In Leaked Tape, Nunes Says GOP is the Last Layer of Protection for Donald J Trump.
Oct 9, 2019 03:21:48 #
And they may just be right because unlike any political party in the past the GOP today are glued like none other to the arse of one Donald J Trump. Without them, Trump would stand no chance of holding office from a nation that is determined more than ever to toss his sorry ass out on the street.
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Rep. Devin Nunes believes a Republican majority is the last line of defense for President Trump from the Russia probe.
Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California, who chaired the House Intelligence Committee, was secretly recorded during a closed-door fundraiser last July telling attendees that the GOP must maintain majority status because they are the final layer of protection for the president.
Aired by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, the tape confirms what has long been assumed about Nunes: he is more concerned with protecting President Donald Trump than defending the United States of America.
An analysis by The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake points to two significant implications drawn from the recording:
First off, here’s the full quote, in context:
"So therein lies what’s like your classic Catch-22 situation where we’re at a -- it puts us in such a tough spot. If Sessions won’t un-recuse and Mueller won’t clear the president, we’re the only ones, which is really the danger. That’s why I keep -- and thank you for saying it by the way -- I mean, we have to keep all these seats. We have to keep the majority. If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away."
Now, plenty of Republicans — politicians and pundits alike — have argued that special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is, in fact, a witch hunt, as the president is also fond of asserting.
But Nunes is not your average, run-of-the-mill congressman. He is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, granting him access to more information regarding the Russia investigation than most, as the committee was tasked with running its own investigation into potential collusion by the Trump campaign.
Nunes did not conduct a fair and unbiased investigation by any stretch of the imagination. It seemed clear throughout the effort that his goal was to obfuscate and deceive in order to unjustifiably clear the president’s name.
His investigation is finished, so perhaps he can let loose a bit. But here he seems to let his true feelings come rushing out — behind closed doors, at least. And it confirms everything we thought we knew about the man behind that probe and his suspiciously pro-Trump actions.
Blake highlights two implications from Nunes’ taped admissions:
First, he talks about Attorney General Jeff Sessions “un-recusing” himself as if it were a way out of this whole mess. That’s making a real assumption about the nation’s highest law enforcement officer, but it’s one that Trump himself has hinted at. Reporting has regularly described Trump ruing Sessions’s recusal because he believed his attorney general should be there to protect him. But it’s one thing for Trump to reportedly muse about such an unholy alliance behind closed doors; it’s another to have Nunes doing it on tape.
And the second is the last part: “If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away.” Again, Nunes is the House intelligence committee chairman, and he’s privy to all kinds of things we don’t know about. The committee’s report concluded there was no evidence of collusion with Russia, but it clearly made pains to not to reflect poorly on the GOP president. (The whole thing created a rift between the GOP majority on the committee and the Democratic minority, which didn’t sign off on the report.)
Nunes appears to believe that short of Republicans keeping the majority, nothing will protect Trump from impeachment — which would require a majority v**e in the House and a two-thirds v**e to convict in the Senate, and would necessarily require Republicans to go along.
Nunes is leading the crowd to believe that this would happen. Perhaps that’s just overheated partisan rhetoric — the kind of thing you say to fire up the base — but the fact that the guy running the House intel committee’s Russia probe suggests it’s actually possible Trump could be removed from office based upon Mueller’s Russia probe seems significant.
But Nunes is not your average, run-of-the-mill congressman. He is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, granting him access to more information regarding the Russia investigation than most, as the committee was tasked with running its own investigation into potential collusion by the Trump campaign.
Nunes did not conduct a fair and unbiased investigation by any stretch of the imagination. It seemed clear throughout the effort that his goal was to obfuscate and deceive in order to unjustifiably clear the president’s name.
His investigation is finished, so perhaps he can let loose a bit. But here he seems to let his true feelings come rushing out — behind closed doors, at least. And it confirms everything we thought we knew about the man behind that probe and his suspiciously pro-Trump actions.
Blake highlights two implications from Nunes’ taped admissions:
First, he talks about Attorney General Jeff Sessions “un-recusing” himself as if it were a way out of this whole mess. That’s making a real assumption about the nation’s highest law enforcement officer, but it’s one that Trump himself has hinted at. Reporting has regularly described Trump ruing Sessions' recusal because he believed his attorney general should be there to protect him. But it’s one thing for Trump to reportedly muse about such an unholy alliance behind closed doors; it’s another to have Nunes doing it on tape.
And the second is the last part: “If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away.” Again, Nunes is the House intelligence committee chairman, and he’s privy to all kinds of things we don’t know about. The committee’s report concluded there was no evidence of collusion with Russia, but it clearly made pains to not to reflect poorly on the GOP president. (The whole thing created a rift between the GOP majority on the committee and the Democratic minority, which didn’t sign off on the report.)
Nunes appears to believe that short of Republicans keeping the majority, nothing will protect Trump from impeachment — which would require a majority v**e in the House and a two-thirds v**e to convict in the Senate, and would necessarily require Republicans to go along.
