Republicans fear they botched Russia report rollout

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




GOP lawmakers are on the defensive after challenging the intelligence community’s findings on election meddling.

By KYLE CHENEY 03/15/2018 05:05 PM EDT

House Republicans are privately venting that they’ve fumbled the release of their own Russia probe report.

The blaring headline the GOP wanted from this week’s rollout was clear: After a year of searching, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee found no evidence that President Donald Trump or his associates aided Moscow’s scheme to interfere in the 2016 election but that the nation must still prepare for another assault from the Kremlin. Instead, much of the focus has been on lawmakers’ startling conclusion that the nation's intelligence agencies botched their analysis when they determined Russia wanted Trump to defeat Hillary Clinton.

The finding once again pitted the committee's Republicans against the leaders of the intelligence community and led to a frenzy of news coverage that put members on the defensive. And rather than seizing an opportunity to highlight the Russian threat and undermine lingering questions about the Trump campaign's Russian contacts, Republicans faced a political headache of their own making.

The muddled messaging was the subject of a closed-door meeting of committee Republicans on Wednesday. According to three sources briefed on the discussion, a frustrated Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) raised pointed concerns about why critiquing intelligence agencies was even mentioned at Monday’s rollout. The finding, after all, won't be included in the committee's official Russia report — it will be the subject of a second report issued later in the spring. But the decision to link it to the committee’s Russia findings scrambled the release.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/house-intelligence-republicans-russia-probe-465805

[paleotn]

1. That's the thing about hacks....

They're for the most part incompetent. Of course the f'd it up. That's what hacks do.

[bronxiteforever]

12. Aint that the truth!

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. They are shocked and hurt that hardly anybody buys their shoddy cover-up?

[wishstar]

3. When Trey Gowdy and our entire IC disputes their conclusion, they certainly look like f**king morons

[Perseus]

9. Sad to say that they only look like fking morons to people who think

Their base is celebrating such a brilliant report.

I am amazed at women who support this idiot, women who have daughters...I cannot get it through my head how fanatical republicans are.

[workinclasszero]

37. It's a cult

Trump is their Jim Jones

[errant boy]

4. Ya THINK?

Those dimwits could botch talking a dump!

[padfun]

5. ya think??

Edit: I see we both thought of the same reply, but this kind of headline just screams this..

[0rganism]

6. ya think?

shocked! shocked am i!
joining the yathinkers

[FakeNoose]

7. Anything that Devin Nunes is in charge of

... has to be fucked up. There's no other possibility.

Just sayin'

[calimary]

16. Ya think??? !!!

[Scarsdale]

23. Nunes is such a disaster

the gop should have recognized that by now. The sneaking to the WH after dark, delivering the findings of the committee, and getting CAUGHT!! What a disaster. What is he hiding, anyway? His Russian connections to his wine business? There has to be something in this for him, apart from sucking up to tRump.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. I just don't know how or when the IC will come down hard on these guys

just wish they'd get a move on

you know ... SCHNELL! SCHNELL!

[Angry Dragon]

10. If they played truthfully with the truth they would not have that problem

[dchill]

11. They tried to tell us, "These are not the droids you're looking for."

But they forgot that they are not Jedis.

[Upthevibe]

13. How is THIS not obstruction of justice!

Seriously.... Can these people be held accountable?

[dchill]

14. Oh, it's obstruction, all right...

But apparently, only Mueller will do anything about it. Corrupt authorities do not arrest themselves.

[poboy2]

25. indeed. -nt

[MBS]

35. " " " " n/t

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. What HAVEN'T they screwed up? nt

[MurrayDelph]

17. Maybe they shouldn't

have ended the "report" with the phrase "Hail Hydra!"

[longship]

18. No shit!!!

Enough said?

[Roland99]

19. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha...omg...*breathe*...Bwa ha ha ha ha

[janx]

20. "rollout"

[blugbox]

36. Right? As if

They had presented these lies in a slick enough manner, it would have "worked" better?

They are supposed to be leading and representing our country, and yet they are constantly proven to be childlike in their thinking and acting.

This is a facts based case. You gather the facts, then present the findings. Here they are, concerned about the manner in which the information is even doled out... as if it'll influence the facts somehow.

Or maybe they are all just obstructing justice because they are complicit

[Honeycombe8]

21. The Repubs have a leaker in their midst?

Someone who was in that Repub meeting leaked? If so, that's very interesting.

[True Blue American]

22. We can do something about the incompetence.

It is called voting.

Nunes already has bill boards in his home District, calling him out.

[Nitram]

24. Glad to hear that the release of the report has been judged a fiasco.

The House Repubs look really stupid. You don't go criticizing the intelligence services without any evidence to back up your claims. It will always come back to bite you. They never forget.

[poboy2]

26. Nunes memo II- Fool me twice shame on you. -nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. REALLY?

[Zambero]

28. That midnight run. The memo. Avoidance of evidence. The whitewash report.

What could these tools possibly come up with for an encore???

[blugbox]

38. There is no way

That Mueller will ignore all these blatant actions... especially Nunes!!

[poboy2]

40. Midnight run, yeah...another one. -nt

[Achilleaze]

29. republican assclowns need to resign en masse

they are a clear and present danger to America

[yellowcanine]

30. It rolled out like a turd because it was a turd.

Just sayin'.

[lagomorph777]

32. And rather a soft turd - didn't roll very far, and left a gooey trail.

[C_U_L8R]

31. It's all optics, not facts, to these Republicans

So were the emperor's new clothes.

[lagomorph777]

33. They may want to invest in some better glasses.

It's hard to draw a sharp conclusion when looking through a smeared lens.

[Politicub]

34. There was no perfume strong enough

to mask the stench of this turd.

[Gothmog]

39. HA HA