Why is there no attention to Senator Chuck Grassley saying He was going to

[PA_jen]

oversee the votes on Jan 6th?

This fact gets brought up and then fades in the background. Does that prove Chuck was willing to help this attempted coup?

Not to mention the fact 197 members of house and Senate did or had plan to contest the election certification. How many of those 197 members knew and help with this coup attempt. Will we see them be held accountable?

[madashelltoo]

1. Yes!

He said that days before anything popped off. He was part of the mess too. The Secret Service was supposed to whisk Pence away so Grassley could count and toss out “supposedly” challenged votes.

[SharonClark]

2. I'd love to hear that Grassley has been

required to testify before the Jan6 Committee.
His statement should warrant an investigation of his collusion with the insurrectionists.

[overleft]

21. This and Pence's reluctance to get in the limo seem connected to me.

[budkin]

3. I think he's going to get his comeuppance

Let's see how it all ends...

[leftieNanner]

4. I like your attitude and I hope you are right

My guess for next year - he will be reelected in November (barf) and then shortly after he is sworn in, he will retire from the Senate to "spend more time with his family". And then have the governor appoint his grandson to take his place.

Would love it if the J6 Committee would have a chat with him as well as Josh Hawley.

[brooklynite]

5. Because it's not consequential.

For all we know, someone told him Pence wouldn’t show up and he needed to be ready step in. Doesn’t mean he was aware of some effort to force Pence to stay away, which is a plot nobody has suggested.

[SharonClark]

9. It would be consequential if he had to tell

the committee who told him Pence wouldn’t be there. Pence not being there would be big news and the senile old bastard should have questioned that entire premise if he was told that.

[TimeToGo]

13. It may not be consquential . . .

There may be a benign explanation.

Wouldn't mind hearing it.

[czarjak]

20. Make Cheating ConseQuential Again

[questionseverything]

29. The obvious version is

Grassley was told pence would be kept away and grassley would have to cover so trump could be reinstated

[malaise]

6. K & R

He was part of the coup - Slobby’s SS were to take Pence away and this fool would have taken over proceedings - he spilled the beans

[OnDoutside]

8. It would be great to get some corroboration of that.

[SharonClark]

10. The corroboration might not be necessary

if Grassley had to testify under oath.

[OnDoutside]

7. Because he will lie ?

[cloudboy07]

16. since when do the republican Taliban tell the truth ? jeeze !

[Irish_Dem]

11. It is looking like the GOP traitor senators will be protected at all costs.

This is how a dictatorship works, the wealthy and powerful elite are always protected and do not have to follow the law.

Besides McConnell will never give up his de facto majority.

[erronis]

17. We have to wonder how much Sinema and Manchin are being rewarded as moles

Obviously Manchin is already filthy rich and Sinema probably has more cash in her wallet than most Americans have earned during their lives.

There are other rewards that may be awaiting them.

I really doubt that either of them are dumb enough to expect some xian lord to whisk them away to a non-West Virginian Heaven, or that they would rely on a djt IOU. Probably a huge promise of extreme power. No longer needing to kowtow to their hilly-billies that elected them - just unadulterated oligarchic power. Sort of what we see in their dreams - Russia/Moscow/Putin.

Or maybe there's just the good old-fashioned blackmail/extortion racket. You deliver for us or we'll kill you, or spill your beans all over the highway.

Hope some film-makers for the future are gathering a bunch of background info now!

[Irish_Dem]

22. My theory about M and S:

When McConnell lost big in GA, he activated Plan B.

McConnell is old school Machiavellian, I feel certain he has dossiers on all sitting members of Congress. He knows how to push everyone's buttons. He pushed the buttons of M and S big time.

S grew up dirt poor, so we can guess money turns her head. M is mega rich but loves power, attention, flattery. They may also have secrets they do not want revealed.

Both S and M were easy targets. I am sure McConnell has a Plan C as well.

McConnell is one of the most powerful men in the word. But keeps low key about it.
He keeps his troops under lock step control. And controls a great deal around him.
I seriously doubt we will ever hear the details about how he works and the dastardly deeds he has done.

[erronis]

24. But McC is not smart enough by himself. Even the (r)operatives don't have the skills.

I'll posit the McC is yet again just a face for a group that has much more knowledge and control than anyone under the shrinking repuglicon umbrella can muster. I think the turtle's biggest personal asset is how he mumbles his words and makes everyone think they are masterful.

I don't know if it is the normal axis of libertarians/profiteers/xians or maybe some other fun outside groups. Not to think that McC's China ties are important, tho.

[Irish_Dem]

25. Of course McConnell is working under the auspices of higher ups.

You don't get to be one of the most powerful men in the world by ignoring world oligarchs.

McConnell is very smart, ruthless and devious. But he must have the backing of those richer and more powerful than he is. He is a useful idiot in the minds of the world oligarchs.

McConnell is not well spoken, no charisma, and singularly unattractive. His biggest asset is his ability to cheat, lie, threaten, cajole, manipulate others to his will. And carry water for the oligarchs.

Which oligarchs? I think McConnell sells out to the highest bidder on any given day.
But yes Russia, China, Saudi are top contenders for being his minders.

[tableturner]

12. K and R......

[Quanto Magnus]

14. I think...

nearly the entire GOP side of Congress was in on it. At a minimum all the ones who still voted to not certify the vote.

Most were just smart enough to not be so public about it.

[erronis]

18. Yes. They were either actively part of it or were so piss-in-the-pants scared that they went along.

[Cha]

15. Get Grassley before the J6C

[erronis]

19. And start hoovering up his scat now by the DOJ/FBI.

[Rebl2]

23. Good question

He should be subpoenaed.

[Evolve Dammit]

26. Really good observation. Call 1-6 Commission hotline. Seriously

[Nevilledog]

27. Everytime someone asks him he starts talking about pigeons in his yard.

[soldierant]

28. I thought it was 147 rather than 197 - not that

147 isn't still 147 too many, and a huge number.