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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 09:22 AM Sep 2019

The Trump defenders' insistence that "there was no quid pro quo" discussed in Trump's call to

Zelenski and, therefore, "no crime was committed" is the equivalent of saying "There is no evidence the Dayton shooter used a bump-stock, so what's the big deal? FAKE NEWS!"

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Hugin

(33,207 posts)
2. Since the Got Obstruction Party won't follow the law and turn over the whistleblower complaint...
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 09:30 AM
Sep 2019

How are we to know if there was "quid pro quo"? And, more importantly, how do they know?

There MUST be consequences if American Democracy is to survive.

Botany

(70,585 posts)
3. Ask the Trump supporters why he was asking a foreign country to interfere w/our elections?
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 09:32 AM
Sep 2019

And do they think this was the first time Trump has asked a foreign country to interfere
with our elections?

Hugin

(33,207 posts)
4. I seem to recall there were allegations of at least one previous occurrence...
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 09:36 AM
Sep 2019

But, the Special Prosecutor investigating it was fired by Fat Nixon's lawyer... I mean the Attorney General of the United States.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,657 posts)
6. Mobsters don't work that way
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 12:02 PM
Sep 2019

They might mention a quid, or a quo, but never a quid and quo together- that's what minions like Rudy are for.

Instead, they have "perfect 10" conversations about what would make them happy and surely would improve relations between their countries.

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