Republicans just FAILED with a motion to ADJOURN Whitaker shitshow BEFORE IT BEGAN

[Miles Archer]

Via MSNBC. Just failed with a motion to adjourn WITHOUT QUESTIONING WHITAKER.

[lark]

1. What are the fuckers afraid of - the truth coming out that Whittaker is a total fraud?

Sure seems like it, the cretins.

[Miles Archer]

3. MSNBC has it on split screen, without sound

They said the Republicans filed into the room and called for a vote to adjourn, which failed. Whitaker is now reading his opening statement. Unless MSNBC goes to live coverage with sound, I'll be switching to another channel.

[TruckFump]

5. Whitaker cited "executive privilege" several times in his opening statement.

What a Trumpista asshole.

[SWBTATTReg]

29. I didn't think he could claim this, that it had to be claimed first by the so called president...

so how is he getting away with this, especially when he's not even the permanent AG (a temp is all from what I gather).

[Politicub]

38. Is he part of the sovereign citizen thing?

Sure sounds like it.

“No. I will NOT answer your questions because executive privilege and you can’t make me.”

[Leith]

18. Try C-SPAN

https://www.c-span.org/video/?457164-1/acting-attorney-general-whitaker-testifies-house-judiciary-committee&live

They're carrying it live. As I type this, they are on break and replaying the hearing. No muss, no fuss, no pundits telling you what to think. The cameras and sound work.

[MBS]

24. Agreed-C-SPAN is invaluable for events such as these.

I really recommend C-SPAN for the reasons you said. Plus no commercial breaks, either.

[MBS]

28. my question as well.

I should not be surprised by now, but still: the complete and treasonous abdication of their constitutional duties by congressional Republicans, and surrender to Trump, continues to shock me.

[HipChick]

2. who was that pillock?

they just to sweep everything under the carpet..

[Miles Archer]

12. Doug Collins (R-GA)

[Delmette2.0]

15. Collins didn't even bother to warm up before he started yelling.

He opening statement was one big rant.

Silly me, I thought Southerner Repugs.wanted to get along and be conciliatory. They should have mentioned that only applied to Dems.

[ffr]

22. Someone turn the spotlight on this whiner! Geesh!

Waaaaaaaaa!

[pangaia]

23. What a silly, silly man.

[yuiyoshida]

35. What a partisan

@$$#0[e。

[MagickMuffin]

4. Scaredy-cats

Here kitty kitty kitty, we won't harm you. Just gonna ask a few questions.

Don't be so scared. You got nothing to hide, RIGHT???

RIGHT???

[democratisphere]

6. Can't wait for the sweatfest to begin.

[blugbox]

30. I hope it's a complete flop!

[Wounded Bear]

7. Political theater...

they have to do it. It's like a typical 'motion to dismiss' by a defendent at trial. They always do it and it almost never works.

Now they have the clip for Faux Noise to play, where they can say, "We tried! But the evil Dems wanted to continue their witch hunt." The sheeple will eat it up.

[Gothmog]

8. Chairman Nadler is amazing

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[pangaia]

31. Yeah, Nadler is a pro, man. He knows how all this works..

And he knows he is dealing with evil, truly evil human beings.. but fortunately a bunch of gangsters who can't shoot straight.




Oh, by the way, that shit for brains Doug Collins, the one who let go with a vomit filled rant at the beginning, is just to Nadler's immediate left, but, unfortunately, only makes it into camera range for a couple seconds, where he can be seen shaking his head and laughing....

Let's go after this dumb fucker- tweets, LTE, emails phone calls.... let him, his office and Americans know just who this turd is..

[donkeypoofed]

9. They're not even TRYING to be decent people anymore!

The GOP has to be wiped out after all the scandals are done. Wipe them out and start again under another name. The GOP is finished.

[Wounded Bear]

10. They gave that up years ago...

Certainly under Obama, but it started many years ago with the hate radio announcers.

[William Seger]

11. Limbaugh turned the "conservative movement" into a reactionary movement

... by appealing to people's prejudices, fears, and resentment -- a.k.a. demagoguery.

[Wounded Bear]

13. He wasn't the only one, by far...

most well known, I guess, but there were many more.

[William Seger]

19. Limbaugh's popularity spawned an army of clones

... and the anti-liberal passion he incited is why Gingrich and the GOP made him the "unofficial party leader." Yes, reactionary demagogues have been around forever, but Limbaugh is "special" in the influence he has had on the current state of American politics. He makes me wish there was a hell.

[pangaia]

32. Remember Michael Savage??

[Cosmocat]

34. Hes a symptom, not the cause

Nm

[Miles Archer]

17. They didn't handle that losing the House thing well at all

Posted something on DU yesterday about Nunes snapping at reporters as he entered an elevator. They all have BIG sads.

[Wounded Bear]

39. They never handle losing well any more...

They know that once they lose the voting public, they'll never get back into power.

They've been careening farther and farther to the right since Reagan, losing more and more rational moderates, and the only thing that has maintained their power is cheating and gaming the system, along with that echo chamber of RW media.

We should be able to flip the Senate in 20, and hopefully put them down for the count.

[yaesu]

14. Whitaker is trying to evoke executive privilege

he was very belligerent, even telling Chairman Nadler that his five minutes were up. This is the type of cooperation we can expect from trumpsters from now on.

[milestogo]

16. Whitaker should be held in contempt.

Imagine holding the US AG in contempt. It could only happen to someone who has no respect for the rule of law.

[yuiyoshida]

36. That would be perfect

Make him sit in jail until he decides to answer.

[Scurrilous]

20. K&R

[George II]

21. Yeah, Collins called the hearing a waste of time but then wasted another 10 minutes...

...with that silly roll call vote to adjourn.

[RockRaven]

25. I understand doing symbolic votes when there's some point to it, like virtue signaling,

but here they are a) highlighting their impotence, whilst b) attempting something laughably corrupt and irresponsible. This was like anti-virtue signaling.

[Cryptoad]

26. AG's offshore bank account got a big increase today,,,,

[redstatebluegirl]

27. They got their marching orders from 45.

They are terrified of what Bezos is going to find in his investigation, he may find that many of them have been blackmailed.

[snort]

33. Those glasses sure make you look smarter.

[liberalhistorian]

37. Poor House bc Republicans,

they just can't handle the fact that they are no longer the majority and in charge and that now they and their Dear Great Leader will be held accountable and there's little they can do about it. Boo-effing-hoo. ROFLMAO!