CIA Director Gina Haspel just entered Mitch McConnell's office.

[Roland99]

curious to see what comes of this.

Link to tweet

IF she was being fired, why would she meet w/McConnell in his office?

[soothsayer]

1. I hope she's detaining him to question him about his Russian ties

[Blue Owl]

2. I hope she's delivering some fresh Covid-19 particles

[MissB]

3. High excitement

I could do without the excitement mind you.

[Hortensis]

5. +2 here. nt

[LovingA2andMI]

4. She's Fired?

[Chainfire]

6. Perhaps she is telling him,

"You have the right to remain silent, anything you..."

[Miigwech]

10. Yes! Zip ties please!

[texasfiddler]

7. Time for a little turtle wax

[jalan48]

8. "Mitch, I have a problem with this coup attempt. It doesn't seem right to me. What do you think?"

[Mike 03]

9. Many of the replies to this tweet ask basically the same question:

Can McConnell fire her?

Trump used his Chief of Staff John Kelly to "warn" people they were about to be fired, and then they'd usually be fired by tweet.

Trump has tried to use WH counsel to fire people. He once asked Corey Lewandowski to fire someone. He usually uses someone on the inside.

Could he use McConnell that way? I mean, times are strange and anything is possible, but to me that seems a stretch that he would use someone outside the WH.

[lagomorph777]

16. That would be silly, even by GOP standards.

No, Mitch can't fire her.

She is probably sharing some classified info that will scare the shit out of Mitch.

Maybe it's about Trump.

Maybe it's about Mitch.

[Mike 03]

19. This is certainly intruiging.

[empedocles]

26. Exactly, . . . intriguing. Many possibiities

turtle may be trying to get some straight verbal info, w/o a paper trail - in what he has to watch our for with traitortrump, or . . .

[WyattKansas]

34. Hopefully for 19 minutes, she kept telling Moscow Mitch she was still there after she showed...

Him the file that could go public unless he knocks off the shit with tRUMP. The very last minute of the twenty minutes, Moscow Mitch peaked out of his shell and said, 'Yes Ma'am.'

[pat_k]

11. Deleted

[Trumpdumper]

12. pure speculation

Did anyone happen to spot whether Grassley was also present? I ask because under the 25th Amendment, the president pro tem of the Senate (Grassley's position) is the senator who would be officially be told if Pence et al had invoked a takeover from Trump. I believe the CIA director for the purposes of the 25th Amendment is considered a principal executive officer.

[Mike 03]

17. Curiously, the 25th Amendment angle crossed my mind too.

A lot of people say "Pence would never go for that, nah, forget it."

But there is the very peculiar matter of Pence's "vacation." What an uncanny time for a vacation.

Maybe the best way for him to call the shots on something so dramatica was to actually get out of the WH and run it from Florida.

[Chichiri]

25. Rookie mistake.

Never believe that a Republican will do the right thing.

[lunatica]

13. Maybe he has to threaten her to assure her silence.

She knows stuff.

[lagomorph777]

18. I'm thinking vice-versa.

You don't threaten the CIA. The CIA can make you disappear.

[Mike 03]

14. Here's an interesting take that is getting the most "likes"

Link to tweet

It looks like everyone seems to think that Cocaine Mitch is the real person in charge of the government.

[Ferrets are Cool]

22. Well, he has certainly held it hostage

Jus' Sayin'

[empedocles]

24. Moscow Mitch has the republicon power in his hands

[Klaralven]

39. Is Mitch actually Q?

[dchill]

41. Mitch is actually Russian.

[Klaralven]

42. His wife is Chinese.

[Hortensis]

15. Our democracy has held so far. Our miltary commanders reportedly

have all along been quietly reassuring foreign leaders of stability under the cray-cray and turbulence at the top. Doubt those directly affected are exactly pleased to have characters out of Dr. Strangelove and White Noise appointed over them.

[Mike 03]

20. Two more speculations from Twitterverse

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[questionseverything]

21. Yesterday McConnell called barr into direct him to do illegal stuff

Perhaps he has instructions for the cia too

[Roland99]

23. Hunter biden directed Ukraine to mail-in 75,000 fake mail-in ballots for various counties in PA

Apparently being prescient that PA would be the battleground state

[Poiuyt]

27. I thought that was because Hillary Clinton was putting computer chips in all the face masks.

[questionseverything]

36. I can't tell if you are belittling me or what

McConnell did call barr to his office yesterday and then barr directed plinger? To open investigations into voter fraud with absolutely no evidence......that’s illegal.....it terrifies me that he has similar illegal instructions for the cia

[Roland99]

40. Oh I'm rarely serious. Sarcasm comes naturally.

I half posted that to see how shocked I’d be to see it actually happen!

[maxsolomon]

28. "What is your end game, Senator?"

Asking for the Deep State...

[abqtommy]

29. It's a good thing I went shopping today. I was almost out of popcorn!

[torius]

30. Waterboard him, Gina

You’re good at that. Plus, he’s amphibious.

[Mike 03]

31. Meeting concluded (about 45 min ago)

Link to tweet

Typical stupid question about her job security. With everything going on, I would have asked who asked for the meeting and if there had been personnel changes today in the CIA.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. Perhaps Moscow's Bitch McConnell was relaying orders from Putin.

[Mr.Bill]

33. Make no mistake asout it.

She is 100% on Trump and McConnell's side.

[BainsBane]

35. to warn him about something

that requires attention.

[lindysalsagal]

37. This is too public to be a coup.

She's telling turtle to cut the crap and concede because security of the country is compromised and the whole world knows it. Time to cut bait and go home. Game over.

[Klaralven]

38. The only reason for a face-to-face would be to discuss something off the record.

Since I'd assume that Ft Meade keeps a record of all electronic communications, even between Langley and Capitol Hill.

[lindysalsagal]

43. This is a WAPO explanation that Haspel wants info to remain classified: Frump doesn't

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-will-leave-the-question-is-how-much-damage-hell-do-to-national-security-before-then/2020/11/10/551d31a4-239d-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html

A furious behind-the-scenes battle to counter Trump’s threat to national security

Opinion by David Ignatius Columnist November 10, 2020 at 6:23 p.m. EST

President Trump’s senior military and intelligence officials have been warning him strongly against declassifying information about Russia that his advisers say would compromise sensitive collection methods and anger key allies.

An intense battle over this issue has raged within the administration in the days before and after the Nov. 3 presidential election. Trump and his allies want the information public because they believe it would rebut claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin supported Trump in 2016. That may sound like ancient history, but for Trump it remains ground zero — the moment when his political problems began.

CIA Director Gina Haspel last month argued strongly at a White House meeting against disclosing the information, because she believed that doing so would violate her pledge to protect sources and methods, a senior congressional source said. This official said a bipartisan group of Republican and Democratic senators has been trying to protect Haspel, though some fear that Trump may yet oust her.

Rumors have been flying this week about Haspel’s tenure, but a source familiar with her standing as CIA director said Tuesday that national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had both “assured her that she’s good,” meaning she wouldn’t be removed. Haspel also met personally with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Tuesday. She sees him regularly as a member of the “Gang of Eight” senior congressional leaders. But Tuesday’s visit was another sign of GOP support.

idiot will hurt anyone to attempt to salvage his reputation. NOW he wants to prove he's not corrupt. TOO LATE!!!