LOL: They were betting Trump had all this nailed down better.

[kpete]

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Understand why this is important: GOP Senators (and even House) have staked their careers on a defense story that the White House encouraged. Now they look like they were part of the cover up.

@maggieNYT
Per sources, some GOP senators privately pushing White House for information on who at administration had visibility into the manuscript over the last month. Senators feel blindsided.

Link to tweet

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[Ohioboy]

1. Yep!

[TheBlackAdder]

18. Trump & McConnell to the GOP Congress Critters:

.

Trump to GOP -- You fucked up! You trusted us!



McConnell to GOP



McConnell to GOP


.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. +1

[Docreed2003]

26. Lol...perfect analogy

[we can do it]

2. 🔥Burn the traitors🔥

[ffr]

9. Oh, but they were blindsided. Nobody could have know this WH lied to them.

My hair is on fire, this WH lied!!?? No. Never!

Now I'm blindsided.

[griloco]

42. 👍👍

[MontanaMama]

50. [phone]

They’ll probably get away with that charade too.

[uponit7771]

75. THIS !!!!

[lastlib]

82. They chose.....

My statement when the House Judiciary impeachment hearings began--Republicans can choose to be on the right side of infamy, or they can be buried by it.



Apparently they have chosen to be buried by it. They chose....poorly!

[NBachers]

83. Yes, but what does the picture of Kellyanne have to do with it?

[lastlib]

84. Okay, I'm busted..........

--- --- --- --- ---

[TeamPooka]

91. They were blindsided, also shocked there is gambling in Casablanca.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Betting on Trump? That's just idiocy.

Will Senators get out before they run out of lifeboats?

[flor-de-jasmim]

4. Wait - Senators feel blindsided?!! Well, that certainly confirms where their heads have been...

[NCLefty]

5. "But You Are, Blanche, You ARE in that chair!"

[mainstreetonce]

6. I think Trump lawyers are putting themselves in line

To be charged with perjury.

[Wounded Bear]

28. Not sure if lying to Congress is technically "perjury," but...

they should at least face some honest voters, assuming we can find some in red states.

Both my Senators are Dems.

[jberryhill]

37. Yes. 18 USC 1001

Michael Cohen is in jail for it.

[Scruffy1]

38. They Could be Charged with Lying to Congress.

It's illegal to knowingly lie to congress. This is true whether you are under oath or not. Of course this won't hapen, but they could be disbarred because nearly all bar associations include lying to legislative bodies unethical.

[mucifer]

7. My theory: russians hacked the RNC and they got the goods on every senator

So no matter what the evidence is, nothing will change. Every effing one of them will vote to acquit and hope for the best.

[FakeNoose]

48. Exactly! This is the reason why no GOP incumbent deserves to be re-elected

Not one!

[volstork]

49. Exactly.

Kompromat as far as the eye can see.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

55. and it is why we can't count on the Integrity of the election.

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I think they know that as well. They are beyond being traitors.

[Grasswire2]

65. and yet many here get furious if I say we can't depend on election security to rid us of Trump nt

[sdfernando]

57. Yep...been saying that for years now. /nt

[Fix The Stupid]

58. Me too...been saying this for years - it is obvious. N/T

[uponit7771]

76. +1, save rMoney

[Mr. Ected]

8. Now they "look like" they were part of the cover-up?

Eff that straight away.

THEY ARE THE COVER-UP.

[crickets]

13. Yup. nt

[Farmer-Rick]

10. I do Not believe they were blindsided

They knew but they hoped Dumpy Trumpy had coverred up most of the evidence. Now they know the evidence is coming out. Are they willing to go along with Dumpy?

I think they want to but they are worried it will look bad.

[DemocracyMouse]

44. But.... the evidence has already come out, over and over.

Bolton's account is just another confirmation.

[Farmer-Rick]

47. Yeah, that's true

So, there obviously isn't any blindsiding. What are they playing at?

[LiberalFighter]

11. IMO They cannot claim they were blindsided.

They had a responsibility as Senators to find out what was happening. To be in the loop.

[coti]

46. They knew the truth regardless. And they voted repeatedly to cover their eyes and ears. nt

[usaf-vet]

12. By saying "Trump had all this nailed down better" you meant his Obstruction of Congress?

That would be the same Obstruction of Congress which is Article II of his Impeachment?

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/12/politics/impeachment-articles-annotated/

[bucolic_frolic]

22. Double Jeopardy

"You think they'll find out before ... the election? Hate to throw my Senate career away for a loser."

"No worry, Mate. Trump has got this."

