The Coward Emily Murphy Is Breaking Down Over Betraying Her Country To Stay Loyal To Trump

[634-5789]

“She absolutely feels like she’s in a hard place. She’s afraid on multiple levels. It’s a terrible situation,” one friend and former colleague of Murphy’s told CNN. “Emily is a consummate professional, a deeply moral person, but also a very scrupulous attorney who is in a very difficult position with an unclear law and precedence that is behind her stance.

Murphy is using the 2000 election as her standard for blocking the Biden transition, which is absurd because 2000 was decided by 537 votes in one state. Joe Biden beat Trump by several hundred thousand votes and flipped five states that Trump carried back into the Democratic column.

A real public servant wouldn’t be struggling with the decision.
DO YOUR FUCKING JOB, EMILY, tRump won't be here to save your ass in 62 days.

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/11/18/emily-murphy-breakdown-trump.html

[JI7]

1. What is all that BS trying to make her seem like a Victim. There is nothing hard or terrible about

this situation. She is being asked to do what every other fucking administration has done .

[ProfessorGAC]

4. +1

She's not doing her job for political reasons.
There's no victimhood here. She's just a hack who's not doing the job for which she draws a check.

[wnylib]

28. But a "deeply moral" hack.

[maddiemom]

55. Like Kim Davis? Remember her?

[wnylib]

61. Did not recognize the name at first

and had to check on it, but yes, I do remember now, and they appear to be twigs on the same nut tree.

[True Blue American]

70. My first thought!

If you can not uphold your oath of office, resign!

[ailsagirl]

103. LOL n/t

[634-5789]

38. A check that we taxpayers pay her lazy ass.

[SharonAnn]

29. She approved Trump's cancellation of the FBI move to new building.

Trump didn’t want old FBI building to become available to a potential hotel competitor. Purely to protect his business interests, lining his pockets.

She made a political decision to please Trump. In no way was it an appropriate decision based on FBI needs or the allocated budget.

[ShazzieB]

123. I could *almost* buy that she is afraid

Afraid of Trump, that is. Also of his heavily armed, scantily brained followers. She knows one nasty tweet about her from him is all it would take to send them tracking her down like a dog. Which is, of course, horrific, but that's what she gets for agreeing to work for that orange howler 🐵.

[Lasher]

66. Republicans are always victims.

It is a consistent component of their genre.

[MrsCoffee]

2. Deeply moral my ass.

She has shown us who she really is.

I hope she spends several years afraid behind bars.

[secondwind]

8. Or at least continuously UNEMPLOYED

[jaxexpat]

93. Lots of people are staking all they have on Trump.

All their pride, their reputation, their passion and their livelihoods. Trump has no more clue or finesse than Giuliani. Dumb criminals are the heroes of the 21st century for folks that in the 19th century would have been obsessed by the James Gang.

[SheltieLover]

22. +1

She will!

[Sherman A1]

34. Deeply moral.......

Apparently deeply moral enough to be linked with sex parties on the roof from what I read.

[Pacifist Patriot]

53. Deeply Moral is code for Ideologically Rigid

[live love laugh]

83. +2,3,4,5....

[Rorey]

3. In 62 days OrangeLoser will start blaming those who failed to save him

He has no loyalty to anyone. They'll learn that painful lesson.

[madaboutharry]

5. This woman is a fraud and a political hack.

She is a coward and frankly, she is stupid. She deserves whatever misery she is bringing upon herself.

[lagomorph777]

91. It ain't over until she sings.

[Mike Nelson]

6. I think...

... she may actually be a deeply immoral person. I predict she will join a resistance group supporting Loser Trump, next year.

[lagomorph777]

39. She is already part of a resistance group supporting Loser Trump.

[gab13by13]

7. Besides, the 2000 SC decision was the wrong way to go anyway.

All of the votes should have been counted, I mean the brother of one of the candidates stopping the vote count was OK?

God help us if we rely on what went on in 2000 as future precedence.

[BComplex]

13. In 2000 the supreme court, in ruling for bush, said that ruling should NEVER be used as

precedent for any future case. What happened to THAT part of the ruling?

[lagomorph777]

41. They meant it should never be used against a Republican candidate.

That part is lex non scripta, don't ya know?