Nunes is leading the crowd to believe that this would happen. Perhaps that’s just overheated partisan rhetoric — the kind of thing you say to fire up the base — but the fact that the guy running the House intel committee’s Russia probe suggests it’s actually possible Trump could be removed from office based upon Mueller’s Russia probe seems significant.
https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/in-leaked-tape-nunes-says-protecting-trump-more-important-than-defending-us-ABcEKs-EA0KF10fz1336Ug/?fbclid=IwAR3319g6DIdDzI8QyJDB-PdS5uZauoYKSdRgTIHSFcE51uXrLEirm0mO12A
Rep. Devin Nunes believes a Republican majority is the last line of defense for President Trump from the Russia probe.
Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California, who chaired the House Intelligence Committee, was secretly recorded during a closed-door fundraiser last July telling attendees that the GOP must maintain majority status because they are the final layer of protection for the president.
Aired by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, the tape confirms what has long been assumed about Nunes: he is more concerned with protecting President Donald Trump than defending the United States of America.
An analysis by The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake points to two significant implications drawn from the recording:
First off, here’s the full quote, in context:
"So therein lies what’s like your classic Catch-22 situation where we’re at a -- it puts us in such a tough spot. If Sessions won’t un-recuse and Mueller won’t clear the president, we’re the only ones, which is really the danger. That’s why I keep -- and thank you for saying it by the way -- I mean, we have to keep all these seats. We have to keep the majority. If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away."
Now, plenty of Republicans — politicians and pundits alike — have argued that special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is, in fact, a witch hunt, as the president is also fond of asserting.
But Nunes is not your average, run-of-the-mill congressman. He is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, granting him access to more information regarding the Russia investigation than most, as the committee was tasked with running its own investigation into potential collusion by the Trump campaign.
Nunes did not conduct a fair and unbiased investigation by any stretch of the imagination. It seemed clear throughout the effort that his goal was to obfuscate and deceive in order to unjustifiably clear the president’s name.
His investigation is finished, so perhaps he can let loose a bit. But here he seems to let his true feelings come rushing out — behind closed doors, at least. And it confirms everything we thought we knew about the man behind that probe and his suspiciously pro-Trump actions.
Blake highlights two implications from Nunes’ taped admissions:
First, he talks about Attorney General Jeff Sessions “un-recusing” himself as if it were a way out of this whole mess. That’s making a real assumption about the nation’s highest law enforcement officer, but it’s one that Trump himself has hinted at. Reporting has regularly described Trump ruing Sessions’s recusal because he believed his attorney general should be there to protect him. But it’s one thing for Trump to reportedly muse about such an unholy alliance behind closed doors; it’s another to have Nunes doing it on tape.
And the second is the last part: “If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away.” Again, Nunes is the House intelligence committee chairman, and he’s privy to all kinds of things we don’t know about. The committee’s report concluded there was no evidence of collusion with Russia, but it clearly made pains to not to reflect poorly on the GOP president. (The whole thing created a rift between the GOP majority on the committee and the Democratic minority, which didn’t sign off on the report.)
Nunes appears to believe that short of Republicans keeping the majority, nothing will protect Trump from impeachment — which would require a majority v**e in the House and a two-thirds v**e to convict in the Senate, and would necessarily require Republicans to go along.
Nunes is leading the crowd to believe that this would happen. Perhaps that’s just overheated partisan rhetoric — the kind of thing you say to fire up the base — but the fact that the guy running the House intel committee’s Russia probe suggests it’s actually possible Trump could be removed from office based upon Mueller’s Russia probe seems significant.
But Nunes is not your average, run-of-the-mill congressman. He is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, granting him access to more information regarding the Russia investigation than most, as the committee was tasked with running its own investigation into potential collusion by the Trump campaign.
Nunes did not conduct a fair and unbiased investigation by any stretch of the imagination. It seemed clear throughout the effort that his goal was to obfuscate and deceive in order to unjustifiably clear the president’s name.
His investigation is finished, so perhaps he can let loose a bit. But here he seems to let his true feelings come rushing out — behind closed doors, at least. And it confirms everything we thought we knew about the man behind that probe and his suspiciously pro-Trump actions.
Blake highlights two implications from Nunes’ taped admissions:
First, he talks about Attorney General Jeff Sessions “un-recusing” himself as if it were a way out of this whole mess. That’s making a real assumption about the nation’s highest law enforcement officer, but it’s one that Trump himself has hinted at. Reporting has regularly described Trump ruing Sessions' recusal because he believed his attorney general should be there to protect him. But it’s one thing for Trump to reportedly muse about such an unholy alliance behind closed doors; it’s another to have Nunes doing it on tape.
And the second is the last part: “If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away.” Again, Nunes is the House intelligence committee chairman, and he’s privy to all kinds of things we don’t know about. The committee’s report concluded there was no evidence of collusion with Russia, but it clearly made pains to not to reflect poorly on the GOP president. (The whole thing created a rift between the GOP majority on the committee and the Democratic minority, which didn’t sign off on the report.)