[NJCher]

24. that's a beautiful link

If you haven't been there, your heart will sing with joy as you scroll down and the key parts are highlighted.

This makes me so happy.

[MontanaMama]

52. That link is the best link in the history of links.

It should be it’s own OP. For real.

[OMGWTF]

66. You can bid for a copy of the Articles of Impeachment that Traitor Tot accidentally autographed.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/14/trump-autographed-signed-articles-of-impeachment-auction/

Notice how TT's signature looks like a KKK rally. Melanie's does too. Weird.

[marble falls]

14. That is exactly what happened and is happening.

[B Stieg]

15. EVERYTHING tRump touches...

turns to shit. This will, too.

[uponit7771]

16. Someone in the WH is no doubt working against Benedict Donald

[Wounded Bear]

29. Would not surprise me if some one from the Intel community leaked it...

Trump's been riding them for 4 years. A little payback would be fitting.

[Moral Compass]

17. They are part of the cover up

One of my senators, The Dishonorable John Cornyn, is quoted as having said the impeachment is “insane” in the Dallas Morning News (I will admit to not having read the piece).

Cornyn must be spending some time this morning working on getting the egg off his face.

Of course, they’ll circle the wagons ever more tightly and refuse to listen.

[FakeNoose]

68. GOP Senators were like the three wise monkeys

... except now they can't do it anymore! It's right in their faces this morning.

[yellowdogintexas]

69. I hope that egg was hot and scrambled to cover his entire face

and get in his hair

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Oh, yessssss, GOP Senators, we wouldn't want anyone to hide evidence, would we?

Please, these GOP53 are the lyingest sacks of shit to ever run for office

and poster children for anti-democratic movements because voters elected these shitheads!

[liberalla]

63. "these GOP53 are the lyingest sacks of shit..."

GOP53 needs to become a thing! Memed and hashtagged!

Those 53 gop senators need to be named and shamed.

Thanks to bucolic_frolic!

[bucolic_frolic]

64. lol

Thank you! kind Sir!

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. If they "thought" that the orange buffoon had this "nailed down"

They haven't been paying attention.

[NewJeffCT]

25. The only thing the McConnell senate has done

is approve judges - they've basically done nothing else over the past year.

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. Yup

[Wounded Bear]

30. Well they did also fund the government...

But shit, that's the most basic part of their fucking job. There's still the several hundred bills that the House sent them gathering dust.

[Farmer-Rick]

51. They gave a huge tax giveaway to the filthy rich

They drilled holes in Obama care and increased the cost of medical care for the military.

And they increased the budget deficit to huge amounts never before seen in the history of our country.

[BadGimp]

21. Trump and his Trumpistas do not care who they take down with themselves.

None of that matters to them.

Wait till the details come out and they find out how badly they've been Conned.

But they will still vote to acquit imo.

[Wounded Bear]

31. Yep, we're approaching 'Hitler in the Bunker' time...

gonna get ugly, I think.

This is why Speaker Pelosi and House leaders were reluctant to impeach. But we're in the shit now, the only way out is through.

[gibraltar72]

32. Said at very beginning

They don't even know what they are signing onto. Republicans bought a pig in a poke. It ain't gonna get better only worse.

[Toorich]

33. ...Like the rats in the slowly heating pot....

.... the repuglikan senators either don't know or don't care
that they are going to be boiled alive.

[denem]

34. The only thing trump has nailed down

is his 'executive time' for Fox and Friends.

[Joe Nation]

35. I'd say that the Senate was willfully blindsided.

Truth is not the goal here.

[mnhtnbb]

36. It may turn out that Republican Senators were the most "conned" by the orange one

Don't these people get that a pathological liar will lie about anything and EVERYTHING?

Or are they really so stupid that they believed he hasn't been lying about EVERYTHING?

[Scruffy1]

40. I doubt that.

IMHO it's all about the upcoming election. They know if they lose the voters who support dear leader they are toast. I think a lot of these voters would not show up for the election if he had no chance or wasn't the nominee. Boltons revelations won't really change anything in the Senate and his supporters don't care about facts.

[NoMoreRepugs]

39. Only an Ignoramus would believe anything said by the

Orange Menace, errr, I mean each and every Rethuglican Senator.

[Dukkha]

41. Rubes are easy marks

[SayItLoud]

43. NSC has said:

No one at the WH/Oral Office has seen the manuscript. Never said that they saw excerpts, or notes from NSC to WH. By the way...who's part of the NSC? All the #Dotards flunkies.

[ecstatic]

45. As Schiff eloquently stated, EVERYONE knows trump is guilty.

Everyone! So why would "senators feel blindsided?" Did they really think trump had the ability to silence every single person with knowledge of the drug deal?