[mdbl]

114. so true.

Sandra Day O'Connor gave up all self-respect on that one. She was the swing vote that allowed that mess to happen.

[Siwsan]

9. Perhaps there are some 'daddy issues' at play, here.

Just a theory, mind you, but I have NO doubt she's obeying a trump* demand.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

10. Something is terribly wrong...

with a system that allows one person in a position as her’s to wield that much influence.

[BComplex]

16. Kind of like cops being allowed to kill an unarmed person with impunity.

There are some individuals in the USA who are more equal than others.

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

19. +1

[quaint]

21. + ∞

[DBoon]

86. "Murder is a CRIME! Unless it was done by a Policeman"

-- The Clash

[ahoysrcsm]

111. I suggest we create a Federal Bureau....

that will investigate all the police shootings. That way we no longer have to rely on an Internal Affairs inside the police department to investigate their own shootings.

[uponit7771]

17. +1

[Karma13612]

50. Kind of like McConnell as well

One, just ONE state votes for him and he can road block the American people into loss of health care, economic injustice, climate protections, LGBTQ rights, etc.

The founders never conceived of the level of immoral decay in government that we are seeing now.

[backroadblast]

11. i'll say a prayer for her

i pray everyone she loves turns their back to her and she has an endless run of sleepless nights in her future, amen.

[TNNurse]

12. Emily who will hire you after this???

Only corrupt people like Trump, think about that.

[bdamomma]

118. Probably

Fox will hire her.

[Blue_true]

121. Have you ever seen a heavy set Fox female host or contributor?

I don’t watch that cable channel, but every female host and many contributors that gets shown here on DU and news feeds are thinish women and usually bleach blonde.

[ShazzieB]

124. Yes, Fox News women all look like Barbie dolls

I find them pretty scary, honestly.

[Maeve]

14. Explain "moral person" in this context. I don't think we agree on what that means

Short-term personal gain over long-term health of democracy in America? Really? Really, really??

[Fullduplexxx]

15. "Emily is a consummate professional"wtf she broke the law

[PJMcK]

20. Emily is not a victim

Emily is a Karen.

Does she want to speak with the manager?

[NRaleighLiberal]

23. what is the mysterious hold trump has on so many?

I don't get it.

[Chakaconcarne]

27. I wouldn't be surprised if she is being threatened.

[niyad]

35. Kompromat?

[NRaleighLiberal]

36. gotta be something like that. He's so odious I would expect many to enjoy pissing him off

he certainly is deserving of a good smack upside his orange head. For him to get along to his age screwing so many people unscathed is simply unbelievable.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

40. Unfortunately, the GOP has become "the Party of Trump".

Republican elected officials fear the backlash from both Trump himself and from those voters who worship Trump should they utter the heretical -- and that is the correct term -- view that Trump lost. They do expect the Spanish Inquisition.

[Hekate]

71. Have you read "Everything Trump Touches Dies" by Rick Wilson?

A lot of them start out with good intentions, seriously. But you know the old saying about what the road to Hell is paved with.

[NRaleighLiberal]

78. have not.. thx for the suggestion

[Hekate]

79. Get past the parts where you want to deny what he says about Hillary's electability...

... (it made me mad) and you find a mind that is wicked smart and wicked funny.

The man has no illusions about humanity, and there are damn few among us that are incorruptible, and the ones that are can be smeared and fired.

[JI7]

107. White Supremacy

[SheltieLover]

24. She is an attorney?!?

Wtaf?

[TeamPooka]

94. That was my double take too. but then I thought, well a lot of lawyers ARE scumbags.

[SheltieLover]

96. Yes

Chief reason I did not attend law school.

Thankfully, there are many GREAT attorneys hard at work saving our country, too!

[gademocrat7]

25. She is a corrupt treasonous woman.

She has willfully abandoned her duty to her country. Such a shameful disgrace. There is nothing professional about her.

[warmfeet]

104. Yes indeed.

Sucking up to fascism does not a patriot make.

