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guillaumeb

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Fri Feb 17, 2017, 08:47 PM Feb 2017

Jason Chaffetz Called Out by Salt Lake City Tribune For Refusing to Investigate Trump [View all]

From the article:

In an editorial, the paper called on Chaffetz to “investigate, not emulate, the president” because of false claims Chaffetz made about “ringers” in his town hall audience, all too eerily similar to Trump’s cries of voter fraud for the editors:
“Chaffetz should realize soon, if he hasn’t already, that the president hasn’t just plowed this ground, he has already salted the fields for anyone who may come after. This crew — dubbed the Prevarication Administration by Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan — has helped to cure the national media of any hesitation it may have had and to start calling out untruths told by high government officials.”


The GOP is increasingly being put on the spot by actual voters. Rather than attempting to discredit the questioners, the GOP must choose between being a real political party or being a lobbying group.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02/15/jason-chaffetz-called-salt-lake-city-tribune-refusing-investigate-trump.html
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Good! BeckyDem Feb 2017 #1
Who will Chaffetz listen to: guillaumeb Feb 2017 #2
He is the one who disavowed Trump after the sex video came out then walked it back. BeckyDem Feb 2017 #4
what sex video? frankieallen Feb 2017 #6
I call it the sex video, the one he admits to grabbing womens crotches and where he says, you can do BeckyDem Feb 2017 #7
Another Rubio type. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #10
Yes, its why they're there in the first place. BeckyDem Feb 2017 #12
This is an awesome take down.... sheshe2 Feb 2017 #3
Thank you. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #8
I sure think they are getting angry. sheshe2 Feb 2017 #11
Progressives are getting angry, no doubt. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #13
Gonna tweet thanks to the newspaper...and found this dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #26
Well, and freshly, stated. Someone has been reading marybourg Feb 2017 #5
Orwell is certainly an appropriate model for Trump's Administration. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #9
Orwell wrote an excellent essay about marybourg Feb 2017 #14
I do not know if I read it. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #15
Here: marybourg Feb 2017 #16
Got anything besides a Russian link? n/t ornotna Feb 2017 #18
Huh. I noticed the ru but thought it came from a marybourg Feb 2017 #19
This essay should be REQUIRED READING for every aspiring journalist! lastlib Feb 2017 #20
Thanks! ornotna Feb 2017 #21
Thank you. eom guillaumeb Feb 2017 #22
Love this: Amaryllis Feb 2017 #17
Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #23
Salt Lake City is like Austin TX and Atlanta GA Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #24
Even if that is true, as the pressure mounts from voters and the media, guillaumeb Feb 2017 #25
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