Please don't call this "bountygate." Call it Treason.

[SoonerPride]

Adding “gate” to the latest scandal du jour is hackneyed and actually lessens any scandal. There are so many “gate” scandals that they all run together in a meaningless line of increasingly watered down inside the beltway brouhahas.

This isn’t just another run of the mill alarm.

The president of the United States knew that Russia paid Taliban fighters a price per dead American soldier. He knew and not only did nothing but removed 25,000 troops from Germany but also tried to get Russia added back to the G7.

This is treason.

And it deserves to be called that.

[secondwind]

1. A THOUSAND TIMES OVER.... TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mobeau69]

2. Yep, this makes the botched break in at the DNC look like

a high school prank.

[Jeff_was_here]

3. K&R

[malaise]

4. Yes

Ongoing treason

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

5. Up against your wall...

Blindfold or not?

[Joinfortmill]

6. It's treason and there's more to come, I'm sure

[Vinca]

7. I agree. This doesn't merit a cutesy name. It's dead serious.

[ashredux]

8. I knew he was sick...but this unforgivable!!!

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Agreed, it equates it with the phoney Obama-gate. This is TREASON!

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. TREASON it is!

trea·son
/ˈtrēzən/

noun
noun: treason; noun: high treason; plural noun: high treasons

the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting overthrow the government.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Yes it is. Lock him up.

[empedocles]

12. TREASONGATE links it to Watergate republicons - in a most serious way.

[Dukkha]

13. ENOUGH with the stupid "Gate" suffix on everything!

It's just plain lazy

[SoonerPride]

15. Thank you.

Exactly my thinking.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Treachery, Treason and Trump: Benedict Donald must go (nt)

[NCjack]

16. Don't look at this! Hillary Clinton! Bengazhi! Bengazhi! Look at Bengazhi!

[PatrickforO]

17. Yes, I have just emailed both my US Senators and my Representative.

Hope you'll forgive me, but I used your line verbatim, because it says what needs to be said.

The president of the United States knew that Russia paid Taliban fighters a price per dead American soldier. He knew and not only did nothing but removed 25,000 troops from Germany but also tried to get Russia added back to the G7.

This is treason.

Not that anything will happen. Until November.

Trump is sickening.

[SoonerPride]

18. Wow. Thank you.

That is quite the compliment. 🙏🏼

[Roy Rolling]

19. "Bountygate" Origin

One of the repeated injuries inflicted upon the New Orleans Saints by the NFL powerful was to suspend its coach and players because some players had an informal bonus system for many on-field accomplishments, including violent hits upon opponents.

It was called Bountygate.

So, yeah, the term is hackneyed and worse, it’s already been used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints_bounty_scandal

[edhopper]

20. This

^^^^

[SoonerPride]

22. Truth! Thank you!

[dlk]

21. Yes, this was treason-and not Trump's only instance

By doing nothing, Republicans are complicit with Trump’s treason.

[donkeypoofed]

23. It's actually just Sedition; your country is not at war

[SoonerPride]

24. Actually it is.