Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:23 PM
Pelosi: REMINDER: "McConnell ran interference for Trump during the [2016] campaign to stop Obama froNancy Pelosi Verified account @TeamPelosi 56m56 minutes ago REMINDER: "McConnell ran interference for Trump during the [2016] campaign to stop Obama from warning the country about things Trump was lying publicly about." #FlashbackFriday Link to tweet The Rachel Maddow Show / The MaddowBlog Does McConnell regret doing nothing about the Russian attack? http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/does-mcconnell-regret-doing-nothing-about-the-russian-attack 07/12/17 10:01 AM By Steve Benen Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appears principally focused on passing a regressive health care plan this summer, but with the Russia scandal intensifying, NBC News’ Kasie Hunt asked the Kentucky Republican a good question yesterday. HUNT: Mr. Leader, you were briefed on this intelligence report surrounding Russian meddling back in the fall before the election. And there was a decision not to put that out in public. Now there are emails that show that Donald Trump Jr. was aware that this may have been damaging information from the Russian government. Do you regret your course of action? MCCONNELL: What I have a lot of confidence in is the Intelligence Committee handling this whole investigation. Senator Burr and Senator Warner have ball control, and we’ll hear from them later. There is no meaningful relationship between the question and the answer – the Intelligence Committee’s investigation is unrelated to McConnell’s personal culpability – but I’m glad Kasie asked anyway because I continue to believe this angle to the story is underappreciated. As The New Republic’s Brian Beutler noted yesterday, “McConnell ran interference for Trump during the campaign to stop Obama from warning the country about things Trump was lying publicly about.” That’s true. As we discussed last month, the Obama White House, swayed by the evidence compiled by U.S. intelligence agencies, wanted bipartisan support to pushback against Russian intrusion, and in mid-September, the then-president dispatched counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco, then-FBI Director James Comey, and then-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to brief top members of Congress............................................. McConnell seems reluctant to reflect on this now, but he still owes the public an explanation. 
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 Pelosi: REMINDER: "McConnell ran interference for Trump during the [2016] campaign to stop Obama fro (Original post) |
riversedge | Apr 2019 | OP |
| spanone | Apr 2019 | #1 | |
| PeeJ52 | Apr 2019 | #2 | |
| riversedge | Apr 2019 | #32 | |
| elleng | Apr 2019 | #3 | |
| malaise | Apr 2019 | #4 | |
| Blecht | Apr 2019 | #5 | |
| pangaia | Apr 2019 | #16 | |
| JudyM | Apr 2019 | #22 | |
| uponit7771 | Apr 2019 | #6 | |
| Miigwech | Apr 2019 | #7 | |
| DeminPennswoods | Apr 2019 | #8 | |
| pangaia | Apr 2019 | #17 | |
| BSdetect | Apr 2019 | #9 | |
| JAD | Apr 2019 | #10 | |
| deurbano | Apr 2019 | #11 | |
| bluecollar2 | Apr 2019 | #24 | |
| JAD | Apr 2019 | #31 | |
| bluecollar2 | Apr 2019 | #41 | |
| Pepsidog | Apr 2019 | #12 | |
| DeminPennswoods | Apr 2019 | #19 | |
| Pepsidog | Apr 2019 | #21 | |
| stopdiggin | Apr 2019 | #30 | |
| DeminPennswoods | Apr 2019 | #35 | |
| red dog 1 | Apr 2019 | #37 | |
| Pepsidog | Apr 2019 | #43 | |
| dustyscamp | Apr 2019 | #42 | |
| Kurt V. | Apr 2019 | #13 | |
| Honeycombe8 | Apr 2019 | #14 | |
| pangaia | Apr 2019 | #18 | |
| Honeycombe8 | Apr 2019 | #20 | |
| Mr. Evil | Apr 2019 | #15 | |
| MadDAsHell | Apr 2019 | #23 | |
| Name removed | Apr 2019 | #25 | |
| Eliot Rosewater | Apr 2019 | #26 | |
| RVN VET71 | Apr 2019 | #34 | |
| Eliot Rosewater | Apr 2019 | #40 | |
| kozar | Apr 2019 | #27 | |
| empedocles | Apr 2019 | #28 | |
| Irishxs | Apr 2019 | #29 | |
| BigmanPigman | Apr 2019 | #33 | |
| lastlib | Apr 2019 | #36 | |
| red dog 1 | Apr 2019 | #38 | |
| cstanleytech | Apr 2019 | #39 | |
| myohmy2 | Apr 2019 | #44 |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:24 PM
spanone (116,863 posts)