[Jon King]

26. Utter bullshit...

She is texting friends looking for her next job in the Republican party according to reporting. She sees one thing, a chance to advance her career within the Repub party, plain and simple. She should have her picture pasted all over the world as the person who led to the deaths of more people by delaying the transition and delaying Biden's virus team from hitting the ground running on Jan 20th. She is directly responsible for the deaths and suffering of many of her fellow Americans. Emily Miller is a killer, plain and simple.

[Harker]

30. She's a fool to do his dirty work...

whoa, yeah.

[area51]

74. I saw what you did there.

[Harker]

80. Ah. Yes, you did.

It popped into my mind despite not having heard it in many years.

It works just about perfectly as is.

[NBachers]

31. Oh god, we've got another Kim Davis on our hands.

[FakeNoose]

99. They're all narcissists just like Chump

... feeding on the fame and glory. She throws away her entire career for 2 days of headlines.

[RVN VET71]

32. No, she's just not. "Deeply moral" and "Fucking coward" are antonyms

If she's remembered at all it will be as just one of the many venereal crabs Trump has unleashed on the nation in his final, petulant and nihilistic days.

[Mike 03]

33. I want to know more about this person: Trent Benishek

White House attorney dispatched to agency blocking Biden transition

WASHINGTON — Five days before the presidential election, the Trump administration dispatched attorney Trent Benishek of the White House general counsel’s office to the General Services Administration.

The agency, which oversees government leases among other administrative tasks, is little known to the general public. Nor is Benishek’s name among those that have become a staple of Trumpworld reporting.

Accordingly, the move attracted no notice as the nation, and the world, focused on the Nov. 3 presidential election, perhaps the most consequential in modern American history.

GSA put out a press release, which said that as the new general counsel of the GSA, as well as its top ethics official, Benishek would “advise in the formulation and promulgation of GSA policies and regulations, oversee the agency’s litigation, and provide overall direction.”

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/white-house-attorney-dispatched-to-agency-blocking-biden-transition-173301811.html

In NO WAY am I letting Emily Murphy off the hook. She is a coward and should resign. But I definitely want to know more about this White House attorney.

[KPN]

67. Five days before the election. And who is stealing the election (dumbv question I know, but really

how fucking brainwashed and rabid have at least 50 million Americans become -- the real American-Xs.

[crickets]

82. How convenient Benishek was installed right before the election.

The doublespeak is on full display: one claim is that he is there to "provide overall direction" but another is that he "does not direct her as to what to do." When a GSA spokesperson announces that "Benishek would not be acting as a White House surrogate within the GSA" we can all assume that is exactly his role.

Murphy's screwed and she knows it. She could have done her job properly, but she doesn't have the integrity or the backbone for that. Looks like Benishek might be there to take the helm if Murphy wavers--but she won't. Her paycheck is more important to her than her country.

[c-rational]

112. Great catch Mike 03. This should be national news.

[Lucinda]

116. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[AllyCat]

37. She is not in a hard place.

She only has to do her job. Sign off on the apparent winner of the election.

She is a coward and is acting in a manner not becoming of her position.

[Baitball Blogger]

42. She's a fucking idiot of a lawyer based on this statement:

"in a very difficult position with an unclear law and precedence that is behind her stance."

Which means, she knows she's going rogue.

[Mike 03]

57. +1 Agree.

The technical language in the law is that she must begin the transition process once there is an "apparent winner."

There is nothing in the wording about waiting for Trump to concede, or waiting for vote certification.

[benfranklin1776]

60. Bingo!

Her interpretation is manifestly unreasonable and indefensible. There is no precedent supporting her interpretation. Time for as writ of mandamus to compel her to perform her ministerial duty.

[Baitball Blogger]

62. +1

[JT45242]

43. I call BS

1. She took a political hack job from Trump and did not work up through the civil service chain

2. She could easily go to all 50 states websites (secretary of state) and verify the counts for herself. (I have to do a similar thing looking for updates to state education standards for my job quarterly...it takes a little time, but you document with web address in a spreadsheet and bulletproof)

3. She is whining because for probably the first time in white priviliged life she might have to face some consequences for her poor decision making skills.

4. The BIG ONE -- by putting her loyalty to Trumo over the loyalty to her oath of office and the 330 million people who count on her to do her job correctly she has not only endangered those 330 million but also counless millions around the world.

