They knew before the GOP Convention

[BSdetect]

That's when they changed the platform re sanctions on Russia.

And the GOP went along with that as they all knew what was going on.

And that is treason.

[Shell_Seas]

1. Orrin Hatch will be #46 after Trump, Pence, and Ryan all go down.

[BSdetect]

2. I would love to see them all ironically dressed in orange.

[leftstreet]

4. No. Pence will appoint Mother Pence as his VP

[Shell_Seas]

6. Ew.

[grantcart]

16. I predict he will appoint Mitch Daniels as VP.

[Nevernose]

9. I'm not sure if that Twitter theory is legit

As much as I'd like it to be. The GOP just won't let it happen. They still control all three branches of government. They don't really give a shit about their brand, either. After Nixon, Iran/Contra, impeaching the most popular modern president, 9/11, Iraq, Katrina. They'll just keep conning their way into power by convincing the little guy that rich people are on their side.

My own personal best guess is that after Trump's usefulness is at an end (which looks like it'll be sooner than expected), Trump is impeached and everyone gets a nice round of pardons.

In fact, he might just start issuing pardons today. There's nothing stopping him. It doesn't look good, but neither does firing the FBI director or licking Putin's jack boots.

[Shell_Seas]

10. Stop raining on my parade.

A girl can have dreams, can't she?

[Nevernose]

41. It's my dream too

But for it to come true, the GOP would have to have both patriotism and backbones. Talk about a fantasy!

[marlakay]

15. I agree so getting excited over media

That went from helping him to get attention and money to not helping him to get attention and money, is a waste of our time and efforts.

The efforts should be on trying to get a honest election next time if that is even possible now.

[LiberalArkie]

19. I think Air Force 1 will have an accident. That is the easiest and cleanest way to replace a

president

[SCantiGOP]

23. Will space aliens be involved?

[Shell_Seas]

28. Pew pew!

In the bizarre world we live in right now, it would not surprise me.

[Nevernose]

32. Heart attack is more likely

Old, fat, hates exercise, and even half-assing it still has the most stressful job in the world.

[ReformedGOPer]

21. I think they'll forcefully get him to resign. They won't vote to impeach

one of their own. Nixon had a democratic house of rep when he resign.

[LiberalArkie]

24. After all compared to them Nixon was a liberal and makes where no true conservative

has been impeached, only those lousy liberals.

[Nevernose]

31. Good point

But is it possible to force a narcissistic sociopath to do anything at all?

My side bet is still heart attack. He's old, fat, doesn't exercise, and even half-assing it still has the most stressful job in the world.

[ReformedGOPer]

38. True. He can claim a heart attack and resign. And good riddance to him and his own.

[NewJeffCT]

33. I don't think he can issue pardons in cases of treason

and, also not for state court charges/convictions. I am guessing that Schneidermann from NY may eventually hit him with state level charges.

[Nevernose]

40. That's my hope

In fact, I think the whole reason Ivanka and Jared were given official "jobs" was to provide them with some semblance of executive privilege. I think as long as they work for the WH, they can't be tried on the state charges, or at least they can muddy the jurisdictional waters for years.

[bora13]

12. we can't win

but you have to wonder how someone like him
would run the country post-tRump, if that were to pass.

[Seedersandleechers]

22. Not unless the Dems take the house

then it will be Pelosi. Madam President Pelosi

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Only if all 3 go down simultaneously. Very hard to arrange, but possible.

If tRump goes first, Pres Pence appoints new VP. Won't be Ryan.

If Pence goes first, Trump appoints new VP. Won't be Ryan.

If tRump & Pence go together or before their VP pick is confirmed, then Ryan gets drafted. Pretty pickle for him to be in. If he declines, then his own 2020 or 2024 Pres campaign is probably dead in the water (refusal to serve country). He is likely aiming for 2024.

[global1]

3. Has Ghoulani Weighed In On This Yet?......

He seems to have dropped out of the public eye.

[BSdetect]

7. I bet he's spilling his beans to the FBI for a deal.

[leftstreet]

5. DURec

[Botany]

8. Both McConnell and Ryan knew

Both McConnell and Ryan knew

God only knows how wide and deep this corruption goes. Ryan is in a
CYA mood right now.

How did McConnell know if he waited until after the election he would have
somebody else to vote for for SCOTUS?


