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Showing Original Post only (View all)Rachel Maddow Shows How Trump Is Setting Himself Up For His Biggest Crash and Burn Yet [View all]
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/20/rachel-maddow-trump-documents.htmlPosted on Wed, Mar 20th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Rachel Maddow Shows How Trump Is Setting Himself Up For His Biggest Crash and Burn Yet
Rachel Maddow showed why Trump is setting himself up for failure by refusing to comply and turn over anything to Democratic investigators.
Maddow said:
In 1973 president Nixon tried to make history when he decided he tried not to hand over the congress anything that he did not want them to see that pertained to Watergate, specifically the white house tapes that they had learned of the existence of. That forced a subpoena on the white house for those tapes. Nixon defied the subpoena. That ended up in court. The special prosecutors demand for those materials, those tapes ended up going all the way to the U.S. Supreme court. And this is really famous. I mean, lets say you only know three things about Richard what are the three things you know? You know like Nixon had to resign the presidency, had a dog named Checkers, Supreme Court made him hand over the tapes, right? Even if you only know three things about Richard Nixon, even if you know nothing else about Richard Nixon, you know that unanimously in U.S. v. Nixon, the president was not allowed to say no, no, you cant visit. I say you cant.
But that no, no, you cant have it policy today was rolled out by the trump administration. They plan to give no documents, no materials to make no witnesses available. And, again, well see how that works out. Honestly, in the courts, we know how it will work out. This has been tested before. This has been tried before. It doesnt work out well for a president who tries this. But in the meantime, while we are starting down the path to get there, in the meantime, if that is where this is heading, the speed at which this is all going to unfold and how everybody looks in the history books when its all over will depend in large part on whether Republicans in Congress, members of the presidents only party in Congress can summon the energy to care about a president who is trying to not only do this to Democrats but trying to do this to them as well.
But that no, no, you cant have it policy today was rolled out by the trump administration. They plan to give no documents, no materials to make no witnesses available. And, again, well see how that works out. Honestly, in the courts, we know how it will work out. This has been tested before. This has been tried before. It doesnt work out well for a president who tries this. But in the meantime, while we are starting down the path to get there, in the meantime, if that is where this is heading, the speed at which this is all going to unfold and how everybody looks in the history books when its all over will depend in large part on whether Republicans in Congress, members of the presidents only party in Congress can summon the energy to care about a president who is trying to not only do this to Democrats but trying to do this to them as well.
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Trumps Just Say No Strategy Will Blow Up In His Face
There is zero long-term planning in this administration. The Trump administration is fighting the document requests because Trump is stalling for time. Trump is trying to use his presidential power to obstruct investigations with delay tactics until after the 2020 election. Trump is hoping that he wins reelection, Republicans win back the House, and all of these investigations go away in January 2021.
Presidents who have their backs against the wall and are fighting for the survival of their administration think about survival in terms of days and weeks, not years. Trump is hoping that if he stalls long enough, the House Democrats will go away, but we already know how this chapter of the story ends.
Trump is going to get subpoenaed and he is going to lose.
What should have been normal government oversight will be turned into a spotlight-stealing showdown, as the nation will watch Trump spectacularly crash and burn.
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Rachel Maddow Shows How Trump Is Setting Himself Up For His Biggest Crash and Burn Yet [View all]
babylonsister
Mar 2019
OP
Maddow needs to book ex-senator Bob Kerry on her show so he can lambast trump
beachbum bob
Mar 2019
#1
What I find highly curious is here you have MSNBC's Top Rated Host, and the following day, MSNBC
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#2
I know what you mean, sometimes I ask myself do these folks at msnbc ever even WATCH her?
FM123
Mar 2019
#3
I'd guess theyd tell you no, they don't...it's the 'network' equalivant of Plausible Deniability
Volaris
Mar 2019
#17
Supposedly, if Trump is indicted on a crime, the limitattions clock stops until he is out of office.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2019
#11