There is nothing but hypocrisy in her heart if she is claiming to be a good lawyer.... do your job , you whiny, political hack. Then slink away and hopefuly get disbarred so that you can say "would you like fires with that" for the rest of your pathetic life.

[ailsagirl]

102. I hope her reputation is forever ruined

[c-rational]

113. Well said.

[dalton99a]

44. Many Trump cultists consider themselves moral Christians.

Fuck them

[Scalded Nun]

45. This is just so much bullshit

Your decision, and spare me your feelings. If you are truly a 'deeply moral person' then you should be able to see this for what it is and have walked away or signed off on this and walked away. 'Consummate professional'? Were that true you would not be a part of this administration at all.

May this sad episode be forever shackled on to both your personal and professional life.

[PA Democrat]

46. What is "deeply moral" about causing unnecessary suffering and death

in the service of a wannabe despot trying to invalidate a fair election?

She disgusts me.

[usaf-vet]

47. Emily you took a damn oath of office FOLLOW IT! HERE is a reminder.

You TOOK the oath of office, saying in part, "to support and defend the CONSTITUTION against all enemies foreign and domestic."

THE CONSTITUTION EMILY, not any individual!
THE CONSTITUTION EMILY, not any individual!
THE CONSTITUTION EMILY, not any individual!


General Milly's in a recent speech makes it clear THE CONSTITUTION EMILY, not any individual!

Forget the Orange TURD! and the 2000 election. You are looking for an excuse. THE CONSTITUTION EMILY, not any individual!

[yardwork]

48. Is she an evangelical Christian?

The reason I ask is that most of them voted for Trump despite their "deeply moral" beliefs.

Jesus has a word for people like this: hypocrites.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

49. Funny how scrupulous about law they are when it benefits tRump-Republicons. . . . nt

[dalton99a]

51. Democrats must sit down and shut up because law and order

[Iggo]

52. If she was a "consummate professional" she would do her fucking job.

So, no. That’s bullshit.

[TinCup]

54. Just A Stooge

She is just one more disciple of Drumpf! Now that he is on his way out the door she is panicking because she has no way out. Once some big Republican donor gives her a job she will finally do her job at the GSA.

[oldsoftie]

56. the way this year has been, those 62 days will go by in about 4 weeks. nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

58. Yeah, and Kayleigh McEnany promised never to tell a lie

DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!!

[cab67]

59. "unclear law?"

What's unclear about it?

[BigOleDummy]

63. I have a problem

I have a problem with ANY republican who wears the "moral" mantle .... I've seen nothing "moral" from that party in a long long time.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

64. She's been a loyal tRump supporter. Maybe she finally realized that he will turn on her just like he

turned on others who were no longer useful to him. She's afraid of doing jail time and has no reason to trust that he will pardon her.
If only all of his supporters could see him through that lens.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

65. She is a traitor who is clearly conspiring with Trump to overthrow

the US government, and she should be prosecuted for it.

[Hekate]

68. My heart just bleeds for her victimhood

[FailureToCommunicate]

69. Hey, Emily Murphy...

[Evolve Dammit]

72. And this is how a Hitler or Mussolini come to power. With loyal, enthusiastic enablers.

[Texin]

73. Does she seriously believe he gives a fuck about her considerable ass?

Does she think he's going to be the one to give her an "attagirl, Emily" professional recommendation to ease her into a new job? Frankly, I'm quite certain tRump doesn't know her from a hole in the ground, and if he has become aware of her in the last couple of weeks, it'll only be because he happened to see her bloated body on Fux Spews. And, does she not know deep down in her bones that the only reason he noticed her is because she is the antithesis of the women he likes?

[AllaN01Bear]

75. i have simply lost patience with these people. end of scentence .

[world wide wally]

76. WTF do we pay her to do all day?

[Eyeball_Kid]

77. So she's a consummate professional attorney?

Were she so competent, she would have reasonably predicted the situation in which she put herself, and she would have AVOIDED the ethical and professional dilemma that places her in the middle of a huge electoral fiasco.

