Ted Lieu sets Trump straight on his meeting with Wayne LaPierre

[octoberlib]

Link to tweet

If the below article is accurate, it appears
@realDonaldTrump
seeks to trade action on legislation in exchange for financial support from the
@NRA
. That would be illegal. A felony, to be exact.

[RT Atlanta]

1. Seems NRA is a conduit for Russian money

So is donnie t really asking, effectively, vlad to pay his defense?

[Perseus]

11. At this point Putin must know that his lapdog is a lost cause, he must know that it will be a waste

of money and resources to help the creature in his impeachment defense. I think everyone should know that.

The creature is so corrupt that he cannot stop breaking the law, it will get worst for him. Putin is savvy, he has to know he lost with the creature, that the creature is too much of a liability.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. Putin wants to weaken the U.S. in the world

Sowing division accomplishes Putin's goals, so he may continue to fund The Dumbest Don as long as it keeps the U.S. divided and too preoccupied to help democracies around the world.

[flibbitygiblets]

20. ding ding ding!

He'll continue to be Putin's useful idiot even if he does get impeached/convicted/voted out. Because his followers aren't going anywhere. They don't care if he betrayed our country. They. Don't. Care.

[dalton99a]

2. Trump Meets With LaPierre to Discuss How N.R.A. Could Support Political Defense

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/politics/trump-lapierre-nra-impeachment.html
Trump Meets With LaPierre to Discuss How N.R.A. Could Support Political Defense
By Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
Sept. 27, 2019 Updated 6:23 p.m. ET

President Trump met in the Oval Office on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, and discussed prospective gun legislation and whether the N.R.A. could provide support for the president as he faces impeachment and a more difficult re-election campaign, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

It was not clear whether Mr. Trump asked Mr. LaPierre for his support, or if the idea was pitched by the N.R.A. During the meeting, Mr. LaPierre asked that the White House “stop the games” over gun control legislation, people familiar with the meeting said.

It was unclear what the N.R.A.’s financial support would look like, and whether it would pay for ads, as it did during Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Mr. LaPierre has been a leader in an aggressive campaign by gun rights advocates to influence the White House in the months since the back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. In a series of calls and meetings, he has tried to move Mr. Trump away from proposing any sort of background check measures that he said after the mass shootings he might support.

[Marie Marie]

3. He really, really, really doesn't get it.

He is too stupid to live. I'm surprised he knows how to breath.

[tblue37]

8. With all that sniffing, I'm not sure he does. nt

[Marie Marie]

26. I think that is the adderall kicking in and telling him to breath.

[bdamomma]

4. tRump

is desperate, and going to LaPierre so more Americans will be getting killed with guns???

Both of these thugs want favours. You do this for me, I'll do this for you. What scum. That's how I take it.

[inanna]

5. K & R

...

[ffr]

6. What a wimpy mooch. tRump's stock is plummeting.

[tblue37]

7. K&R. He just can't refrain from committing felonies, even for a day. nt

[Moral Compass]

9. Another impeachable offense

He truly has no sense of right and wrong.

When you view the vicious, violently amoral Roy Cohn as a mentor and role model—well, this is what you get.

He truly thinks there was nothing wrong with that phone call and the subsequent coverup. As he also sees no problem with exchanging legislative direction for funding of his legal bills. Yet another quid pro quo.

[mudstump]

10. What is the matter with this mf..er?

[keithbvadu2]

12. Is that getting really close to 'quid pro quo'?

Is that getting really close to 'quid pro quo'?

[coti]

23. No, it's plainly a quid pro quo and a bribe, and illegal nt

[Takket]

13. he has to go beg his handlers in the NRA for money?

Thought he was a billionaire??????????

He is PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[czarjak]

15. He's a billionaire about like he's an Evangelical and a great Christian.

[central scrutinizer]

16. Only a loser spends his own money

When he can bully, extort, steal or in some other way get some one else to pay

[Takket]

17. true enough, if he can get his dumb fuck, mouth breathing, NRA deplorable, suckers

to pay for his lawyers, he may as well, right????

[MurrayDelph]

14. NRA is going to lose

it's tax-exempt status.

(And long overdue)

[Kensan]

18. How about they just disband the organization altogether...

sort of how Congress crushed ACORN. I'm pretty sure if they look at the money trail (and the Russian honey, Maria Butina) Congress could find something that rises to the level of a felony offense.

[MurrayDelph]

21. Works for me

I think losing its tax-exempt status would be a big step in that direction.

[coti]

22. Yeah, that's illegal on both ends. They both should be going to jail. nt

[sheshe2]

27. The more the merrier!

[SergeStorms]

24. What's one more felony at this point?

Dim Donnie has so many felonies racked up against him at this point he really has nothing to lose. LaPierre, on the other hand.....

[Generic Brad]

25. They can't pay for coffee in their break room!

Looks like they will have to shoot some couches to see if they can shake out any change from the cushions.

[Frustratedlady]

28. Oh, wow! This probably gives me more hope than anything else.

It shows information is flowing into sources that can expose it to the public. It will surprise me if the Democrats even need an inquiry hearing before an impeachment vote. I doubt McConnell will even be able to block the vote in the Senate.

Get out of the way, Republicans. You are about to meet the devil who is going to lead you to your fate. Her name is Pelosi!