Lindsey Graham - " I know Donald Trump Jr. is new to politics."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Maybe O.J. should have a got a pass for lobbing two people's domes off because he was new to murder.

SMH

[Thrill]

1. But this isn't about politics

This is treason

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I O K I Y A R

[Moostache]

13. Exactly....there is no crime too stupid to forgive to Republicans...IYAR that is! (n/t)

[beachbum bob]

2. Nice...translation to real speak...we didn't know how stupid

Trump jr was....he should be given a free pass....lol

[emulatorloo]

4. Good pushback on this meme from CNN's Gloria Borger

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/but-hes-new-to-this

But He’s New To This

By JOSH MARSHALL Published JULY 11, 2017 5:48 PM

Nice understatement here from Gloria Borger just now on CNN:

"And Don Jr. clearly has not been involved in politics. But he is an American citizen. And you get this kind of an e-mail from Russia – even though you know the people who are tangentially involved, because don’t forget you’re dealing with a family who the patriarch was involved in the Miss Universe pageant with Donald Trump. So there is a relationship there. But you get this kind of an e-mail and you should shake your head and say, “What are you talking about? And maybe we ought to get the FBI in on this.”

[wishstar]

5. Sen. Warner got it right today when he said "lying is not a rookie mistake"

[Barack_America]

6. I'm waiting for "affluenza" to be presented as an excuse.

[LeftInTX]

17. Don't give them ideas!!

[Fresh_Start]

7. the problem isn't that he's new to politics...its that he's new to consequences

and he doesn't have the excuse of immature brain or lack of education or lack of access to legal guidance....

[dalton99a]

8. Bingo.

[Fresh_Start]

14. I'm an employee of a global company

and every year I have to go through training on ethics, anti-bribery, anti-corruption...etc...

bribery is offering,promising,giving,accepting or receiving anything of value from a non-US government official [as a US company's employee]

[VOX]

20. Precisely! Their private-sector bullying, lying & litigiousness don't work well in the public arena.

#45 and Co. can't get a firm toehold in their latest gambit -- fleecing the entire country. Their strong-arm tactics, deceit and legal battling (an average day in private business) just don't play well as executive-branch policy/diplomacy.

[spanone]

9. fucking republicans will twist themselves into pretzels to not criticize their own

[VOX]

23. It's the *sole* attribute of Republicans that I wish Democrats did more of...

I wish Democrats had more discipline in this one area: defending their own. Too often, it seems, Democrats expend valuable time and resources fighting among one another, especially in the face of this extreme existential threat.

[boston bean]

10. The first time someone commits armed robbery, they were new to that crime as well.

[DefenseLawyer]

11. With more experience he can become a better liar.

Like Lindsey.

[Solly Mack]

12. I'm not in politics at all and I know better.

Jr. has no excuse. None.

[LonePirate]

15. Since when is ignorance of the law a plausible defense?

[MyNameIsKhan]

16. If he was new, he should have kept himself out of campaign or should consulted

campaign attorney...

[Mr. Ected]

18. He'll be new to prison life someday, too

But those days will soon fade from his memory.

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. Nice try Lindsey, Junior may be new, but Paul Manafort certainly is NOT. Pathetic excuse. Sad.

Three top level advisors to the President of the United States were in that meeting, and Manafort is no "rookie".

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. Manafort is a lawyer.

[NastyRiffraff]

21. I'm not IN politics

Never have been. But I do know not to meet with a Russian operative in the hopes of getting dirt on a candidate. I ALSO know that Russia is a hostile country. It is NOT our friend.

[Initech]

24. The "it's my first day" defense might work for Homer Simpson...

But in no way shape or form does it excuse the behavior of the president of the United States or his dimwitted son!