Competency and professionalism flies out the window when she gets pressured and intimidated by Trump. The truism exists: Everything Trump Touched Dies. Murphy got touched by President Pennywise. Now she exposed herself to disbarment, ethical violations, civil lawsuits, and criminal prosecution. That's really smart, Emily. When you listen to your Golden god, you lose everything. Goodnight, Emily.

[Blue Owl]

81. She's in a squishy place

Rolling around in tRump’s brimming, shit-filled cesspool

[Solly Mack]

84. That bid for sympathy is bullshit.

[Raster]

85. But of course. This is GSAEmily's chance to be in the spotlight...

...to feel important. To feel like she has a purpose.

And the media --CNN especially-- is working overtime to help her fill out her GOP* Victim Bingo Card.

The thing is: She is NOT being asked to pick the winner. She is only asked to "ascertain" the likely winner so that the funds and facilities can be released so that Team Biden can begin their transition.

Also telling, is that she refuses to answer the question "Have you been in contact with anyone at the White House to discuss this Ascertainment?" GSAEmily is an attorney and knows full well the consequences of lying. She knows THE ENTIRE COUNTRY is watching her actions. She knows exactly what she is doing, and as the wonderful Laurence O'Donnell said last night in no uncertain terms "Emily Murphy is lying."

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

87. Maybe she should run for Senator in Maine.

Her concern is heartwarming, while she inserts the knife and twists.

I'm trying to think, who does this remind me of?

[nakocal]

88. Emily Murphy is NOT a moral person

or a consummate professional. She is a liar and a partisan hack.

[Tommymac]

89. Go have another rooftop sex party you dumb hack.

Moral my ass.

She is a criminal just like the rest of the Republican's in the country..

LOCK HER UP!

[Sherman A1]

90. +1

[patphil]

92. There is an old saying, "figures don't lie, but liars will figure."

The law isn't unclear, and the precedent she's using is irrelevant to this election.
She is simply doing the will of her master.

[demtenjeep]

95. boo f'n hoo

do your fucking job toadie

[BigmanPigman]

97. I am so pissed off that I called her on the phone...and finally got through.

I just called that Emily W Murphy lady who won't sign the transition paperwork at noon in DC. Whoever answered the phone was very nice and very cool. When I told her who I really wanted to speak with I thought I'd hear "clunk" as my phone was hung up but that didn't happen. The person said Emily is getting tons of messages (implied they were nastygrams) but that Emily definately would be getting mine too. I even left my phone number in case Elily would like to discuss being a traitor and a tRump kiss ass. My message was that "she is unAmerican and she isn't performing her job as required by the govt and should therefore step down of she does not fulfill her duties in a timey manner".

I wanted to say terrible things laced with lots of profanity but chose to take the high road since the person who answered the phone was so cool and told me Emily is getting the many messages like mine and she would love nothing more than delivering another batch to her. I have the feeling that Emily Murphy isn't having a good time with her tRump pals these days.

[VA_Jill]

98. Oh boo hoo.

Cry me a river, b*tch. Just do your fvcking job and stop being such a drama queen. This drama isn't even worthy of a 13 year old.

[helpisontheway]

100. She can go straight to Hell...Chose party over country..traitor..nt

[ailsagirl]

101. "A deeply moral person" ???????

"A real public servant wouldn’t be struggling with the decision." Damn right!!!!

She feels as if she's in a hard place...



DO YOUR DAMN JOB!!!!

[patricia92243]

105. She says no precedence - how about every president-elect since

forever.

[StevieM]

106. Emily Murphy is no more between a rock and a hard place than James Comey was in October 2016. (eom)

[Goodheart]

108. "deeply moral" my ass.

[MFM008]

109. she needs the real psychological pressure

of some lawsuits thrown in her direction.

[marble falls]

110. Emily Murphy has no moral qualms. She's only following orders. Like a good little Nazi.

[UTUSN]

115. "professional...moral...scrupulous" - is this a joke?!1

[bdamomma]

117. Oh dear

Emily are you being threatened with death threats from "the don".

Sign the damn papers!!!!

[ThoughtCriminal]

119. Why not look at 2016 as a standard?

Because... Argle Bargle!

[jimlup]

120. she isn't a moral person and has no freaking clue

what morality actually is.

[dchill]

122. Some people have a twisted idea of what constitutes...

...a consummate professional.