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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSlate has a water is wet headline - "Republicans Don't Want The Truth"
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/03/republicans_don_t_want_to_find_out_what_happened_with_russia.htmlRepublicans Dont Want to Find Out What Happened With Russia
Thats why they spent the Comey hearing defending Trump and Michael Flynnand attacking the FBI.
By William Saletan
On Monday, the House Intelligence Committee interrogated FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers about Russias covert operation to manipulate the 2016 presidential election. Comey confirmed that the FBI was investigating, among other things, whether anyone associated with Donald Trump had coordinated with the Russians. The committee is supposed to be conducting its own Russia probe. But Mondays hearing showed that the Republicans who run the committee cant be trusted.
In the five-hour hearing, not one Republican asked a question to elicit information about what Trump or his associates might have done. Instead, they hurled every imaginable defenseand attackat the FBIs investigation. While the Democrats acted like prosecutors, the committees Republicans became defense attorneys for Trump, Michael Flynn, the GOP, and Russia. Heres a breakdown of their case:
1. Theres nothing to investigate. A real investigation would examine particular claims and evidence. Instead, Republicans on the committee tried to foreclose the whole inquiry by quoting broad statements (made by former intelligence officials on talk shows and the salon circuit) that no evidence exists. They also cynically stripped the statements of important caveats. When Comey and Rogers said they couldnt rebut these statements about a lack of evidence (since to do so would reveal classified or investigation-related information), Republicans portrayed that as confirmation of Trumps innocence. This is an attempt to end the investigation before it begins.
2. Russia wouldnt have favored a Republican. Rep. Devin Nunes, the committees chairman, dismissed as absurd the intelligence communitys conclusion that Russia had sought to favor the Republican presidential nominee. Dont you think its ridiculous for anyone to say that the Russians prefer Republicans over Democrats? he asked Comey and Rogers. When they tried to explain that their assessment was specific to Trump, and not about party, Nunes repeated his partisan view that the whole idea was preposterous.
snip - read the link above for the rest. Great read.
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Slate has a water is wet headline - "Republicans Don't Want The Truth" (Original Post)
NRaleighLiberal
Mar 2017
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Didn't McConnell say an investigation into Trump's Russian connections wasn't necessary?
world wide wally
Mar 2017
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world wide wally
(21,743 posts)1. Didn't McConnell say an investigation into Trump's Russian connections wasn't necessary?
Orrex
(63,213 posts)2. Beyond the standard "It's true because I say so" Republican logic...
Dont you think its ridiculous for anyone to say that the Russians prefer Republicans over Democrats?
Why in the world would anyone assume this to be the case? It's straight-up McCarthy-esque "pinko Liberal" projection.