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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:34 AM Jan 2018

Collins: Republicans should give back Wynn donations

Source: The Hill

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 01/28/18 10:10 AM EST

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said in a Sunday show interview that Republicans who have accepted donations from former RNC finance chair Steve Wynn should give the money back if they have not yet spent the funds.

“If they’ve accepted contributions recently from him that have not been spent, absolutely, I don’t even think it’s a close call to return the money,” Collins told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Collins said she planned to call on Wynn to step aside from his post due to the reported allegations of sexual misconduct against the casino mogul. “I’m very pleased that he immediately stepped down from the RNC position. I was going to call upon him to step down,” she said.

The Maine lawmaker called the allegations against Wynn, which were reported by The Wall Street Journal, “very serious.” She also noted that she had never taken any money from the former chair.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/371097-collins-republicans-should-give-back-wynn-donations



Collins: Trump should 'never' talk about Russia probe

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 01/28/18 09:36 AM EST

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday said she thinks President Trump should “never” discuss the investigation into Russia’s election interference unless he is speaking privately with his lawyer.

“I think the president would be best served by never discussing the investigation ever, whether in tweets, except in private conversations with his attorney,” Collins told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Collins, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is conducting its own investigation into Russia’s election meddling, also said it would be a “terrible mistake” for Trump to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein last year appointed special counsel Robert Mueller, who was tasked with investigation Russia’s election interference and any potential ties between Trump campaign staff members and the Kremlin.

Collins’s advice to the president comes after The New York Times reported that Trump last year called for Mueller’s firing, but backtracked after the White House Counsel threatened to quit.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/371091-collins-trump-should-never-talk-about-russia-probe
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Collins: Republicans should give back Wynn donations (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
"if they have not yet spent the funds." BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #1
+1 UpInArms Jan 2018 #6
I also noticed she included... wcmagumba Jan 2018 #2
She is very good at that. efhmc Jan 2018 #3
This may open up the source of all RNC funds bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #4
Why has Collins been in the news so much lately? Canoe52 Jan 2018 #5
I think because BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #7
2020 is not that far off, she needs to gin up her coffers nolabels Jan 2018 #8
She must not have recieved any money from Wynn LakeArenal Jan 2018 #9
Or, at least MurrayDelph Jan 2018 #10
Ahhh... yes... LakeArenal Jan 2018 #11
The weasel words MurrayDelph Jan 2018 #12

BumRushDaShow

(128,979 posts)
1. "if they have not yet spent the funds."
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:39 AM
Jan 2018

IF they haven't "spent the funds" then guaranteed they are spending them now.... And the RNC should reimburse for them regardless.

wcmagumba

(2,886 posts)
2. I also noticed she included...
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:41 AM
Jan 2018

the two qualifiers regarding the return of funds..."accepted contributions recently from him that have not been spent" and then the definitive term "absolutely".
These are, as usual, weasel words...in other words...bull shit...imo

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
4. This may open up the source of all RNC funds
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:48 AM
Jan 2018

and DNC too for investigation.

We are so screwed by all the money sloshing through politics. We don't have freedom anymore, we have a nation run by business interests for growth, profits and jobs, not for quality of life or health or well being.

The purpose of life is to enrich "da man".

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
8. 2020 is not that far off, she needs to gin up her coffers
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 01:29 PM
Jan 2018

She probably needs a big bounty for this next one, the people in her state are not very happy with her.

Look up OpenSecrets.org to find out who she really works for

MurrayDelph

(5,294 posts)
12. The weasel words
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 05:36 PM
Jan 2018

and the fact that Wynn earned most of his fame/infamy in Las Vegas, reminds me of an old joke.

A tourist is walking down the Las Vegas Strip, and sees what appears to be a homeless man holding a sign that says "Hungry. Please Help."

The tourist looks at the homeless man and says, "How do I know you won't just use this for gambling?"
The homeless man says, "Oh, no! I've got gambling money."



So, Susan, even if they have spent that money, you can replace it from replacement funds.

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