Ben Wittes to GOP Senators (excl Mitt) "Every one of you chose to risk today happening."

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Benjamin Wittes ✔@benjaminwittes

A quick reminder to every Republican senator not named @MittRomney that a few weeks ago, each and every one of you voted against removing Donald Trump from office. Every one of you knew he was unfit for office when you did this. Every one of you chose to risk today happening.

2:55 PM - Mar 12, 2020

Boom!

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

RFN!

[dewsgirl]

2. Nice cannon.😉

[Dennis Donovan]

9. I miss his baby cannon

Link to tweet

[dewsgirl]

11. I miss them terribly..I used to live for them.

[Dennis Donovan]

12. The slo-mo "boom" reminded me of Letterman throwing various shit off the roof

...with the slo-mo'd *splat* at the end.

[MontanaMama]

26. Gawd I loved that.

Once he through balloons filled with guacamole off the top of a building.

[The_jackalope]

10. Not a baby cannon, fer sure! nt

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

28. This was "Atomic Annie," the only cannon capable of launching a nuclear device.

I used to have a Revell model of it, sans weapon (my parents wouldn't buy me a nuclear bomb ). After the successful test -- shooting a 15 kiloton device seven miles -- 200 more were built and deployed to Europe and Korea. The development of missiles soon made the system obsolete. Wikpedia

[jmowreader]

40. Atomic Annie was designed to ONLY fire nuclear rounds

The Army went three ways with nuclear artillery:

One group invented the Atomic Annie cannon, which was made to fire nuclear rounds and only nuclear rounds. (I have no idea what they used for target practice on this system.)

One group invented 155mm and 8-inch nuclear projectiles that would work in the standard 6-inch and 8-inch guns the Army already had.

And the third invented the Honest John nuclear-tipped rocket.

The “specialty” groups - the Atomic Annie and Honest John people - soon found themselves out of a job. The Army decided it was much more efficient to buy the few 155mm and 203mm nuclear rounds they might need, and have them fired by each division’s general-support artillery battalion.

To demonstrate how little the Army actually wanted a nuclear mission, when the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System replaced the M110 8” howitzer, no nuclear rocket was ever designed for it.

[GusBob]

3. From the Dept of: what if?

President Pence lol we'd be forced to pray

[CaptYossarian]

14. I thought we already were (since 1/20/2017).

[lapfog_1]

4. I am thinking the other shoe is about to drop

either Putin launches full scale Ukraine invasion or North Korea actually launches an actual nuke (they have to test their missile delivery with a real warhead sometime).

or some other fresh hell...

while we have the weakest and more moronic CIC in the nations history and are wrapped up with corona virus self navel inspection.

[AleksS]

5. Wouldn't be surprising, especially if they

Wouldn’t be surprising, especially if they think their window of opportunity with the orange idiot in charge is closing.

[lapfog_1]

6. precisely... President Biden will be a whole different kettle of fish

[First Speaker]

18. If Putin actually launched a first strike on this country, would Moron45 just let him do it...?

...I know this is crazy, and in the real world, the generals would take over and take action. But the very fact that I'm thinking in these terms scares the hell out of me...

[flibbitygiblets]

24. Been thinking about this today as well. No tests for our US citizens, including our military

Since we don't know who or where to avoid, and no clear leadership, just give it another week or 2 and our country will be up to our eyeballs in sick people.

Meanwhile, Russia reporting only about 30 people infected. Is that a lie? Is it because they too aren't testing? Likely so on both counts.

But if Putin were waiting for a chance to strike, this would be the time to do it.

[lapfog_1]

27. i think he might. After all, Putin made the case that the eastern Ukraine and the Crimea were

ethnic Russian enclaves and deserved to join the motherland.

Of course, ignores the history of the region.

But, yes, Trump might well be too distracted to do much of anything.

As for the generals taking over... I really don't think they would here. Civilian authority is highly ingrained in the military command mindset.

[lagomorph777]

37. Putin has launched a first strike on this country.

Trump is the result, and the damage to date is worse than Hiroshima.

[coti]

7. Indeed. They had their chance, on a silver platter. nt

[2naSalit]

8. They were probably aware of the impending pandemic

at that time too. No wonder Pompeeo was smirking.

[SallyHemmings]

13. I sent an email to Sen Toomey (PA)

...saying the same thing.

I included a prayer that his family doesn’t catch the virus.

[ancianita]

15. Hammer the jackals. Every. Damn. Day.

[central scrutinizer]

16. But Pence would be president

He’s incompetent and lazy, too. Remember, he is the CV czar because he “didn’t have anything else to do “. Way to show initiative, asshole.

[democrattotheend]

20. At least he seems to be doing some actual work on the coronavirus response

Based on what I read on Politico last week. I think someone on Pelosi's staff said he's doing a decent job of working with Congressional leaders and providing some reassurance, unlike Trump. And when I heard Pence do a press conference the other day he sounded a lot more presidential than Trump has. Still don't trust him as far as I can throw him, but at least it feels like he takes his job and the virus seriously.

[LisaM]

21. One huge advantage is that he seems willing to work with the CDC

I don't want to imply that I think he's doing a good job, but at least he can string together a full sentence, and he seems to understand that the medical professionals know what they are doing.

He also doesn't have luxury properties around the globe whose fate influences his decision making.

It's a poor alternative, but it's much better than what we have now.

[democrattotheend]

22. Exactly

I was afraid I was going to get flamed for my post, so thank you.

I still wish President Obama was still in charge.

[central scrutinizer]

25. My governor, Kate Brown

Also had some nice things to say about him.

[SergeStorms]

17. A-fucking-men.

n/t

[KT2000]

19. This is what I keep thinking too.

To get everything on their Christmas list they supported him. This country had a chance and so-called democracy dealt us this with the full support of the republicans.

[lagomorph777]

38. Was a pandemic on their list?

This thing is a lump of coal in their stockings, and it will help to finish off the Gangsters Of Putin.

[Lonestarblue]

23. They don't care.

Republicans are in power in the White House and Senate, and they can just keep shoving incompetent, white nationalist judges onto the federal courts. And guess what, i and when more people start dying, they still won’t care. They’ll just send the same useless thoughts and prayers they send to the victims of mass shootings and then refuse to do anything about them. What a bunch of corrupt human beings.

[MH1]

29. I regret that I only have one rec to give to this post.

So here's a kick, too.

[Laelth]

30. Hard to argue with that. Truly. n/t

-Laelth

[Joinfortmill]

31. Yup, they all suck

[cstanleytech]

32. 100% agree but I would add Justice John Roberts onto that list as well.

[MFGsunny]

33. + 1000 n/t

[llmart]

34. Absofuckinglutely!

Great statement and so true.

The citizens need to call for his resignation right now.

[SunSeeker]

35. K & R & Retweeted!

[Cha]

36. Excellent Reminder.. TY Ben Wittes! Retweeted

[ouija]

39. God

Must not want Trump as president anymore because she just sent a biblical plague to end his presidency.