Trump barrels toward showdown

[struggle4progress]

David Jackson and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Published 3:34 p.m. ET Feb. 2, 2018
Updated 5:32 p.m. ET Feb. 2, 2018

... In an open letter to Trump on Friday, a group of Democrats said an effort to use the Nunes memo as a pretext to dismiss Rosenstein or Mueller – or both – would be viewed as an attempt to obstruct justice in the Russia probe.

It "could result in a constitutional crisis of the kind not seen since the Saturday Night Massacre," said the letter, signed by 10 Democratic congressional leaders, including top Senate Democrat Charles Schumer of New York and House counterpart Nancy Pelosi of California ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/02/analysis-nunes-memo-release-trump-barrels-toward-showdown-mueller/301244002/

[fierywoman]

1. Are we certain fucking moron knows what the Saturday Night Massacre

was, and what it meant for the USA?

[LuckyCharms]

2. He probably thinks Watergate was some kind of dam. n/t

[fierywoman]

3. (good one!)

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. That was the movie with John Travolta in it, right? nt

[COLGATE4]

6. No - it was the 27-hour long ordeal 'starring' Kevin Costner nt

[Luz]

4. Lol. So the dems told a petulant 4 year old NOT to do

something. I've raised 3 kids, I can see where this is going.

[lindysalsagal]

7. AmI wrong, or does USA today usually pander to 45 et al?

This is edgy and surprising.