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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumspeople -- 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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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...so it wasn't meant to be a direct quote.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)...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.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)They are coming for you Mickey.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)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.
Schiff's staff should have caught this prior to tweet.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Schiff on this one.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)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
Im 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 dont know him. He testified yesterday. And if you go and if you believe the news reports, because weve not seen any transcripts of this. The only transcript Ive seen was Sondlands 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. Theres 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