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Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 01:46 PM Oct 2019

people -- even Schiff -- are misquoting Mulvaney.

People are quoting Mulvaney as saying "...it happens all the time."

THAT IS NOT THE ACTUAL QUOTE.

Mulvaney said "...WE DO IT ALL THE TIME."

Enormous difference. I keep hearing the wrong one on teevee.

And now Schiff has quoted the wrong one in his tweet.

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people -- even Schiff -- are misquoting Mulvaney. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Oct 2019 OP
Chairman Schiff didn't encase the quote with quotation marks Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #1
yeah but his voice is perhaps the most important in the country... Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #5
Maybe Rudy could represent Mickey. Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #2
considering the GOP tried to censure Schiff for a paraphrase maxsolomon Oct 2019 #3
yes Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #6
They are making t-shirts so I doubt they will denounce dewsgirl Oct 2019 #4
He actually said both flotsam Oct 2019 #7

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
5. yeah but his voice is perhaps the most important in the country...
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 01:56 PM
Oct 2019

...and the meaning of "WE DO IT ALL THE TIME" is precise and inculpatory. "It happens..." is a deliberate shift that someone crafted in the re-telling. Not Schiff. He is just repeating it.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
3. considering the GOP tried to censure Schiff for a paraphrase
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 01:52 PM
Oct 2019

and President Asshole won't leave it alone, Dems have to be Jesus H. Christ in every aspect of their professional conduct.

"That's just the way it is" -the Both-Sides Press.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
7. He actually said both
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 03:38 PM
Oct 2019

From the transcript

Mick Mulvaney: (22:35)
We do that all the time with foreign policy. We were holding up money at the same time for what was it? The Northern triangle countries. We were holding up aid at the Northern triangle countries so that they would change their policies on immigration. By the way, and this speaks to an important … I’m sorry? This speaks to important point because I heard this yesterday and I can never remember the gentleman who … Was it McKinney? Is that his name? I don’t know him. He testified yesterday. And if you go and if you believe the news reports, because we’ve not seen any transcripts of this. The only transcript I’ve seen was Sondland’s testimony this morning.

Mick Mulvaney: (23:08)
If you read the news reports and you believe them, what did McKinney say yesterday? Well, McKinney said yesterday that he was really upset with the political influence in foreign policy. That was one of the reasons he was so upset about this. And I have news for everybody. Get over it. There’s going to be political influence in foreign policy.

https://www.rev.com/blog/mick-mulvaney-briefing-transcript-get-over-it-regarding-ukraine-quid-pro-quo

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