Schumer: "There were at least 75 contacts, including 22 meetings, thoughout the

[triron]

election and transition..."

Link to tweet

[Iliyah]

1. Fucking Republicans with the help of Russia

stole the 2016 elections across board.

[olegramps]

36. This is just what fascists do. The Republican Party is a fascist dominated party.

They are following the fascist play book line by line. Ultra Nationalism, distain for human rights, scapegoating, control or the press, distain for intellectuals, science, disregard for police brutality, cronyism and corruption, rigging elections. Each one of these charges can be substantiated numerous times. The Trump administration is a major crime wave with the support and conspiracy of the entirety of Republican politicians from local government to Washington. Good luck my fellow citizens there not much an old fart can do about it.

[Stuart G]

2. "The president and his associates have also lied about every single one." that is ..THE LINE

That line will not go away..
Not yesterday or today.
Every time it is a lie.
Just lies.

That will not work in this country,
Didn't work with Nixon,
Will not work with Trump.

It may take a while to get rid of Trump.
And that is what I think will happen with all these lies.
He will be gone....forced to resign or impeached..

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread triron

[kentuck]

4. We should have a little repetition with that statistic.

75 contacts! 22 meetings!

[global1]

6. Mr. Trump - Are All Those Contacts And Meetings Strictly A Coincidence?.....

How do you explain that?

[Hortensis]

38. +1000. :) 75 contacts, 22 meetings!

This is BEFORE Trump was sworn in. Trump has since had several undocumented meetings that we know of with Putin. (Meetings include via Skype.)

The Moscow Project* has been counting too and says not one of these contacts was ever reported to authorities and all have been repeatedly denied.

TRUMP’S RUSSIA COVER-UP BY THE NUMBERS – 76+ CONTACTS WITH RUSSIA-LINKED OPERATIVES

https://themoscowproject.org/explainers/trumps-russia-cover-up-by-the-numbers-70-contacts-with-russia-linked-operatives/

* Action project of the Center for American Progress liberal progressive think tank headed by John Podesta

[mazzarro]

40. 75 contacts! 22 meetings and have lied about every single one of them! - n/t

[spanone]

5. K&R...

[ffr]

7. "And don't forget:" Russians, I mean republicans, are obstructing justice by not impeaching

immediately. It's like we have foxes in charge of the hen house. Robbers, grifters, cheats and thugs. Republicans are just the scum of the earth.

[OMGWTF]

23. Like Charlie Pierce of Esquire Magazine says:

"At some point, you've got to stop calling it a hen house and calling it a fox house."

[Doitnow]

28. And instead of "Spy-Gate," it should be called "Lie-Gate." I heard it first from Thom Hartmann.

[True Blue American]

32. Adam Schiff first called it ," LIEGATE!"

Can you see Adam Schiff in the WhiteHouse? He would disinfect the whole place.

This is a DEMOCRAT folks! A real Democrat!

[calimary]

33. Good. There's a lot of that going around now. And it's well-deserved!

LIE-gate! I recommended it at the last Indivisible planning meeting I attended, late last week.

Good to see it getting repeated. MORE please!

NEVER repeat his buzz-phrases or slogans. Not EVER! All you're doing is helping him.

https://medium.com/@GeorgeLakoff/how-you-help-trump-9d0139b9d4c9

Don't EVER use what trump coughs up. I bet you can come up with a better one anyway!

[mcar]

8. K&R

[Achilleaze]

9. republican traitors to America deserve justice

lock them up

[Scurrilous]

10. K&R

[GoCubsGo]

11. Kick. Rec.

[gademocrat7]

12. Treason weasels

The worst administration ever. Complicit rethugs in Congress. A hellish nightmare.

[SergeStorms]

31. "Treason weasels".

I like that. I like that very much.

[BlueJac]

13. K&R

[kacekwl]

14. Mr. Schumer, can you please

book yourself and any of your colleges on every media outlet you can and repeat that message every hour on the hour. Thank you in advance.

[BigmanPigman]

15. The Dems need to shout this from the rooftops.

We need better PR.

