GOP strategist Steve Schmidt drops hammer on titanic fraud Mike Pence for lying about Russia

[UCmeNdc]

Republican strategist Steve Schmidt questioned Vice President Mike Pence’s patriotism in a stunning segment on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Co-host Mika Brzezinski pointed out that Pence had been asked repeatedly before and after the election about the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia, and the vice president’s denials were always proven wrong.

“At what point is it un-American when you’re asked questions and questions and questions about something obviously curious that’s going on that pertains to Russian meddling, and you are willfully clueless?” Brzezinski said.

Schmidt said he doesn’t understand why Pence seems to escape scrutiny in the Trump administration.

“We don’t talk enough about the vice president’s nonstop lying,” Schmidt said.


https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/gop-strategist-steve-schmidt-drops-hammer-on-titanic-fraud-mike-pence-for-lying-about-russia/

[ProfessorGAC]

1. "Non-Stop Lying"

Wow! And i don't even remotely like Schmidt, but apparently he knows lying when he sees it.

[NewJeffCT]

9. Schmidt

has been on the anti-Trump bandwagon since the beginning. As I've stated on here before - it's amazing how many Republicans grow a brain and a heart once they leave Washington DC - Rick Wilson, Ana Navarro, Jennifer Rubin and a few others.

[ailsagirl]

46. I wish he were a Dem

I'm surprised he's not-- he's too intelligent and knowledgeable to be a repuke

IMO

[LakeArenal]

50. Steve wont change parties.

He’s going to be part of the “new” Repub party when all of this collapses. I don’t mind. He and Nicole Wallace might be eyeing public office. I think we do still need two viable parties. Steele, Wallace, Schmitt are leading the way.

[ailsagirl]

53. Both he and Nicole are sane, intelligent, and reasonable

I don't mind, either

[lagomorph777]

57. It would be healthy for the US to have a mentally healthy GOP.

A genuinely worthy opponent in real discussions would keep the Dems honest. As it is now, all we can do is try to crush the Greedy Old Pedophiles to save the country.

[maddiemom]

49. A lot of prominent Republicans really hate Trump and his administration...

and appear often on TV. Only a very few have actually left the entire Republican party so far. Schmidt has been vocally critical of the direction the party has been headed for a while longer. His dealings with with Sarah Palin notably turned him toward "the light." He was in the same Republican line of work as Kellyanne Conway, but was always much more reasonable and intellectual. It will be interesting in what direction he and other reasonable Repubs will go, once we're rid of Trump (and hopefully Pence).

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

18. "Non-Stop Lying"

Doesn't that describe every gooper?... Rhetorical. I know the answer.

[lastlib]

31. A Lying Republican??

I'm Shocked!! SHOCKED, I tell ya! SHOCKED!!

( )

"Lying Republican" is a redundancy.

[joshdawg]

37. And an honest republican is an oxymoron.

[arthritisR_US]

38. Then Steve is an oxymoron.

[Nitram]

42. That makes him a fact-free moron.

[arthritisR_US]

47. No it doesnt. He is a Republican and an honest man. It was stated that

the two identifiers are oxymorons.

[joshdawg]

61. I agree.

Steve appears to be harder on the republicans than some liberals. He especially dislikes the pile of excrement smelling up the White House today.

[arthritisR_US]

62. My thoughts as well. I turn off dishonest repigs but he is not drinking thier

koolaide and speaks the truth.

[Alice11111]

58. Some just delude themselves, to be consistent with their values, money.

[sandensea]

2. Dense Pence was made Cheeto's running mate on Manafort's very advice.

In other words: Putin's.

[Hortensis]

11. Pence became the Koch brothers' choice, and therefore

their entire machine's, which has it own caucus in congress, tentacles in the state legislatures of at least 35 states, and strong connections inside SCOTUS. Back in 2011, they considered running him for president. Manafort's a peasant, a hired, disposable hack to that cabal.

