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https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/17/eric-holder-calls-out-gop-cowards-for-being-too-scared-to-protect-mueller.htmlPosted on Tue, Apr 17th, 2018 by Jason Easley
Eric Holder Calls Out GOP Cowards For Being Too Scared To Protect Mueller
Eric Holder called out Republican cowards for being too afraid of the Republican base to take action to protect Robert Mueller.
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Holder responded to Mitch McConnells claim that a law to protect Mueller wasnt necessary by saying, You dont build a hurricane wall when you see Katrina five miles out from the shore. Theres a basis to conclude that Bob Mueller potentially could be fired by this president. Lets put in place a mechanism that would prevent that from happening. Think about the chaos that would be unleashed in the country, the constitutional crisis that this nation would go have to face and undoubtedly then have to try to endure. You can take this preventive measure that would stop all of that in its tracks.
When he was asked by Chris Hayes why Republicans wont protect Mueller, the former attorney general said, I think that they are afraid of angering the Trump base which is the Republican base. And we cant make that distinction anymore. This notion there is a trump base which is different from the Republican base is inconsistent with all the polling weve seen. They are concerned about making sure their base comes out, their base votes in November, that their base is behind them. People who have to deal with the primaries. I think at some basic level, theyre afraid of him.
Holder was right. There is no difference between the Trump base and the Republican base. They are one in the same. A person who is an anti-Trump Republican really isnt a Republican anymore. Republicans have governed and only been motivated by crisis since they took over the House of Representatives in 2011, so it would be completely out of character for Congressional Republicans to act in a preemptive way.
The reason why Republicans in Congress wont act is that they are terrified. Theyre scared of being primaried. Theyre frightened of losing their seats. Incumbent Republicans would rather risk a constitutional crisis before they would take action to protect Robert Mueller.
Eric Holder nailed it. Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and company are most definitely not a profile in courage.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)according to Holder.
Trump's Deplorable Scumbots have become political body snatchers.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)...I don't believe they are so afraid of "the base" that they fail to act, I believe it's because they have nasty bits and dirty secrets of their own, and they don't want them to see the light of day. Further, I believe both have received "black" Russian money funneled to them via their Super PACS.
Accomplices.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)wasn't it Eric Holder who refused to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed by Bush 43's administration? Who was a coward then?
... uh-oh. Is this another violation of DU's fee-fee rule? I'm not sure, but I just made a critical comment about a Democrat who, FACTUALLY refused to do his job when he was attorney general. Some people on DU might be... offended. I like his current rhetoric; I just don't like his history.
IMO, Democrats need to choose leaders who are consistent in brandishing a message that condemns criminal activity by anyone. They need to adhere to Democratic Party values. Letting war criminals off the hook doesn't make the grade.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Expect no courage from either one of these two.