Happy Hoosier]

29. We need to hammer this. Over and over.

The right wing gave us "but her emails" for years. If the media is not asking every GQPer about mishandled nuclear secrets, then we need to loudly demand it. Over and over.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[BumRushDaShow]

34. I just found WaPo verification of this

Trump Mar-a-Lago search goes nuclear

Analysis by Theodoric Meyer and Leigh Ann Caldwell
with research by Tobi Raji
August 12, 2022 at 6:52 a.m. EDT

(snip)

What we're watching

How Republicans — many of whom quickly came to Trump's defense earlier this week — respond?

Republicans led by Rep. Michael R. Turner (Ohio), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, are scheduled to hold a news conference this morning to discuss the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. The event was scheduled Thursday morning — before Garland's announcement and The Post's reporting. Late Thursday night, the far-right House Freedom Caucus cancelled their press conference on the FBI search due to a “scheduling conflict.” A spokesperson said in a press release that it would be rescheduled.

(snip)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/12/trump-mar-a-lago-search-goes-nuclear/

The head of that loon Caucus is Scott Perry (R-PA) who just had his phone seized this past week so...

[LAS14]

64. It feels significant that it was scheduled before Garland spoke... nt

[BumRushDaShow]

68. Apparently there were 2 different groups scheduled

the generic loons with their House Intelligence Committee Ranking member leading the clarion call, that actually did a presser the day Garland spoke (but did theirs in the morning before Garland spoke in the afternoon)... And then there was the side show of the renamed Teabaggers who were due to have theirs this morning and then realized that they may have been checkmated by Garland, and they had no talking points. Plus their group head had his phone seized and who knows what might leak about that.

I think it was Lawrence last night who showed all kinds of clips of the GQPer leadership filling the airwaves yesterday with nonsense about releasing the Kraken warrant and when Garland said "Okay", now they are lost figuring he wasn't really going to do it but now realizing that their guy could do it on his own at anytime... And then their guy late last night insisted that DOJ go-ahead... But we'll see what his lawyers actually decide when they file by this afternoon, 'cause we're talking a warrant that was 100 pages long of stuff taken illegally.

[NJCher]

71. yeah, that's the scheduling conflict

Garland scheduled sense before their bullsh@#$.

[wryter2000]

65. Scheduling conflict

The new version of "the dog ate my homework."

[BradBo]

35. Omg, even those racist traitors don't want to try to defend that....

…burning bag of dog shit Trump.

[Xipe Totec]

39. Suddenly the topic became radioactive. nt

[BidenRocks]

42. One guy dead following their

marching orders.
I think they see another Jan. 6 nationwide.

Do they even teach about Lexington and Concord?

[H2O Man]

43. Recommended.

[EnergizedLib]

45. Gee, I wonder why

It couldn’t be because not even they have a defense for this, could it?

[Raven123]

47. They're struggling to devise a strategy to respond, since Trump flushed the warrant

[BlueWavePsych]

49. HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Half-step]

50. Even the HFC realizes that...

they don't have the capacity to generate enough vitriolic word salad at a sustainable rate.

Too bad they aren't smart enough to throw TFG in the gutter and start over.

[kentuck]

51. Did someone plant a seed of doubt in their absolute faith in the Cult Leader?

That is an accomplishment in itself.

[barbtries]

52. could it be

that they realized they could be wrong about trump?!?!?!

[emulatorloo]

56. Probably just waiting for Bannon et al to manufacture the latest talking points once the

judge unseals the warrant and inventory.

[SouthernDem4ever]

59. House Freedom Caucus is a bunch morons.

Sorry, had to say it.

[multigraincracker]

60. Hard to have a news conference when

you have to take the Fifth to questions.

[wryter2000]

62. Where's that Ha Ha banner?

Could we have that as an avatar? I think we're going to need it.

[W_HAMILTON]

66. I wouldn't read too much into this.

I mean, the lazy asses probably just wanted to get on that plane quicker and head home for the weekend, because they CERTAINLY did not just suddenly grow a spine and/or morals.

[CaptainTruth]

67. Tots & pears...

[NQAS]

69. Guess they're thinking...

About whether it’s a good idea to back #trumptreason.

[FelineOverlord]

70. Bedminster

I know w they were supposed to meet with Trump the day after the FBI search. I don’t know if they did.
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jim-banks-gop-bedminster-meeting-fbi-raid-2022-8

Perhaps the combo of Merrick Garland calling Trump’s bluff, the Cincinnati FBI attack, and the possible nuclear papers stolen by Trump led them to cancel this morning’s meeting.

[Skittles]

73. HAHAHA

a "SCHEDULING CONFLICT"