[dameatball]

16. I agree. EVERY single Dem in Congress should be saying the same thing.....daily.

[Grammy23]

17. I can only imagine the bitching, moaning and groaning if this were all in reverse.

By this point, if the Republicans had this much evidence that the Democrats had these contacts with Russians, the Democrats would have been thrown out on their ears. Starting at the top with the President and moving down through the ranks to anyone who had anything to do with it.

The impeachment would have started at the first hint that the Democratic campaign and the Russians had contact even once. Let alone 75 times.

All this tells me is that the Republicans have a massive problem that has invaded the executive branch , the legislative branch and very likely the judicial. They are working like mad to keep it covered up but there are leaks everywhere, except for Mueller. So their day of reconning is coming. I just hope it is sooner rather than later because delay will be deadly to our country and it’s way of governance. It is being dismantled piece by piece.

[olegramps]

37. That is why it is imperative to recapture control of the Senate and House.

This is the solution by which the scummy politicians can be held accountable. Justice may be able to punish the most egregious but it will require a congress to pursue the those who enabled it by their tacit approval of silence and refusal to condemn those responsible.

[Pepsidog]

39. Forget impeachment. If this were reversed Dem lawmakers would be held in Guantanamo Bay

[Moostache]

18. Mr. Schumer, may I presume to offer some advice?

This is how EVERY day should start from your office.

Statement from the Senate Minority Leader:

Good morning, today is XXX, the YYY th day of our current Congress, and the YYY th day of the current Presidential Administration.

It has been ZERO days since either body has gone 24 hours without outright falsehoods and lies being told to and pushed off on the public through the various media outlets and releases. Our president has told ZZZ lies since his inauguration, a rate of ZZZ per day.

Once this trend is over, we will have further comment, but until then, there is no response beyond the following: "Trump Lies."

Thank you,
Chuck Schumer

[Delmette2.0]

26. I like that!! nt

[YOHABLO]

19. Trump needs to be locked up for treason. Along with his many co-conspirators. Almost unbelievable.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Full text of the tweet (not included in OP)

(emphasis added)

Chuck Schumer
‏Verified account @SenSchumer
11h11 hours ago

Mueller’s work is that of a career prosecutor and law enforcement officer who is squarely focused on getting to bottom of Russia’s meddling in our elections and any possible collusion with your campaign and a hostile foreign government.
169 replies 719 retweets 3,243 likes

Chuck Schumer
‏Verified account @SenSchumer

And don’t forget: There were at least 75 contacts, including 22 meetings, throughout the election and transition, between Trump associates and individuals linked to the Russian government. The president and his associates have also lied about every single one.

[ehrnst]

21. +1000. (nt)

[renate]

22. the Russia story is SO complicated... it's essential to boil it down to get the message across

Anybody joining the story mid-season (e.g. most Americans, for which I don't blame them--they have lives to lead) can't possibly hope to figure out who's who and who did what.

This is great.

[TheBlackAdder]

24. 75 contacts and 22 meetings -- Shit, that's a lot more than I was led to believe.

[bronxiteforever]

25. Kick and recommend. Brilliant summary Senator.

[Stuart G]

27. k and r...for visability..

[flibbitygiblets]

29. K&R! Repeat often: 75 contacts and 22 meetings with Trump officials!

"Do you see any Russians here?" I can't see anything BUT Russians!! This place is freaking lousy with Russians!!

[struggle4progress]

30. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

[lark]

34. Go Schumer go!!

I love it when a politician truly tells it like it is - TRUTH!

[Botany]

35. And never forget that Russia was into places like Wisconsin @ the county level

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2017/01/23/russians-suspected-hacking-local-dems/96965824/

GREEN BAY - County websites of the Democratic Party in the area have been under attack, at least one apparently by Russian hackers, an officer of the party says.

What appears to have been Russian hackers compromised the website of the 8th Congressional District Democratic Party as well as the sites of seven county Democratic party organizations, said Mary Ginnebaugh, who chairs the congressional district as well as the Brown County Democratic parties.

Russian hackers have been accused on the national level with interfering with the U.S. presidential election by getting into the Democratic National Committee’s website as well as that of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington.

While no one can prove beyond doubt that Russians also were involved in the local hack job, two hackers left “calling cards” with Russian email addresses on the local websites in an apparent gesture of contempt or braggadocio, Ginnebaugh said. Green Bay police were notified and have forwarded information to the FBI, she said.