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steve2470

(37,456 posts)
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 07:59 PM Nov 2019

MSNBC guest: No money changed hands so no bribery, Hunter Biden blah blah blah

I forget the name of this CPAC guest, but it seems like the defense has now shifted to "this was ATTEMPTED bribery, so no big deal" and of course throwing in Hunter Biden to muddy the waters.

I'll try to get the guest's name, give me a few minutes.

eta: Guest was Matt Slapp.

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MSNBC guest: No money changed hands so no bribery, Hunter Biden blah blah blah (Original Post) steve2470 Nov 2019 OP
He's full of it. Attempted Bribery is Bribery. cureautismnow Nov 2019 #1
Matt Schlapp OliverQ Nov 2019 #2
Matt Schlapp brucefan Nov 2019 #3
i hate Matt Schlapp ... hate hate hate him hate him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! trueblue2007 Nov 2019 #25
Schlapp made no sense at all C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #4
As soon as his piggy face appeared on my TV The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #5
Ugh! smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #14
HA! That fuckface is a GOP asshole. BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #6
I don't get why Melber gives these fools any airtime Blaukraut Nov 2019 #7
If Melber would call him out on his lies, the truth 42bambi Nov 2019 #26
Dear media: If you talk to Republicans with no pushback on their lies, you help them lie. BuffaloJackalope Nov 2019 #8
Matt Schlapp is the scum of the earth. badhair77 Nov 2019 #9
And I'm being kind. badhair77 Nov 2019 #11
Fascists don't like Democracy Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #17
The "spontaneous" protest. They seem nice. Yeah, be best, guys. badhair77 Nov 2019 #20
They helped shut down the recount. Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #22
And I will scorn them forever. badhair77 Nov 2019 #23
Ari lets them talk gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #10
Most of the time that's a good way to expose the liars. 42bambi Nov 2019 #28
SCHLAPP?!?!? Founding member of the Brooks Brothers Riot? Moostache Nov 2019 #12
aka a fucking moron malaise Nov 2019 #13
MSNBC watchers don't need to listen to this quatch bullshit Soviet-Trumpspeak Mr. Ected Nov 2019 #15
Schlapp is a dickbag. n/t NCLefty Nov 2019 #16
Doesn't matter whether or not it's successful or not Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2019 #18
Why isn't anyone calling this by its correct name?? "SOLICITATION of a bribe" Alithea Nov 2019 #19
Maybe all those people know what they're talking about. (nt) ehrnst Nov 2019 #21
Maybe, but it looks like a constitutional scholar says the same as me Alithea Nov 2019 #30
Can you tell me where in all those that they say "everyone is wrong" to call it bribery? ehrnst Nov 2019 #31
They refer to the bribery count as "solicitation of bribery" n/t Alithea Nov 2019 #32
No, that's not saying all those others are "wrong," to call it attempted bribery. ehrnst Nov 2019 #34
Whatever Alithea Nov 2019 #35
Another non-answer. ehrnst Nov 2019 #36
Or even more accurately, extortion Cosmocat Nov 2019 #33
fuck schlapp spanone Nov 2019 #24
I'm really surprised MSNBC have schlapphead back on. He's an enabler. OnDoutside Nov 2019 #27
Matt Schlapp has the distinction of being the only Republican whose name tells you Atticus Nov 2019 #29
 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
2. Matt Schlapp
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:02 PM
Nov 2019

His wife works at the White House. He's a deranged Trump sycophant. He's also the guy that knew Mueller was going to be shut down by Barr ahead of time.

C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
4. Schlapp made no sense at all
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:05 PM
Nov 2019

Contorted circular arguments and obvious deflections. Schlapp had his head up his ass on live tv. Yeah, he has no shame.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
5. As soon as his piggy face appeared on my TV
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:06 PM
Nov 2019

I lunged for the remote. He's one of the worst of the GOPer apologists.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
6. HA! That fuckface is a GOP asshole.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:07 PM
Nov 2019

"Matthew Aaron "Matt" Schlapp is an American political activist and lobbyist who is chairman of the American Conservative Union, the oldest conservative lobbying organization in the country. He leads the lobbying firm of Cove Strategies. He is also a Fox News political contributor."

