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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone doubt that some prominent Republicans are being blackmailed. [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)57. They were inside the DNC as early as 2015
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Does anyone doubt that some prominent Republicans are being blackmailed. [View all]
Rustynaerduwell
Jan 2018
OP
They absolutely both can be true, but the simpler answer is that they're just monsters.
Bleacher Creature
Jan 2018
#40
Filling their coffers with lots of cash seems the preferred method of corruption.
L. Coyote
Jan 2018
#7
that's the side effects of the Russian collusion / money laundering investigation
azureblue
Jan 2018
#14
Grassley, Graham and Cruz all hate Trump. And yet they are standing in line to kiss his bum.
OregonBlue
Jan 2018
#11
Orrin Hatch. He went from hating trump to pronouncing he may be the greatest
notdarkyet
Jan 2018
#16
Frankly, I think a few of them are willfully complicit...no blackmail required.
Wounded Bear
Jan 2018
#12
McConnell announced no SCOTUS replacement on February 13, about an hour after Scalia confirmed dead
Justice
Jan 2018
#20
Point also made by several that Trump is very useful pawn to GOP advancing its agenda
Justice
Jan 2018
#21
Im guessing it goes back to his involvement in the Keating S&L scandal from the 90s.
LonePirate
Jan 2018
#54
Trumpy has dirt on Orrin Hatch. That's why Orrin sounded like he's senile when he was
Eyeball_Kid
Jan 2018
#41
Since I have no evidence one way or the other, I have no reason to believe they are...
brooklynite
Jan 2018
#60