Nunes appears to believe that short of Republicans keeping the majority, nothing will protect Trump from impeachment — which would require a majority v**e in the House and a two-thirds v**e to convict in the Senate, and would necessarily require Republicans to go along.
Nunes is leading the crowd to believe that this would happen. Perhaps that’s just overheated partisan rhetoric — the kind of thing you say to fire up the base — but the fact that the guy running the House intel committee’s Russia probe suggests it’s actually possible Trump could be removed from office based upon Mueller’s Russia probe seems significant.
Oct 9, 2019 04:29:34 #
PeterS wrote:
Rep. Devin Nunes believes a Republican majority is the last line of defense for President Trump from the Russia probe.
He may very well be correct... At times it doesn't appear that Democrats care if Trump actually committed a crime in their haste to impeach him...
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Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California, who chaired the House Intelligence Committee, was secretly recorded during a closed-door fundraiser last July telling attendees that the GOP must maintain majority status because they are the final layer of protection for the president.
Love how we are applauding this behavior.. Yep, nothing like secret recordings...
I thought California had laws against that sort of thing...No?
Didn't two fellows get into trouble for secretly recording Planned Parenthood?
Maybe I'm confused...
Don't approve of secret recordings though...
I'm guessing the source doesn't have the balls to cone forth?
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Aired by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, the tape confirms what has long been assumed about Nunes: he is more concerned with protecting President Donald Trump than defending the United States of America.
Maddow? Well this ought to be good...Nothing like breaking news from an opinion piece...
Yep... Plenty of speculation...
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An analysis by The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake points to two significant implications drawn from the recording:
Thought it was Maddow? Love it when rival networks team up in the name of "justice"....
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First off, here’s the full quote, in context:
"So therein lies what’s like your classic Catch-22 situation where we’re at a -- it puts us in such a tough spot. If Sessions won’t un-recuse and Mueller won’t clear the president, we’re the only ones, which is really the danger. That’s why I keep -- and thank you for saying it by the way -- I mean, we have to keep all these seats. We have to keep the majority. If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away."
"So therein lies what’s like your classic Catch-22 situation where we’re at a -- it puts us in such a tough spot. If Sessions won’t un-recuse and Mueller won’t clear the president, we’re the only ones, which is really the danger. That’s why I keep -- and thank you for saying it by the way -- I mean, we have to keep all these seats. We have to keep the majority. If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away."
Quote seems a bit vague... But keeping the majority seems to be the goal of every party...No?
Do the Dems occasionally try to keep the minority so as to better serve their president? Odd party... That's why I'm a conservative...
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Now, plenty of Republicans — politicians and pundits alike — have argued that special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is, in fact, a witch hunt, as the president is also fond of asserting.
Seems like that was the case... Past tense... It's over...
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But Nunes is not your average, run-of-the-mill congressman. He is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, granting him access to more information regarding the Russia investigation than most, as the committee was tasked with running its own investigation into potential collusion by the Trump campaign.
Think they cleared him too...
Always good to be cleared by multiple sources...
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Nunes did not conduct a fair and unbiased investigation by any stretch of the imagination. It seemed clear throughout the effort that his goal was to obfuscate and deceive in order to unjustifiably clear the president’s name.
Clear to who?
Name one time he "obfuscated and deceived"..
Did Mueller do that too?
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His investigation is finished, so perhaps he can let loose a bit. But here he seems to let his true feelings come rushing out — behind closed doors, at least. And it confirms everything we thought we knew about the man behind that probe and his suspiciously pro-Trump actions.
What does it confirm?
Now the article is going in circles...
Nunes bad...We suspect he is bad...So Nunes bad...because we suspect he is bad....
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Blake highlights two implications from Nunes’ taped admissions:
Excellent... An unbiased opinion <sarcasm>
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First, he talks about Attorney General Jeff Sessio... (show quote)
Talking about and hinting about an action that was never taken...Well... I never.... Stone them both...
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And the second is the last part: “If we do not kee... (show quote)
The House Intelligence Committee didn't want to reflect badly on the president? Shocking..
Privy to all sorts of information, but found him innocent... That stinks of corruption... Glad Mueller was there to set things straight...
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Nunes appears to believe that short of Republicans keeping the majority, nothing will protect Trump from impeachment — which would require a majority v**e in the House and a two-thirds v**e to convict in the Senate, and would necessarily require Republicans to go along.
Nope... That wasn't actually mentioned.. Good spin... Lots of supposition.. But a swing and a miss nonetheless...
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Nunes is leading the crowd to believe that this would happen. Perhaps that’s just overheated partisan rhetoric — the kind of thing you say to fire up the base — but the fact that the guy running the House intel committee’s Russia probe suggests it’s actually possible Trump could be removed from office based upon Mueller’s Russia probe seems significant.
Except he never suggested that...
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