Maxine Waters congratulates Sean Spicer for having 'more guts than Jeff Sessions'

[n2doc]

Maxine Waters?Verified account
@MaxineWaters

Congratulations Sean Spicer. You've got more guts than Jeff Sessions!

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[samnsara]

1. part of me applauds sessions for standing up to the bully!

[lame54]

2. I'm torn on Sessions...

Will his replacement be worse?
Probably not
But what he won't be is - Recused

Sessions hanging on may be a good thing

[Duppers]

6. Exactly!

That's what I've been saying.

The big negative, besides Sessions' obvious racism, is his pushing forfeiture laws which are hurting people. But wouldn't it be nice if Trump, in the long run, were rendered penniless because of such laws!

However, if Sessions quit, he would be replaced with someone not recused from the Russian investigations, as you said, and all the power that comes with that position.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Great response by Maxine.

Sessions wont ever give up that job, he will have to be fired.

Sessions isnt qualified to wax floors at the local Costco, but is in fact in a position where he can END voting by black people, END marriage rights for gays when the SC revokes that, where he can work toward making slavery legal again.

Sessions cant believe his luck, given his life long dream is to destroy black people, that is.

[UTUSN]

4. R#9 & K

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[VaBchTgerLily]

5. you go Maxine! Maxine Waters has spunk-just love it!!!

[pnwmom]

7. I think we'd be WORSE off if Sessions quit.

Anyone Trump picked to replace him would be just as far right; but a Sessions replacement wouldn't have to recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation.

[ancianita]

9. Yep, she definitely needs to chill.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

10. What exactly do you mean, Ancianita?

Why does Maxine"definitely need to chill"? Take your time, I'll wait...

[ancianita]

11. "Chill" has pretty clear connotations. What are you trying to get at?

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

14. What I am "getting at" is that the way that it sound is that

You seem to be saying that Maxine "Needs to take a seat" & most of the folks on DU, feel that she needs to not only press on BUT put on spiked boots & go full medieval on their collective asses.....THAT'S what I'm getting at.

[ancianita]

16. Nope. She's usually on point. But she shares with Sessions an antipathy for Trump, and could just

let his message to the GOP about Trump stand alone for now.

Sessions' message to his GOP colleagues is this: When you work with or for Trump, he'll turn on you over any minor or major difference.

Right now, he's dares Trump to fire him. Which Trump's team knows will only add to the list of 'obstruction of justice' acts that the FBI is building.

But this time, as people said above and below my post, there are better reasons why Waters needs to just let their fights be public and between them for now. Public duke-outs work in the FBI's and Democrats' favor.

And yes, I'm with you. I do love the drubbing she gives them when the Democrats need to stand up.

[Samantha]

12. Lawrence O'Donnell made the point in the last two days that Trump can't get to Mueller

using the Attorney General to fire him. He wants to see Sessions go so he can replace him with a new Attorney General who would be willing to do that.

When Mueller was brought on, the introduction of him specifically said he could only be fired for just cause. Looking at the reasons Trump, et al., presented in the last couple of days as conflicts of interest Mueller has, one was he belonged to one the same golf courses as Trump, and he had made political donations to people's campaigns (which Federal employees are allowed to do). So good luck with those issues.

Sam

[n2doc]

15. Who would be worse that could get confirmed?

And Sessions has other, much nastier goals, like refighting the Drug Wars and making the DOJ a bastion of white supremacy.

[Cryptoad]

8. Ouche

[dembotoz]

13. so in the end, spicer has some standards....who woulda thunk it

[XRubicon]

17. I despise Sessions but he needs to stay for now

He is recused. Any replacement would not be.