Blaukraut

(5,689 posts)
7. I don't get why Melber gives these fools any airtime
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:07 PM
Nov 2019

Yeah, he likes to do his lawyer thing, but their lies shouldn't be dignified with any attention whatsoever.

badhair77

(4,191 posts)
9. Matt Schlapp is the scum of the earth.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:08 PM
Nov 2019

Always trying to talk over other guests, always obnoxious. Look back at the pictures of the Brooks Bros mob invading the Florida recount. He’s front and center. Once a pig, always a pig trying to intimidate.

badhair77

(4,191 posts)
20. The "spontaneous" protest. They seem nice. Yeah, be best, guys.
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 12:45 PM
Nov 2019

He’s the guy in the middle, next to the guy in the jacket. None of them were local, they were all flown in to cause the recount to stop. Thanks, Bush.

Kid Berwyn

(14,642 posts)
22. They helped shut down the recount.
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 03:26 PM
Nov 2019

Then Bush stole Florida...ignored the warnings Bin Laden determined to strike in the US*...and got us into wars without end.

It’s how fascists operate.

* The late Jim Hatfield’s last article from July 2001 and his death by suicide:

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/pearly/htmls1/bush-laden.html

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
12. SCHLAPP?!?!? Founding member of the Brooks Brothers Riot?
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:11 PM
Nov 2019

Google this piece of ass lint from 2000 recount, he is a total piece of shit. Fuck him, hard with sharp objects in places not for pleasure.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
15. MSNBC watchers don't need to listen to this quatch bullshit Soviet-Trumpspeak
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:26 PM
Nov 2019

There is no argument from the other side, only deflections consisting of disjointed partisan potshots and a fantasy-level denial of the incontrovertible. This is not newsworthy. It is politics sans facts. For the network to allow it to be disseminated at a time when we should be carefully policing our airwaves for propaganda is an affront to the American people. The press seems to be aiding and abetting the systematic disassembly of our government and providing a mouthpiece for Putin and those with malicious intentions. I guess they're cool with trashing the first amendment and replacing it with TASS and Pravda...and Facebook.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,353 posts)
18. Doesn't matter whether or not it's successful or not
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 10:24 AM
Nov 2019

I mean, if you attempt to murder somebody but somebody stops you, that obviously doesn't mean that you're off the hook. Certainly, this is not what Republicans are arguing, is it?

 

Alithea

(99 posts)
19. Why isn't anyone calling this by its correct name?? "SOLICITATION of a bribe"
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 11:53 AM
Nov 2019

It is much easier for people to intuitively understand that "solicitation of a bribe" is a crime, is morally objectionable, and is harmful to the public, rather than "attempted bribery", which (incorrectly) sounds like a mere attempt at a crime.

"Solicitation of a bribe" is and sounds like a crime. It is a crime regardless of whether the thing of value was ever received. People understand this.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bribery#
"Bribery refers to the offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving of any item of value as a means of influencing the actions of an individual holding a public or legal duty. [...] Solicitation of a bribe also constitutes a crime and is completed regardless of whether the solicitation results in the receipt of a valuable gift."

Here, Trump was soliciting a bribe by asking Zelensky to give him something of persona value (i.e. announcement of Biden investigations on CNN) in exchange for carrying out the duties of his office (i.e. sending the earmarked military aid to Ukraine). There is plenty of evidence of all of the above. Case closed.


[Reposted from a few days ago. https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12719031]

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
31. Can you tell me where in all those that they say "everyone is wrong" to call it bribery?
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 10:30 AM
Nov 2019

Can't find it.

Thx.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
34. No, that's not saying all those others are "wrong," to call it attempted bribery.
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 01:00 PM
Nov 2019

You're welcome.

Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
33. Or even more accurately, extortion
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 01:00 PM
Nov 2019

Bribabary is pretty much the carrot.

What these assholes did was extortion.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
29. Matt Schlapp has the distinction of being the only Republican whose name tells you
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 08:27 PM
Nov 2019

exactly what most would like to do to him after listening to him for 30 seconds.

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