Given Rump's reluctance,wouldn't be at all surprised if they used him to add his persuasion to the family's though.

[sandensea]

14. Somewhere, in some smoke-filled GOP cloakroom

Bitchy Mitchy and the other party elders are discussing ways of ridding themselves of Cheeto and putting Sir Fetus Funeral in his place.

I ga'on-tee.

[Hortensis]

15. Well, I ga-on-tee they're consulting the Kochs and other

lesser but still huge dark-money powers. The Kochtopus alone could retire both McConnell and Ryan almost at will. Look at the almost suicidal behaviors of congress right now--they're being told to produce huge flows of national wealth to people who are clearly willing to lose a fair number of them in 2018. They'll just run their replacements in the primary.

Cheeto wasn't the Koch's choice, but they've used his pathological incompetence to make some very good lemonade out of him. His appointments are almost all their agents. But, 2018 is coming up and most of the trumpsters will still vote for him and turn on his enemies. Nothing simple about the strategies they're working on.

[sandensea]

16. As good a nutshell recap of today's GOP as I've seen.

Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ike are turning in their proverbial graves.

One for the bookmarks. Thank you.

[Alice11111]

3. About time someone calls Puritan Pence out!

[Eliot Rosewater]

52. Pence is ugly and dangerous because he is a true believer. He truly believes women and brown people

are inferior and that Jesus is on his side in this.

Trump truly believes it too but for different reasons.

Pence would ACTUALLY bring us Handmaids Tale or whatever that book is called. Women need to leave the country if they want to be safe if he gets in power, gays need to leave, leave or become criminals for existing.


To be safe, all non white str8t xtian males need to get passports because soon your life will not be safe or valued here.

[Achilleaze]

4. republicans are the anti-truth & anti-honor party

deplorable

[YessirAtsaFact]

25. You left out anti-science

Nm

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. Power above Principles. What is Dominionist Pence's position on Moore?

[BigmanPigman]

5. I am sure Mueller isn't letting any of this go unnoticed.

Pence is NOT Mr. Clean and no one is fooled.

[Mr.Bill]

7. I really think Mueller

is setting things up to take out Trump and Pence at the same time. Right after we take the House back and Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House again. That's my dream, anyway.

[BigmanPigman]

8. Dream away...in fact I'll join you.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

32. Pence first...

... he has been lying about his knowledge and involvement with the Flynns for over a year and a half. They got him already, I am sure. Just waiting for the right moment.

Then Ryan and Mitch get in trouble for those Russian funds to their PACs and campaign coffers.

[Chemisse]

55. That would be the ultimate outcome.

The longer the Republicans put off impeachment of the bad apple(s), the better our chances of something like this happening.

[DFW]

6. I hope Schmidt has private security follow him around for a few months

I don't put anything beyond Trump or Putin.

[renate]

10. I hope all the anti-Trump people we see on MSNBC and CNN have security

The print reporters, too.

I think they're all very brave. It's not just Russia who could go after them but Trump's zealots as well--brainwashed and well armed is a scary combination.

[Botany]

12. :30 "of course not"

[kysrsoze]

13. I want to see this holier than thou asshole go down as much as Drumpf.

[Alice11111]

60. I see him as more as having an arrogance of entitlement,

like he is a man god , and others are parasites.
As he said, he didn't really see Democrats as really being people...hmmm, like Hitler and the Jews.

[gademocrat7]

17. All of Chumps cabal are pathological liars.

Especially Pentacostal Pence.

[LittleGirl]

19. Great but where are the Dems and their plan?

Seriously, I watch this shit over and over and yet, I don't see any Dems out there blasting this administration non-stop.
Where are the Dems?

[emulatorloo]

20. No offense, you aren't paying attention. Ted Lieu, Adam Schiff, many Dems are speaking out and

fighting back. You've just produced some cliched hackneyed Dem bashing rather than listening, watching, and reading a number of threads about Dems.

