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Unusual: Reporters surprised as a large swath of Republicans go missing during Sondland testimony
Published 17 mins ago
on November 20, 2019
Reporters covering the House impeachment inquiry were mystified after most of the Republican lawmakers left the room during EU ambassador Gordon Sondlands testimony.
Sondland directly implicated President Donald Trump, as well as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in the scheme to withhold military aid from Ukraine until its president agreed to announce an investigation of Joe Biden........................
The Republican minority appeared to be caught off guard by Sondlands decision to turn on senior administration officials................................
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)A great and very relevant remark!!
SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)their news feeds
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)treats (shithole).
captain queeg
(10,172 posts)Though no doubt they are trying to cook up some Hail Mary defense.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)Delphinus
(11,830 posts)I would think they would want to be present to hear what is being said. Weird.
mucifer
(23,533 posts)they tend to be much better at messaging than us.
Don't forget that
klook
(12,154 posts)Caliman73
(11,730 posts)They are just willing to lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want. Their message is also easier to convey. They rely on grievance, fear, hatred, and greed. All of those are strong motivators for certain types of decisive behavior.
I hate to go Star Wars nerd here but like Yoda told Luke when asked if the Dark Side was stronger, "No, quicker, more seductive..."
Negative human emotions and attitudes are often more potent and have longer lasting effects on the human brain. It is easier to convince someone that a "dirty Mexican is stealing your job" than it is to explain that corporations will often circumvent laws to lower their employment costs and that it is structured as a result of the charge of corporations to be profitable to their investors and that we have to take on moneyed interests to make changes in the laws.
It is easier to convince people that socialism will take everything from you and give it to some lazy person, than to know that under socialism you will get what you need, maintain your personal property, but that the excessive concentration of wealth, property, and power will not happen because we will all be conscious of not allowing it through democratic and cooperative means.
Republicans are getting their stories together to try to lie their way out of the mess there in. It may work for a bit, until people can catch up to the facts.
c-rational
(2,590 posts)skypilot
(8,853 posts)...is awfully thin with them so let them be better at it.
RainCaster
(10,868 posts)Yeah, that's all they have to offer, their religiousity.
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)They'll never learn. If you side with the truth, you don't need to run off and conspire in the back room.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,999 posts)tblue37
(65,336 posts)Beantighe
(126 posts)They were probably off to get their talking points on whichever conspiracy theory their prez wants them to push today.
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babylonsister
(171,056 posts)Pisces
(5,599 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Since we weren't in the room when he made those claims. We're relying on third parties to relay the information to us.
And the FOX crowd shakes it collective head in approval.
torius
(1,652 posts)With their jaws hanging down and spittle coming out.
tanyev
(42,552 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,413 posts)cigars, have some Jack Daniel's, talk about guns and women and pontificate on their being Masters of the Universe.
While in other news, grown men in a huddle were observed weeping and squeezing their spchincters.
Jarqui
(10,123 posts)dem4decades
(11,282 posts)And other things?
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)in congressional hearings. BS!
doc03
(35,325 posts)PatSeg
(47,407 posts)Couldn't see that watching on TV. Er, maybe they all had to use the washroom at the same time?
And there probably was a long line at the sweat-pants vendor in the hall just outside the repug restroom.
PatSeg
(47,407 posts)jmbar2
(4,874 posts)nt
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)jmbar2
(4,874 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,749 posts)ProgressDiv
(31 posts)Buying one way tickets to Moscow?
NBachers
(17,107 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)struggle4progress
(118,280 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)dchill
(38,472 posts)gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Yeah, that's the ticket ...
Mr. Sparkle
(2,932 posts)with all their prep wasted , they literally walked off the job shaking in their boots.
mpreorder
(51 posts)technically be the truth. Scumbags.
struggle4progress
(118,280 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Lol
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)BlueWI
(1,736 posts)they run for the exits during testimony.
Ok then.