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028671176 (NY Times Article)

Paul Ryan & Republican Establishment Used Hacked Info From Russia Against Democrats:

Let's not forget that a super PAC tied to Paul Ryan used material provided by Russia's hacking of the DNC and DCCC.

It was known that Russia had stolen material from the DNC and DCCC and a Paul Ryan Super PAC and as well as other Republican groups used it.

It wasn't just Hillary Clinton being attacked. It wasn't just Trump benefiting. There's potentially more collusion than just that between Trump's team and Russia.

[3catwoman3]

11. "Both McConnell and Ryan knew."

I am absolutely certain of this, especially in regard to McConnell. That rat bastad absolutely KNEW the fix was in, which is why he was so resolute in denying Merrick Garland a hearing. Even as deceitful and duplicitous a creep as McConnell would probably have had a hard time denying a SCOTUS appointment to HRC for 4 years. I'm sure he would have tried, but to stall for an entire presidential term would have been difficult, I would think.

I detest that SOB.

[Botany]

13. "they" have Ryan on tape telling fellow republicans not to talk about Trump getting $$$ ...

.... from Russia. When his staff was confronted with the tape they said Ryan was
only joking about Trump getting money from Russia.

This "Russia stuff" is just the tip of the iceberg to Republican election rigging.

[Tanuki]

29. Indeed. When Kevin McCarthy confided his suspicions that Trump and

Dana Rohrabacher were on the Kremlin payroll, Ryan went all hush-hush and directed the group to "keep it in the family." Note the date of the conversation.. June 15, 2016!


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html
"A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

Before the conversation, McCarthy and Ryan had emerged from separate talks at the Capitol with Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladi­mir Groysman, who had described a Kremlin tactic of financing populist politicians to undercut Eastern European democratic institutions.".....(more)

[ProudLib72]

14. McConnell was the brains behind it

I think turtle man was the strategist/main enabler in congress. He had to let Ryan in on the scheme. Since Ryan has no backbone or brains of his own, he just nodded. I'm not willing to let any other GOP senator off the hook entirely, but I do wonder how many of them actually wondered what was going on with Garland. Maybe they believed they were just continuing their party line of obstruction.

[Achilleaze]

17. GOP betrayed America

for the sake of their godawful republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, Comrade Casino.

Deplorable.

[MarinCoUSA]

18. Traitor Pig and the Traitor Pig Republicans who love him

Orange Pustule Hitler did not get "served" by the Ruskies at G-20.- He OFFERED himself- and the Republic- to them.
Henceforth and forevermore- TRAITOR PIG and his party TRAITOR PIG REPUBLICANS

[grantcart]

20. the reason that they pushed that plank in was so that they had "an offer of proof" that they

could deliver on policy changes after they get in the WH. After that the Russians unleashed a full push to interfere with the election.

[ffr]

25. Without the Fox Noise box this would all be over by now

But RW'ers need them as their support group. Without Fox, support from anti-American Pro-Russian KGOP loving drones would falter and so would this illegitimate administration.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. It had been in works for months. Flynn in Moscow Dec 2015; Carter Page contacts Mar. 2016.

Plus McCONnell knew, which is why he stuck his turtle neck out on blocking Merrick Garland.

[dalton99a]

30. Yep.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. Note mini-Trump accepted PREMISE of Russian govt support for Trump. The DEAL was already made.

Plus McCONnell refused to confirm Merrick Garland because he knew the scheme was in motion.

Thus by date of that first email, about a week after Republicon Convention, there had already been negotiations and agreements for that support.

The quid pro quo was the change to the Republican platform regarding sanctions against Russia and that there would be ongoing efforts by tRump to lift the sanctions.

[3catwoman3]

35. And all for effing tax breaks...

...for the wealthiest among us, who are doing just fine without them, and who don't give a rat's ass about any of the rest of us.

[They_Live]

36. Heck, I knew that they knew

before the GOP convention. Dark money is a problem.

[BSdetect]

37. And now THIS video

See around 6.50 minutes.

He brags about coming "news" re DNC etc two days before June 9th.

SO HE FUCKIN KNEW.

Traitors all.

[BSdetect]

39. This video shows what a malignant narcissist is capable of doing.

He knows its all a lie and yet attacks HRC without any shred of honesty or decency.

Around minute 7 he unleashes his rancid torrent of lies.

[BSdetect]

42. k&r