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imanamerican63

(13,764 posts)
Sat May 20, 2017, 08:42 AM May 2017

After all the crazy news of the past 2 weeks about Trump and his scandals.......

Why are there so many of the GOP willing to put their careers on the line for this clown? There are a few of them who are willing to criticize Trump in one sentence and in other sentence that they don't see that the law has been broken. They rather put party before country. The sad part of that, the Dems have done the same at times. We can see Trump has violated the law many times, just in the past 120 days. When will the Senate and Congress do something about this? They need to do some now and not when they feel like it. Our country is headed down a road that is very scary and maybe no chance to return to a country where the American people have their say in how this country is run. Note to the GOP: get it together and let's put this to rest and get rid of Trump and his goons!

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After all the crazy news of the past 2 weeks about Trump and his scandals....... (Original Post) imanamerican63 May 2017 OP
Its that sweet Russian PAC money they all received Generic Brad May 2017 #1
the gop - party bereft of compassion, empathy. they're the party of profits...nothing else matters spanone May 2017 #2
We live in two separate realities here in America. yallerdawg May 2017 #3
You give KGOP far too much credit. They are not simply placing party over country or MedusaX May 2017 #4

Generic Brad

(14,274 posts)
1. Its that sweet Russian PAC money they all received
Sat May 20, 2017, 08:48 AM
May 2017

Knowingly received.

The are all complicit and they all know it. Their continuous denials that there is even a problem here highlights to me that they all have their hands in this cookie jar. Actions speak louder than words.

spanone

(135,815 posts)
2. the gop - party bereft of compassion, empathy. they're the party of profits...nothing else matters
Sat May 20, 2017, 08:49 AM
May 2017

they love trump.

they WANT tax reform. lowering their taxes.

Koch Brothers' Network Readies Major Push for Tax Reform

Coming soon to your television, smart phone, front door, mailbox and landline: a multi-million-dollar push for tax reform, courtesy of the political and policy network backed by the billionaire Koch brothers.

Americans for Prosperity and the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce on Thursday are set to announce an all-out campaign for a tax overhaul that closely resembles the broad ideas proposed at the White House earlier this year. Calling for a simplified tax code, fewer tax brackets and deductions and across-the-board reduction of rates, the plan is likely to be very popular among conservatives in the Republican Party who have yet to see tangible victories from a Republican-controlled Washington.

The plan, however, could eliminate popular tax deductions, such as those for mortgages and charitable giving. The Koch backers say the current system makes it unfair for taxpayers and gives government undue control over individuals' and corporations' choices.

The three-page outline, obtained by TIME, is intentionally vague but offers a starting point for discussion, a rallying point for activists and a promise to lawmakers that the Koch behemoth will have their backs. It also suggests that the Kochs are ready to kick into high gear the millions of activists who are scattered across the country and looking to rally for something, and not just against Democrats.

http://time.com/4783601/koch-brothers-tax-reform/

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
3. We live in two separate realities here in America.
Sat May 20, 2017, 08:56 AM
May 2017

I have heard - astoundingly! - how this is all a repeat of the "media takedown of Richard Nixon!"

They say - the "elite establishment" will do anything within its power to maintain the status quo, and Trump is just the next target particularly when he was elected to tear it all down!

We have our narrative of "facts" - and they have theirs!

They keep telling us this is so - and we keep telling them, "But the facts!"

It is very important for us to start kicking some ass!

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)
4. You give KGOP far too much credit. They are not simply placing party over country or
Sat May 20, 2017, 09:12 AM
May 2017

Just blindly supporting 45.

They are saving their own guilty asses.

The KGOP as a whole has been compromised -- some knowingly and others simply through party campaign funding practices....


Imagine a class of 50 high schoolers ...

5 conspired to obtain the answers to the test...
Then gave copies of the answers to 10 others in the class...
One of Those 10 utilized a public library computer to email the answers
to the entire class ..
(all 50 students including herself)
from an 'anonymous' address and
put 'test review sheet' in the subject line.

As soon as the teacher hands out the test
The 35 "unknowing" Students
begin to realize that the 'review'
Was actually the exact test....

Is anyone going to go to the teacher and say
Hey I received an email with this exact test info in it
and I used it to study for this test.....
So I refuse to take the test and demand you to give everyone a zero for cheating ....

Not likely.

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