Breaking: US SenatorThom Tillis (R-NC) insists that Congress needs to protect Mueller NOW

[leftieNanner]

He is on the Judicial Committee and he is a co-sponsor with Chris Coons (D)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/4/10/1755925/-Senator-sounds-the-alarm-demands-Senate-Judiciary-Committee-move-on-bill-to-protect-Mueller-NOW?detail=emaildkre

[octoberlib]

1. They tried to introduce this bill a while back and McConnell refused to let it go forward.

Hope they're successful this time.

[leftieNanner]

4. McConnell is a horrible excuse for a human being

but I don't know why he won't work with this legislation. Doesn't he know how bad it will look when Cheetolini fires Mueller and the Congress does NOTHING?? And they will do nothing. Mitch is shoving through as many of the reactionary judges as he can before it all comes crashing down.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Who said he was a human being?

I must've missed that.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. One of these things is not like the other...

or is it?

[yonder]

13. Yep,

One of them looks like an old comic book "handshake buzzer" inadvertently/on purpose went off in his front pants pocket. The other looks like a cartoon turtle.

[leftieNanner]

25. Yup

Reminds me of the old joke: What's the difference between a lawyer and a carp? One is a bottom-dwelling scum sucker. The other one is a fish.

Ba-dum-pshhhh!

[MurrayDelph]

14. Cecil Turtle

has much more humanity than Mitch.

[Honeycombe8]

16. LOL. The one on the left is human. nt

[sandensea]

19. And not related to drug traffickers.

(Ping May)

[quartz007]

27. The turtle face ML is stonewalling it again.

But Rump has small balls and does not have the guts to fire Mueller. I think Sessions will be fired first.

[Pluvious]

29. It's almost like the turtle has his own Russian links to hide... n/t

[CottonBear]

2. US Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC)

State, office and party are always helpful to include in the OP.

[leftieNanner]

5. Thanks

[CottonBear]

6. Youre welcome!

😀

[leftieNanner]

10. Fixed It!

[CottonBear]

17. I sure hope that enough Republicans will put country ahead of party. N/T

[Achilleaze]

3. republicans are waiting to hear what Pooty Poot recommends.

[procon]

7. There are two bills that would limit how Trump or the DOJ can fire Mueller.

But the GOP leadership is stalling and trying to downplay the need for any legislation, saying they don’t really believe Trump will fire Mueller.

Maybe they can pass the bills retroactively?

[triron]

11. They need to just get it done. wtf are they waiting for?

[yardwork]

12. Interesting. Cambridge Analytica embedded foreign nationals in NC to get Tillis elected.

My guess is that Thom is quite worried about what investigations might find and he wants Mueller to know he's helping protect him. Very helpful, Thom is being.

[CottonBear]

20. That is very interesting.

Thanks for that info.

[paleotn]

22. That is certainly a possibility....

In all the time I've watched him, I've never seen crazy Thom get all bipartisan until this legislation with Chris Coons. Interesting. There's a lot more to this story than one Rethuglican finally seeing the light.

[kentuck]

15. Somebody needs to sit Mitch down in a chair and talk to him very slowly.

This is about our Country, Mitch. It is not about anyone's Party.

If that doesn't work, I would suggest a bucket of cold water poured over his head.

Anything to bring him out of his netherworld and back to the real world.

[erronis]

18. Oh, I thought you were going with the "enhanced interrogation" technique

Water slowly poured over a towel over his head. Of course, being a turtle, he might actually find that sorta nice.

[BlueDog22]

21. Tillis

Tillis won his election by a very small margin. He knows that any swing towards the left is a death sentence for him. He has to hold the middle ground here.

[paleotn]

23. Tillis has never, ever been known for his bipartisanship...

Not in Raleigh and not in DC until now. There's a lot more to this story than meets the eye.

[leftieNanner]

26. I was surprised too

I always thought he was one of the wacko-birds.

I remember when Rand Paul was elected and I thought it couldn't get any crazier than that! Then here came Thom Tillis, Joanie Ernst, sigh...

[paleotn]

28. I've been calling him crazy Thom for years

He's been a wacka-doodle since his days in Raleigh.

[wiggs]

24. Protect Mueller and...AND...the integrity of the investigation. Both. nt