[LittleGirl]

21. I don't watch TV all day no

but I read this page everyday. I don't see any plans for what we are going to do besides just be against #45.
We need some action.
I am paying attention!!!!
What are we going to do about all of this?

Sorry, you don't have to answer. I have outrage fatigue because every damn day, it's the same, "this administration is awful."
I need a plan.

[emulatorloo]

23. Dems don't control congress and they have 0 influence on the Mueller investigation

The current plan is to continue to fight the agenda in congress by defeating Trump legislation, with the help of the few sane Republicans. The plan is to win special elections so there are more Dems in congress. The plan is for our Dems to continue to educate voters about what Dems have to offer while also sounding the warning about Trump.

At this point only Mueller has any real power to deal w Trump. Republicans have power but they want to protect Trump.

If come out and vote in 2018 and elect more democrats that will change.

[LittleGirl]

24. I hope so!

My husband asked me that question earlier this week and I basically said the same thing you just posted. Thank you because that confirms that we agree on what can be done. I'm doing everything I can to help get some Dems elected here in AZ. I hope we can turn this state purple because there are a lot of Dems in southern AZ but Phoenix is full of Trumpers. ugh. Thanks for your post. I appreciate your answer. I really do.

[Demsrule86]

45. More attacking of Democrats in a thread that has nothing to do with Democrats...

hmmmm

[NastyRiffraff]

48. Some people can't help themselves

It's become automatic for them to attack Democrats, in any scenario.

[Demsrule86]

56. Yes, they can't help themselves...ah well knowing who supports who is useful anyway.

[LittleGirl]

59. I responded above. eom

[ecstatic]

22. exactly! It's ridiculous! nt

[Blue Owl]

26. Liar Liar Pence on Fire

n/t

[spanone]

29. 👍🏼

[lastlib]

33. Is Pence lying, or is he galactically stupid?

Obvious answer: YES! He's both. But he's terrible at the lying part--too easily caught when he's surrounded by these tRump Chumps.

[GallopingGhost]

51. Wish I'd thought of this.

[radical noodle]

27. I think Steve Schmidt and some others

realize what a mistake was made in the party many years ago when they got in bed with all the crazies. It got them a lot more votes, but at what price?

[L. Coyote]

28. Let's fix THIS: We dont talk enough about the vice presidents nonstop lying, Schmidt said.

Who's in?

[Mountain Mule]

30. You can count me in!

So many lies, so little time...

[L. Coyote]

44. Yep. So many liars, like never before.

We can't let one get away because there are so many others!

[Hamlette]

34. My favorite part was the GOPer lie about Russia 100% of the time, not 99.9% but 100%"

“The truth of the matter is, and I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, 100 percent of the time, 100 percent of the people around this administration, when asked a question about Russia, the Russian involvement in this election, they lie about it,” Schmidt said. “Not 99 percent of the time, not 99.9 percent of the time — 100% of the time.”

[Midnight Writer]

35. I used to be a mailman. If I was approached by a Russian agent wanting to help me with my job...

How the hell are these guys playing the "rookie" card over and over?

[cstanleytech]

36. The plan is thus, Donald is being used as a smoke screen to protect Pence as Pence

is the backup plan if Donald should be removed from office or die suddenly from eating to much McDonalds which at his age is possible.
Pence though of course is probably up to his neck in the whole Russian thing but proving it will be difficult as long as the focus remains on Donald.

[unhip white guy]

39. President Ryan?

Good thing I'm already an insomniac!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. Pence lied about being a paid protestor, too.

Protesting at cost to federal ($250K) and municipal ($14K) taxpayers.

[unhip white guy]

43. Steve Schmidt Drops Truth Bomb On Former Pence Spokesman

From earlier this month.

[KT2000]

54. love that guy - when he is on

I listen because he does not mince words - tells the truth.

[malaise]

63. Schmidt gave us Lady BlahBlah

never forget that. Further, while he goes after personalities, he's lock step with said goons on ReTHUG[/b[ policies