After everything Cassidy testified to ...

[NanceGreggs]

... like Trump knowing the mob was armed, and all of the other damning things she recounted, what is the GOP focused on? Whether Chubsie-ubsie could manipulate his lard-ass to be able to reach into the front of the vehicle.

And how this pretzel logic would impact Cassidy's credibility is a total mystery, given that she was merely repeating what she'd been told by others.

That means that if the information is untrue, it's the credibility of those who relayed it that is in question, not the credibility of the person who repeated it.

It seems pretty obvious that Cassidy's testimony is unimpeachable, in light of the fact that this trivial BS is what Republicans are ranting about - while not even addressing any other aspect of what she had to say under oath.

Sometimes it's better to stay silent and be thought a fool - you know the rest. Apparently the GOP doesn't.

[agingdem]

1. If the J6 hearings was a scripted mini series

Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony along with the mob-like threats would be a “Who shot JR” cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers

I know her testimony is unimpeachable…no 25 year old would use the word “clavicales” when referring to Trump’s attempt to choke Robert Engel….

[empedocles]

6. A mini series still in development, stilll being extended

[underpants]

2. As you know, their media is based on repetition

Get a story and go with it. Over and over and over. The goals are to further brainwash their followers and try to get it into the rest of the MSM discussion.

Oh and stall. Mass murder with guns - stall. Someone says something so embarrassing that they have to talk about it - stall with “…but does he have a RIGHT to say it?”

[Samrob]

3. They should be focused on the person who related the story to her. She just repeated it.

And she identified the person who related the story to her.

[LakeArenal]

26. Exactly my thought. What CH said is hearsay.

Focus on what she knows personally.

[Septua]

4. Distraction is all the GOP know to do

They all know just how damning the Committee findings have been and some of the "they" knew it before the Committee. And that crowd is running scared, very scared.

[brooklynite]

5. It WOULD impact her testimony if proven wrong.

She reported what the Secret Service agent told her. If the Secret Service agent denies it under oath, it raises the question of whether other things she said were true.

[empedocles]

7. engel seems to have a lot more, multi-faceted, vulnerability than Cassidy.

[empedocles]

8. Cassidy was well-prepared. SS denial seemed more like an off the hip,

quickie, rebuttal.

[NanceGreggs]

14. Then it would come down to ...

... a he said/she said scenario, with neither side able to prove or disprove what transpired. No gain/no loss either way.

The fact that the GOP is focused on this aspect of her testimony - rather than all of the other damning things she related - speaks for itself.

Perhaps their next move will be to bring in a forensic team to examine the dining room wall, and announce that it wasn't ketchup that hit the wall; it was tomato juice - a truly AH-HA! moment that would completely destroy Cassidy's credibility.

Of course, Meadows and Cipillone could always come out of hiding, be put under oath, and deny that the events and conversations Cassidy testified to never happened. But they're not - which means that credibility favours the speaker rather than the speechless.

[Ferryboat]

9. The most damning testimony she gave was TFG asking Meadows to call Flynn and Stone

The night of J5. This little nugget of info has largely been overlooked. Jamie Raskin will be asking questions about this during his presentation of the militia groups when the committee reconvens.

[LaMouffette]

10. I can't wait to watch the wrest-the-steering-away scene in "Trump: The Musical" one day!

I can just imagine the lyrics to the tune "Take Me to the Capitol (I'm the Fucking President!)"

"Take Me to the Capitol (I'm the Fucking President!)"

I will march! I will march!
I will march with my adoring mob!
But wait! I have those bone spurs in my arch
And plus I am a big, fat slob!

Take me to the Capitol!
I'm the fucking president, so fuck it all!
Yes, I know the mob is armed,
But they're not going to do ME harm!


Well, I think I'll leave the writing to Lin-Manuel Miranda!

[dchill]

17. You're doing a pretty good job yourself!

"Take Me to the Capitol (I'm the Fucking President!)"

It's got a ring to it!

[LaMouffette]

27. Heh-heh! Thanks. You just know that Lin-Manuel Miranda already has half the musical written already!

He's probably just waiting for "Chubsie-Ubsie," as Nance called him, to croak before he produces it on Broadway so he won't get sued.

[eShirl]

24. haha

i can't breathe

[LaMouffette]

28. Heh-heh! Feel free to add verses!

[getagrip_already]

11. If it wasn't that, it would have been anything else....

Even the type of dress she wore or her hairstyle. They would have probably labeled her a lesbian to boot.

They just make shite up. I'm not even distracted by it any more.

[niyad]

12. Nance, you nearly had me choking at chubsie-ubsie! Took me a minute to

get to the rest. With your permission, I am borrowing and spreading it.

[NanceGreggs]

16. Please feel free to share.

For those of us old enough to remember, the term Chubsie-ubsie is from a Lil' Rascals/Our Gang comedy.

[niyad]

19. Thank you for the information. I do not recall ever watching those, but then, I

do not remember much prior to mickey mouse club.

[cstamm53]

13. New Member

Although I follow DU daily, I just became a member today.
Nance Greggs has always been one of my favorite posters.

[panader0]

18. Welcome to DU. Nance is one of my favorites too.

[niyad]

20. Welcome to our DU family. So glad you finally came in from the cold. Nance

is definitely one of our best!

[FakeNoose]

15. Well yes, because deflection is all they've got

I have no doubts that Chump ordered the secret service guys to lie about this and deny they ever told Cassidy what really happened back on January 6th.

I'm sure they're mounting a new investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop - real soon.

[William769]

21. K&R.

[H2O Man]

22. Recommended.

Yesterday, I happened upon a post on an old co-worker's FB page. She was, like so many of us, amazed by Hutchinson's testimony. Some fellow who I don't know -- nor do I want to know -- insisted that: (a) everything she said has been exposed as a lie, and (b) that it was worthless anyhow, since Trump did not have a defense lawyer there to question her. These were the two most intellgent things he said, among a cluster of other nonsense.

For some reason, I decided to engage with him. It became clear that he did not know the difference between a congressional hearing and a criminal trial, or that the three branches of the federal government are distinct. As I pointed out his errors in thinking, he would try to take a dodge -- blaming the hearing on the media. I re-oriented him time and again. Eventually, he posted a final message, saying it was not fair that I had more education on the political system than him.

[NanceGreggs]

29. Yeah ...

You've got some nerve knowing stuff!

[H2O Man]

30. I felt shame.

[question everything]

23. The reality is that their leaders, at least, want to see the orange orb setting into the horizon

[Stuart G]

25. The GOP doesn't even know who said that last sentence...Do they?

(Last sentence of Original Post..)

Was it an...Honest Fellow or was it?

The internet doesn't even know who said it first...I just looked it up, lots of originators of that phrase.