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ffr

(22,669 posts)
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 12:35 PM Nov 2018

As Rachel Maddow was laying out the mountain of evidence last night, this is all I could picture



True American coward and traitor. You, Paul Ryan will go down in history as the man that let it happen, Benedict Arnold of the modern era.

Unlike Richard Nixon, Donald Trump Misconduct Piling Up In Full Public View - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
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OAITW r.2.0

(24,468 posts)
1. Ryan, and his co-conspirator in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, can't impeach Trump without
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 12:43 PM
Nov 2018

implicating themselves. Benghazi and emails were great partisan distractions, but treason against the US? Not so much.

ffr

(22,669 posts)
2. Yes, treason against the U.S. They have a duty to defend the constitution from enemies, foreign
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 12:48 PM
Nov 2018

and domestic. The evidence is overwhelming and they fail to uphold their constitutional duties.

You may not think so, but time will be their judge. They will be remembered more for what they didn't do than for what they did do.

Traitors!

OAITW r.2.0

(24,468 posts)
3. What they did do was service the 1% and their political benefactors.
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 12:51 PM
Nov 2018

They pretty much have said "Fuck You" to the rest of the country for the past 30 years.

dlk

(11,564 posts)
5. Rachel Did an Excellent Job Drawing Parallels Between Nixon's and Trump's Crimes
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 01:14 PM
Nov 2018

Republicans can't seem to quit committing crimes although to be fair, Trump has greatly ratcheted up the seriousness level. Is it hubris borne of their entitlement or do they see that Republicans are becoming more and more of a minority party, and can't win playing by the rules? Either way, they are a clear menace to our country and our future.

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