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TexasTowelie

(112,413 posts)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:54 PM Aug 2017

Republican Lawmakers Unbelievable Hypocrisy Absolutely Stuns MSNBC Hosts

As I’ve said before, when people are forced to defend the indefensible, that’s when the excuses they come up with start to become preposterous.

Such as Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) arguing that Robert Mueller should step aside as special counselor, claiming his close relationship with former FBI director James Comey is a conflict of interest — while simultaneously criticizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself after he was caught lying about meetings he had with Russian officials, and denying that the attorney general’s relationship with Trump would compromise his ability to do his job ethically.

“I was against a special counsel in the first place being appointed,” Franks told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle. “Because I was convinced, as I said so at the time, that it would go off the rails and certainly it has.”

“In terms of recusal, it’s not so much me calling for recusal, even though I do with great conviction, it’s the law itself that calls for recusal,” he added. “It says that anyone who has a relationship with any of the conduct being investigated, the person then has to recuse himself. And the law is very clear on this.”

Read more: https://forwardprogressives.com/republican-lawmakers-unbelievable-hypocrisy-absolutely-stuns-msnbc-hosts-video/

Discussion of the recusals begins at the 5:30 mark. Prior to that Franks kept blaming President Clinton and President Obama for the problems with North Korea.


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Republican Lawmakers Unbelievable Hypocrisy Absolutely Stuns MSNBC Hosts (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2017 OP
you FILTHY fucking TRAITOR Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #1
He skipped presidents in laying blame. What? Bush was never president? brush Aug 2017 #4
Arizona republicans: ChazInAz Aug 2017 #5
you filthy fuckiing pile of shit Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #2
It irritated me so much when he invoked Clinton''s and Obama's name TexasTowelie Aug 2017 #3

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
1. you FILTHY fucking TRAITOR
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:58 PM
Aug 2017

blaming obama and clinton

I am physically enraged, I am tired of this shit for good

brush

(53,843 posts)
4. He skipped presidents in laying blame. What? Bush was never president?
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 07:29 PM
Aug 2017

Such a nonsensical clown. Sessions shouldn't have recused himself but Mueller should?

How do these illogical, sorry asses get elected?

TexasTowelie

(112,413 posts)
3. It irritated me so much when he invoked Clinton''s and Obama's name
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 06:10 PM
Aug 2017

in order to try and score a few points with the base. Other than vote the idiot out of office, I don't know what we can do to counter his rhetoric. I'll give the hosts some credit for the pushback on Frank's crap, but they were much too courteous.

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