It really is time for most of the GOP senators to retire. Clearly, they are too senile and /or corrupt to have so much power.

[sarge43]

53. One would think they'd have it figured out by now.

Moron can't pour pee out of a boot even with the instructions on the heel.

If there's a pile of poo in the time/space contin, Moron will find it and step in it.

[Wellstone ruled]

54. When dealing with the Orange Anus,

appears one has to be on guard for a major bent over the table move.

[catrose]

56. Blindsided? They're that dumb? What else would you expect with Don the Con & his 15K lies?

[duforsure]

59. trump has republicans walking right into a trap, because if they don't convict

Every day until the election more worse stuff will be getting exposed, and on their crimes also. The longer he's allowed to remain in office the more republicans will lose their elections, and their conspiring with trump will put them in legal jeopardy too.

[Raster]

60. so tRump*s Congressional ENABLERS and ACCOMPLICES...

... were hoping tRump* had this in-hand???

[Enoki33]

61. One of the forces in play since the House impeached the traitor

has been the exposure of additional damning evidence that shames the entire GOP. Bolton is the latest to condemn, and over the next few months more will surely follow. I suspect this is what really worries their fear of losing their stranglehold on power - what else is the traitor hiding, and how damaging will it be to them? They are walking up a dark blind alley.

[UCmeNdc]

62. They are part of the cover up.

The whole GOP is part of the cover up!

[bucolic_frolic]

67. Mitch! Trump is landing the plane!

[pangaia]

70. "Senators feel blindsided."

Are you freakin kidding me!!!!!


What's worse... traitors, or just plain stupid?

Well, both!

[patphil]

71. It's very easy to be blindsided when you have your eyes closed.

Worst case of wilful blindness I've ever seen.
Add that to their wilful deafness and you can also call them wilfully ignorant.
The sum total is deliberate, wilful stupidity.

Stupid traitors!

Patrick Phillips

[paulkienitz]

72. "Blindsided" my ass -- everything Bolton is saying was said before by other witnesses,

and there were plenty of public hints that Bolton would corroborate it. The only blindness here was entirely self-inflicted and they have no one to blame for it.

[C Moon]

73. Or maybe they aren't worried because Putin's got their backs in 2020.

[uponit7771]

74. This is starting to look like Nixon where Nixon asserted A & republicans found out it wasn't true ..

... then effectively told Nixon they weren't supporting him

[C_U_L8R]

77. What idiots. They're bigger chumps than anyone's imagined.

Proof that Fox News rots your brrrrraaaaaaaaiiiiinnnzzzzzz

[Proud Liberal Dem]

78. Idiots

They should have been doing their jobs first and foremost and not blindly going along with Trump.

[RockRaven]

79. Imagine how fucking stupid you have to be in your corruption to build your plan upon

a foundation of Trump lies.

HE ALWAYS LIES. EVEN TO HIS ALLIES. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS? You have to make your corrupt plan independent of anything Trump tells you. Jesus Christ, the crooks and traitors in the GOP are low-quality.

[Skittles]

80. they were betting that Trump the tweeting fool had this all nailed down better

they are as dumb as the rank and file Trump supporters

[Nitram]

81. Great tweet thread at the link!

[rockfordfile]

85. BS The GOP Senators knew. I bet you they're lying their butts off

Besides the GOP Senators are desperate un-American pos.

[PandoraAwakened]

86. K&R! n/t

[struggle4progress]

87. Couple charged With burglary

... The victim said she was putting her kids to bed upstairs when she heard someone in her house. When she went downstairs, she discovered the Bulls running out the back door of the house.

She followed the Bulls outside of the house and observed them placing bags of her items on their bicycles. A neighbor of the victim was driving in the alley when the Bulls tried to escape and stopped them ...

Among the items stolen were a full tool box, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, various tools and wires and a large blue duffel bag containing the woman’s purse and various items ...

The Bulls were arrested, and during questioning told police ... there are always houses listed as “free” where the homeowner needs to get out immediately.

Pernella Bull told police she entered the house and asked “Is anyone here?” and got no response. She said she assumed the house was vacant, starting taking items and giving them to her husband outside ...

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/05/27/couple-charged-with-burglarizing-south-st-paul-home/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

88. Everyday tRump has fewer friends and no hope of gaining more. . . . nt

[meadowlander]

89. They knew it was a clusterfuck,

they just bet that most people wouldn't care or that they could repel any interest with procedural rules.

[GETPLANING]

90. Incompetence is their BRAND