Newt Gingrich Slams Mueller's Special Counsel A Month After Calling Him A 'Superb Choice'

[DonViejo]

by Aidan McLaughlin | 10:55 am, June 12th, 2017

Newt Gingrich, a firm believer in absolutely nothing, took to Twitter Monday morning to slam special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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The former House speaker questioned whether Mueller’s probe would be “fair,” apparently given the campaign donations made by those hired to conduct the investigation — “time to rethink,” Gingrich said. But that was the same Gingrich that lauded the appointment of Mueller to special counsel in a tweet last month:

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The former congressman, who advises Trump, called on Sunday for Congress to abolish the special counsel, after Comey told lawmakers in his hearing last week that he had leaked memos of his conversations with the president to the press in the hope that it would spawn an independent counsel.

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[CincyDem]

1. That was then, this is now.

Then: Mueller was "the guy" whose appointment was going to quash all the rabble about Trump, Russia, and obstruction of justice.

Now: Mueller is the guy who has form a team that looks like they're going after a crime family more than a president...and in today's world, that's probably one in the same.

Newt got the word to piss on Mueller because someone, somewhere knows the questions he's starting to ask and the threads he's starting to pull. Mueller doesn't know what's at the end of the line but those someones do and they're nervous.

[Towlie]

2. Right or wrong, there's nothing intrinsically fallacious about saying "time to rethink."

He changed from his previous position to an opposite position because of subsequent events. Whether he changed from an agreeable position to a disagreeable position or vice versa, it's not appropriate to criticize the change in itself.

Thought experiment: If someone changed from a disagreeable position to an agreeable position, would you still applaud disparaging whiplash jokes?

[MagickMuffin]

3. However, whenever Democrats change positions,

we are taunted with the meme "FLIP FLOPS", and other nonsense.

Do you remember how they started using that against John Kerry?

[PRETZEL]

4. Someone has to pay for the Ambassadorship nt

[justiceischeap]

5. It seems his objections coincide with the addition of the money laundering

attorney. One has to wonder what scares Newt about this.