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Paul Ryan punts when asked if the Memo vindicates Trump on Russiagate
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:20 pm
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Very interesting to see Ryan hedge with Gowdy on the memo. Indictments can come down at any minute and the GOP brass know this. I particularly like this article because it admits this entire memo release was staged at this moment to try and undercut Mueller. Ryan won’t give Trump a lifeline if he tries to fire Mueller.
Very interesting to see Ryan hedge with Gowdy on the memo. Indictments can come down at any minute and the GOP brass know this. I particularly like this article because it admits this entire memo release was staged at this moment to try and undercut Mueller. Ryan won’t give Trump a lifeline if he tries to fire Mueller.
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You can’t hear the reporter’s question where the clip picks up but apparently it was “Over the weekend, the president claimed total vindication. Was he vindicated in any way?” That’s a trap, as there’s been a sharp break between Trump himself and many Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee over the Memo’s import. Trump, with backing from Devin Nunes, claims that the Memo shows that Russiagate is a witch hunt, rotten with partisanship from the start. Trey Gowdy — and Will Hurd and Chris Stewart and Brad Wenstrup — argue the opposite, that the Page investigation is just a rotten branch in a sturdy many-limbed tree. “He put the memo in one tranche and put the Russia investigation in another tranche, and I think one doesn’t cancel out the other,” said Tim Scott of Gowdy’s appearance on “Face the Nation” last weekend. Exactly right. So which team is Ryan on with respect to the Memo’s significance, Team Trump or Team Gowdy?
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I wish he was Team Trump, though. Not because I think the Memo was a blockbuster but because it’s cynical of Ryan to hand Trump a political bludgeon which he himself seemingly doesn’t believe should carry much weight. Gowdy and Ryan have made the best possible case for the Memo, that Congress has every right to oversee federal agencies (correct) and that FISA abuses are serious business (correct), but it’s pathetic to harrumph that the document does nothing to undermine Mueller when Trump coveted it for precisely that reason. Having declined to fire Mueller on his lawyers’ advice, POTUS is building a heat shield around himself and his intimates. The Memo is that shield, something he can point to as proof that the entire probe is illegitimate if and when Mueller ends up indicting any Trumps or Kushners. Ryan and Gowdy know that and enabled it but they refuse to own it by signing on to Trump’s conclusion. We’ll see what they say if and when those indictments come down and suddenly they’re under nuclear heat from their own base to back Trump up and deride the charges as a “witch hunt.” Given Ryan’s concerns about staying on the right side of Republican voters before the midterms, how could he oppose Trump on that?
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:22 pm to Hades
Keep trying bro. One day it'll happen.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:22 pm to Hades
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Very interesting to see Ryan hedge
No, not at all. It's very Paul Ryan to do that actually.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:22 pm to Hades
Can someone please post the GWB meme of not reading that shite.
This post was edited on 2/6/18 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:25 pm to Hades
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Indictments can come down at any minute
Will this one be for a parking ticket in 1961?
When will Mueller start investigating Russian influence in our election? Can Honest Bob not find any good evidence??
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:25 pm to Hades
Answer a very simple question for me...
Did HRC campaign collude with Russians?
Did HRC campaign collude with Russians?
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:27 pm to BamaFan365
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Dude. Really?
Sorry there is dissension in the ranks with Trump over whether the memo vindicates him? I think it’s very new worthy compared to what I’m reading on the board today.
If indictments come down do you think the GOP leadership is going to call foul? Come on, they didn’t say anything about Flynn or Manafort.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:28 pm to Clyde Tipton
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Did HRC campaign collude with Russians?
It appears they did through a 3rd party.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:28 pm to Hades
When has Paul Ryan ever been bold and didn't sound like he was evading questions?
You lose again alter.
You lose again alter.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:28 pm to Bunyan
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When will Mueller start investigating Russian influence in our election? Can Honest Bob not find any good evidence??
I've seen evidence.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:29 pm to Hades
In an alternate universe
Paul Ryan is a Russian agent! Paul Ryan is damaging the public confidence in our institutions! Paul Ryan is providing cover for the White House! Paul Ryan is opening the door for Trump to fire Mueller!
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Paul Ryan says the Memo vindicates Trump on Russiagate
Paul Ryan is a Russian agent! Paul Ryan is damaging the public confidence in our institutions! Paul Ryan is providing cover for the White House! Paul Ryan is opening the door for Trump to fire Mueller!
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:29 pm to Hades
I think you start a thread every time you read something on du. I don't read your posts anymore.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:30 pm to Hades
Your posts are literally like reading a buzz feed article
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:30 pm to Hades
I particularly like this article because it comes from a news site that's named honestly. Hot Air.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:30 pm to Hades
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Very interesting to see Ryan hedge with Gowdy on the memo. Indictments can come down at any minute and the GOP brass know this.
you're overplaying this hand
they are making sure that they can discuss all the bad PR in the memo without being asked to call to end the SP
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“He put the memo in one tranche and put the Russia investigation in another tranche, and I think one doesn’t cancel out the other,” said Tim Scott
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:30 pm to idlewatcher
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Keep trying bro. One day it'll happen.
Nobody knows what the hell is going on except Mueller and the top brass. Manafort and Flynn are already going to jail. Don’t act like you know.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:30 pm to Hades
quote:You're right about this but you're mistaken about the targets of those indictments if you assume it's Trump and his crew.
Indictments can come down at any minute
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:32 pm to Hades
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It appears they did through a 3rd party.
Now imagine if it was Trump and a "3rd party" instead.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 3:32 pm to BamaFan365
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I think you start a thread every time you read something on du. I don't read your posts anymore.
Man, I never even noticed you there. You could of simply left the thread alone instead you felt the need to be heard. You’re processed now.
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