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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy two word answer to any Republican who complains about us not following Congressional
rules by holding up the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate.
Merrick Garland.
My four word answer is "Merrick Garland, fuck off."
lame54
(35,324 posts)2naSalit
(86,794 posts)Benghazi! ?
TeamPooka
(24,256 posts)calimary
(81,500 posts)RockRaven
(15,003 posts)to comply with any subpoena from a house of Congress-R from this day forward (I mean no pragmatic reason, not no principled one).
The GrOPers have clearly voted this day that their party is not serious about that Congressional authority as a matter of principle. Any attempt on their part to invoke that authority is clearly rooted in partisanship alone and not the Constitution or the rule of law.
It is terrible, and disastrous, and corrosive. But that is what they have done.
They will own it, and the consequences, as long as anyone reality-based is writing our histories (be careful betting the over/under there, btw).