Mitch McConnell Reassures Hannity: Don Jr. Subpoena Will 'Have a Happy Ending'

[UpInArms]

Source: Daily Beast

Days after calling for the end of the “Groundhog Day spectacle” of Trump investigations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reassured a fraught Sean Hannity on Thursday night that Senate Intelligence Committee chair Richard Burr’s (R-NC) subpoena of Donald Trump Jr. was no big deal.

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Turning to McConnell, the pro-Trump Fox News host stated that the majority leader had already said that it was time to “stop relitigating” the 2016 election and “move forward” for the American public.

“I agree with all of that,” Hannity added. “What is Senator Burr doing, did he not hear your message?”

Apparently hoping to calm the conservative primetime star down, the Kentucky lawmaker said the “good news” is that Burr has “already indicated that the committee will find no collusion,” staying consistent with the findings of the Mueller report (which, by the way, did not make a determination on collusion as it has no legal definition.)

“I think that this is going to have a happy ending,” McConnell continued. “I understand the president’s frustration here. But I think that this is just a blip, I think that the case is closed. I think that the controversy has been concluded.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-reassures-hannity-don-jr-subpoena-will-have-a-happy-ending

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McTurtle must go ... this traitorous POS has been destroying our country for far too long

[flor-de-jasmim]

1. Maybe the turtle should look up Happy Ending

[crazytown]

5. I'm thinking Terminator 3

Spanky and Mitch, safe in a bunker.

[Funtatlaguy]

10. Call Kraft.

[mwooldri]

14. The R's massage the findings...

... the American people get screwed.

[lagomorph777]

21. Is Li Yang involved?

[brush]

29. IMO this is all planned. just designed to let jr. walk back his lies...

in his first appearance so when the unredacted Mueller report eventually comes out, he will be on record as having corrected his lies.

They'll all in on it, trump included who's acting like he's surprised.

[Az_lefty]

33. My thoughts exactly. It's a setup

[DetlefK]

2. Given how Republicans treat Trump's cabal in hearings, that's entirely possible.

[vlyons]

3. So the fix is in

as if we didn't already know this. GOPers will praise Jr and pitch him softballs. He will lie to Dem questions or claim he can't remember.

[LenaBaby61]

7. "So the fix is in."

When I first heard of this happening, I didn't get happy like my friends all did. I warned them to not get too excited, because my gut instinct told me that this was probably going to be good for that treasonous/lying/racist/asshole in that he's going to get the velvet glove treatment from thuglicans when questioned and won't remember who he is or much of ANYTHING when questioned by Dems.

That's IF he shows up at all, and if he does show up he'll more than likely take the 5th.

[at140]

26. Why didn't I think of that?

After reading your post, the fog in my head has suddenly cleared. Your hypothesis makes it clear to me now why the GOP controlled Senate committee wants to subpoena Don Jr.

[Jarqui]

20. We're on the same page ...

'don't worry boys, the fix is in ...'
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12085948

[greymattermom]

4. Just keep asking him questions

until he loses it. He is a nasty person with a temper.

[JudyM]

17. And hopefully dim enough to blurt out something stupid (and honest).

[vlyons]

18. That is true

He and Sr have short fuses and go *BOOM* when their intelligence, "honor," good looks, success with women, business acumen, or ego are questioned. Both are humorless and only find pleasure in greed and hurting others.

[watoos]

6. Is Masie Hirono on this committee?

[Habibi]

9. No, but

Kamala Harris is!

[madamesilverspurs]

8. On a related note --

Before she went to work as Trump's transportation secretary, didn't Mitch's wife sit on the board at Fox?

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[vlyons]

22. She comes from a wealthy shipping lines family

That's why Trump made her Sec of Transportation

[Sancho]

11. Is there a trip to a Russian hotel in the future?

Of course...you may just end up the the same prison as Maria Butina!!!

[ETStevens]

12. Oh Kentucky

How can you keep electing this smug POS?

[Docreed2003]

13. Not surprising

Burr was working for Trump on the committee just like Nunes was in the House. All of these fuckers are working together and when Ole Turtle didn't voice any opposition to Jr's subpoena, that was clear games were being played. The only somewhat surprising thing to me is that Mitch has the guts to actually admit that on national TV. That tells me these assholes believe they'll get away with all of their crimes.

[underpants]

15. Didn't Robert Kraft get a "Happy ending"?

I may not be up to date on my lingo.

[machoneman]

16. Mc Turtle is getting more foolish (and likely more senile) all the time. He's a fool.....

for saying such things rather than shutting up.

His commentary does speak to a 'fix' that the Senate Republiscums have ginned up to protect Trump and his family. He's not that far away from a 2020 Democratic Senate where these words can come back to haunt him. As we expect to replace Trumpyboy with our candidate, I do hope our new Democratic AG (maybe K. Harris?) would charge McTurtle with conspiracy and other crimes in this matter along with all the Republican heads of that committee.

[Dave Starsky]

19. So they will literally jerk him off?

That's what I've understood that term to mean.

[angrychair]

23. That's going to be McConnell's full time job

After Trump closes the Senate.

[Turbineguy]

24. Mitch gonna take L'il Donnie

to the massage parlor?

[ancianita]

25. Komrade Trump is setting up a senate show -- using Don, Jr.'s responses to soft ball questions

-- to help the GOP's Burr to reach a Senate Intel committee ruling of "no collusion."

It's all designed to stand opposed to the House Intel's committee ruling, which will probably be that there was collusion.

Democrats on the committee, like Kamala, will be put down and dismissed. Fox will air only the Repubs' questions/answers.

Komrade Putin advises his puppet to have his Senate puppets run hearings such that everyone who's nervous about 45's dictatorial tendencies will see a show of democracy that confounds and falsely reassures them.

The Republican story about Democrats' "fake conspiracies" will remain intact.

[TheBlackAdder]

27. Mitch has a lot of spunk to say that! I can't say the same thing about limp dick Hannity.

[RockRaven]

28. Burr is an effective Nunes. He enables obstruction and obfuscation w/o looking corrupt/moronic.

Here's the play:
1) Burr issues subpoena, to appear to be aggressively pursuing the matter
2) Don Jr invokes 5th, which Burr knew would happen before he issued the subpoena.
3) Burr sighs loudly, shrugs his shoulders and says "I'm very frustrated and disappointed, but that's the law/Constitution, which I must follow"

McTurtle knows this. This is why he says there will be a happy ending. It's all theater, the script has already been written.

[yaesu]

30. yep, this whole thing is just part of the bigger con. nt

[NotASurfer]

31. All right, House committees

You know when and where to find the Orange McJunior. How about hand-delivering a few subpoenas to him before the Senate gets their hearing rolling?

If he shows up, it sets the precedent for testifying or pleading the 5th, depending. And it might just set him off into blurting out a few incriminating things out of anger

[turbinetree]

32. SO Moscow Mitch, you are now judge, jury, and full fledged traitor and a big asshole..FU