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13. He was the epicenter of power. I should have asked "Why were they there in the first place?"

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 06:31 PM

Jul 2022

The Clustertrump had a hard time filling lower staff jobs that usually have a flood of applicants. Both parties. Young people, real super achievers, stop their life and often take way less pay to get that on their resume.

I hadn’t heard this until after the election. The Biden team knew they had to make up for lost time and planned for it.

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Fuck them all. [View all] kpete Jul 2022 OP

They believed they could get away with it. grumpyduck Jul 2022 #1

+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #2

Why WOULDN'T they believe that? evolves Jul 2022 #4

THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Jul 2022 #27

'REPUBLICANS ARE OUR WORST ENEMY!' MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #40

ReThugs are great at grabbing the narrative, though robbob Jul 2022 #43

Amen! evolves Jul 2022 #41

+1 dalton99a Jul 2022 #5

This is the truth. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #10

And they are gearing up for the next coup. They think we are weak. Missn-Hitch Jul 2022 #49

I agree entirely....Thank you, Rude One. spanone Jul 2022 #3

Because they thought they needed to control him underpants Jul 2022 #6

They thought they could reason with him. Poor judgement. I am glad they are testifying emulatorloo Jul 2022 #8

He was the epicenter of power. I should have asked "Why were they there in the first place?" underpants Jul 2022 #13

Cipollone and his team "believed" in overturing the election? They fought Flynn, Eastman, Powell, emulatorloo Jul 2022 #7

They continued to aid and abet the attempted coup Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #12

Please cite specifically how they 'aided' and 'abetted' the coup when they all pushed back hard on emulatorloo Jul 2022 #14

If we fail to claudette Jul 2022 #22

Any one of these that were 'pushing back'....... MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #42

Agreed! A decent person would have come forward as soon as they heard - before it happened. Cassidy Jul 2022 #44

Exactly! MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #46

Not all of them claudette Jul 2022 #19

Yep. They aren't heroes, they are only trying to cover their own asses. relayerbob Jul 2022 #9

Yup. Every last one of them would have eagerly served Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #11

They had to believe that Trump might actually pull of a successful coup. Chainfire Jul 2022 #15

Q level conspiracy you got going on there. "They secretly wanted the coup, so that's why they emulatorloo Jul 2022 #16

I don't know where that came from. Chainfire Jul 2022 #20

It came from your lack of logic and baseless speculation . Additionally you are letting Flynn et al emulatorloo Jul 2022 #23

I agree that one of us has an issue with logic. Chainfire Jul 2022 #24

Where are your citations and facts to back up your outlandish theory? You dont have any. emulatorloo Jul 2022 #25

3/4 of everything on this forum is speculation, not fact; Open discussion among adults, the free Chainfire Jul 2022 #26

Happily DU is predominantly fact based. See "Trump 'watched for several hours as the White House" emulatorloo Jul 2022 #31

The best witnesses in a major criminal case are seldom good guys Maeve Jul 2022 #17

Well said. emulatorloo Jul 2022 #21

Cipollone was not claudette Jul 2022 #18

welcome! Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #29

Thank you!! claudette Jul 2022 #39

Totally agree. They would have been totally fine with dicktator Drumpf. Cowards and traitors all. nt Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #28

When it's all said and done, I don't see how either Cheney or Kinzinger can stand to stay Republican ancianita Jul 2022 #30

Well, Cheney's politics are still odious. No doubt. She's a chip off the old Dick Cheney block. PatrickforB Jul 2022 #33

Indeed, but whatever the motives, we are learning the PatrickforB Jul 2022 #32

Ban them from government service... ultralite001 Jul 2022 #34

I think ShepKat Jul 2022 #35

Fuck them all but nine... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #36

Don't forget the road guards yes! Baked Potato Jul 2022 #38

Full fucking agree! Baked Potato Jul 2022 #37

These deathbed conversions are BS. BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #45

agree YoshidaYui Jul 2022 #47

Most who would resign refused to join in the first place. Hortensis Jul 2022 #48