1. Thank you Speaker Pelosi
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:26 PM
2. Whoa!!! Bring it out Nancy!!! Hardball!!!
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Response to PeeJ52 (Reply #2)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 01:23 PM
32. Wish she would speak out more but she also has to try to work with the jerk!
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:28 PM
elleng (93,682 posts)
3. He owes the public more than an 'explanation,'
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:29 PM
malaise (199,216 posts)
4. Remind them Sister Nancy - What a Bam Bam!
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:32 PM
Blecht (2,957 posts)
5. She is SO on top of things
Response to Blecht (Reply #5)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:21 PM
pangaia (23,802 posts)
16. You know what I find to be true, is that she shouldn't HAVE to be looked at
Response to pangaia (Reply #16)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 08:37 AM
JudyM (14,338 posts)
22. Yep, content to suck at the public teat and become more "important" by doling out benefits to those
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:34 PM
7. Kick his bony ass around the ring
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 04:38 PM
8. Think this might be a coordinated strategy
Response to DeminPennswoods (Reply #8)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:23 PM
pangaia (23,802 posts)
17. Well, as I've been saying for so long (Heh Heh, smart me, eh)
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It's the fucking traitorous republicans fault !!!!!!!!! Why is this so complicated to understand???  |
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 05:49 PM
BSdetect (6,518 posts)
9. Why was he not interviewed by Mueller? He blocked Garland because he was in on the election fraud.
Response to JAD (Reply #10)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 06:41 PM
deurbano (2,142 posts)
11. I know! Memories are so short!
Response to JAD (Reply #10)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 09:28 AM
bluecollar2 (1,736 posts)
24. Maybe Ryan should be called to testify....n/t
Response to bluecollar2 (Reply #24)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 01:21 PM
31. Absolutely Ryan should be called to testify
Response to JAD (Reply #31)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 07:18 PM
bluecollar2 (1,736 posts)
41. Suspicious how he walked away ...
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 06:48 PM
12. My 22 year old idiot son told me Obama was at fault for not doing anything about Russian
Response to Pepsidog (Reply #12)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:39 PM
19. As President, Obama had a big microphone
Response to DeminPennswoods (Reply #19)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 08:32 PM
21. Yes he did. Shame he didn't use that microphone
Response to stopdiggin (Reply #30)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 01:54 PM
35. No, just pointing out there were other
Response to DeminPennswoods (Reply #35)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 09:51 PM
43. I love Obama and we at DU know why Obama didn't call out Russian interference in the election.
Response to Pepsidog (Reply #12)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 09:34 PM
42. A lot of young adults want to see the world burn
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:06 PM
13. Imagine a world where pols can't be touched
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:15 PM
Honeycombe8 (37,648 posts)
14. Yep. I'm seeing snippets that Repubs are trying to blame Obama for the Russia interference.
Response to Honeycombe8 (Reply #14)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:25 PM
pangaia (23,802 posts)
18. Good post...
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Letter to the editor time.  |
Response to pangaia (Reply #18)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:39 PM
Honeycombe8 (37,648 posts)
20. Thanks....
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Response to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 07:17 PM
15. "... but he still owes the public an explanation."
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 10:22 AM
Eliot Rosewater (22,691 posts)
26. Belongs in prison but he will never go, the kid down the street with a joint, that is a different
Response to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #26)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 01:46 PM
34. The black kid down the street, you mean.
Response to RVN VET71 (Reply #34)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 06:52 PM
Eliot Rosewater (22,691 posts)
40. usually
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 10:39 AM
28. If the investigations and indictments get deep enough for Rico, conspiracy law,
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 10:51 AM
29. Greed and power are powerful motivation, mr mcconnell.
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 01:37 PM
BigmanPigman (30,864 posts)
33. I see from these posts that the Russian bots are all over
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 02:02 PM
lastlib (13,371 posts)
36. Sure, MConnell "regrets" it--all the way to the bank......!
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 02:55 PM
red dog 1 (15,751 posts)
38. McConnell has to go....period!
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 04:08 PM
cstanleytech (19,292 posts)
39. Well no shit, tell us something we did not know 2+ years ago.
Response to riversedge (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 10:10 PM
44. the whole...
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...stinkin' republican party is nothing but scum...traitors, each and every one...
...how can any self-respecting thinking American vote republican?...I have a daughter that married and turned republican...I thought I knew her...I thought I knew republicans and the republican mindset...I don't ...the entire lot are destructive evil son's of bitches... ...I give up...  |
