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So what does firing Yates tell us? (Original Post) djsunyc Jan 2017 OP
Groper Don the Con and his Goons will learn fast malaise Jan 2017 #1
We're living in a dictatorship 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #2
that is how it works in Wisconsin jodymarie aimee Jan 2017 #3
Nixon on steroids. Or meth. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #4
forget going Afromania Jan 2017 #7
This is a replay of the Saturday Night Massacre WhiteTara Jan 2017 #5
That they are full of HOPE Sessions gets in sooner rather then later? jmg257 Jan 2017 #6
"We" have known this for months. pangaia Jan 2017 #8
not shocking manchu Jan 2017 #9
true djsunyc Jan 2017 #15
I think all Obama appointees will be fired regardless of what they do Sanity Claws Jan 2017 #10
He woke a sleeping giant and he has no idea what will be coming Greywing Jan 2017 #11
You are with out a doubt Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #18
That's he's an idiot NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #12
It tells me that Democrats are incredibly brave C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #13
Yes... Snackshack Jan 2017 #14
here's djsunyc Jan 2017 #16
It tells us how desperate he is Uponthegears Jan 2017 #17
Follows his pattern "you're fired". old guy Jan 2017 #19
Dictator,Crybaby,My way or the highway.,Does not play well with others coco22 Jan 2017 #20
He's still playing his character on The Apprentice. Tatiana Jan 2017 #21
No dissent bdamomma Jan 2017 #22
Trump REALLY likes firing people Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2017 #23
microDICKtator elehhhhna Jan 2017 #24
He's a fucking narcissistic psychopath who won't listen to anybody. Initech Jan 2017 #25
Tells me she's a hero for every decent person. Hope more follow, and are ultimately rewarded. Hoyt Jan 2017 #26
Wreck of the old 97 struggle4progress Jan 2017 #27
How did Trump just replace Yates as in right now? Rex Jan 2017 #28

Afromania

(2,768 posts)
7. forget going
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:39 PM
Jan 2017

that mother*** has been rolling on dirt for a week. Now its rolling on air straight down to the 3rd level of hell.

manchu

(645 posts)
9. not shocking
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:41 PM
Jan 2017

Sally Yates made a calculated decision to fall on her sword. I think it was a win/win scenario for her. She got to leave a position she probably loathed, working for Trump and she just put her name on the political map. Trump had no choice but to fire her after what she said and she knew it. So kudos to Yates for outfoxing Trump.

Sanity Claws

(21,846 posts)
10. I think all Obama appointees will be fired regardless of what they do
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:41 PM
Jan 2017

Trump has no problems with removing all competent staff. He wants loyal and
Servile people

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
18. You are with out a doubt
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:48 PM
Jan 2017

on the right trail. Trump just opened the big door for Impeachment. Nixon learned you do not have the DOJ doing your dirty work.

Nothing worse than your staff going Deep Throat and that will happen.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
12. That's he's an idiot
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:43 PM
Jan 2017

Now they don't have anyone who can sign certain orders for the government to run.

He thinks this makes him look tough but it just makes him look like a petty loser.

C_U_L8R

(44,999 posts)
13. It tells me that Democrats are incredibly brave
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:43 PM
Jan 2017

And we're going to fight Trump fearlessly, boldly and with righteous ferocity... just like Sally Yates

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
14. Yes...
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:44 PM
Jan 2017

It is very clear. In the press conference today Spicer said anyone in the State Department (presumably meaning those using the Dissent Channel concerning the Muslim ban) should either get in line with trumps program or get out.

So...

The man who bemoaned about President Obama acting like a dictator...is going to act like a dictator.

 

Uponthegears

(1,499 posts)
17. It tells us how desperate he is
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:47 PM
Jan 2017

he had to pull her successor out of a US Attorneys Office because there was no one at Justice who would play ball.

old guy

(3,283 posts)
19. Follows his pattern "you're fired".
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:48 PM
Jan 2017

This goon thinks this is a TV show. I cannot imagine where this will end.

bdamomma

(63,837 posts)
22. No dissent
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:50 PM
Jan 2017

No respect for the law or the Constitution.

This man needs to be............................Fill in the sentence.

Can't they take this geez I was going to say the Supreme Court but who is that jerk going to appoint.

tRump better not mess around with Schumer. Schumer is pissed.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
28. How did Trump just replace Yates as in right now?
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:36 PM
Jan 2017

Did someone tell him how the three branches of government work?

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