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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic and Republican Senators forming power-play alliances against Donald Trump on Russia
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/democratic-and-republican-senators-forming-power-play-alliances-against-donald-trump-on-russia/1941/Has the fundamental threat to democracy posed by the unhinged Donald Trump and his Russian conspiracy finally pushed the United States Senate into a post-partisan landscape? Hard to believe, but take a look at the latest developments out of the Senate. Just look whos suddenly invoking whose name for cover, whos suddenly making a point of standing next to whom, and you begin to see the cross-party power-play alliances that are now emerging.
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham are the ranking members on the Judiciary Crime and Terrorism subcommittee, but when have you ever so much as heard their names in the same sentence? Yet suddenly Graham and Whitehouse are inseparable. Why? Because theyre both pissed off that Donald Trumps Department of Justice has been stonewalling them on the answers theyve been seeking about his phony wiretap claims.
And so this Democrat and Republican have aligned for a power play whose motivations couldnt be more clear: they know they may end up having to subpoena the evidence they seek. And when you start subpoenaing evidence about the president, youre going to have to make the case to the American public that these extraordinary moves are justified.
But these two give each other cover, you see. Its why they keep mentioning each others names, to remind the public that this is bigger than either one of them. No one can accuse Whitehouse of going after Trump for partisan reasons, so long as he keeps pointing out that hes acting in concert with Graham. And no one can tell Graham to simply bow down to his own partys leader in the White House, as long as he keeps pointing out that Whitehouse wont back down even if he does. And theyre not the only such alliance.
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Democratic and Republican Senators forming power-play alliances against Donald Trump on Russia (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Mar 2017
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Me.
(35,454 posts)1. Finally!
gibraltar72
(7,517 posts)2. Also telling
the FBI by invitation only briefing include 3 dems and only 1 Republican.
aquamarina
(1,865 posts)3. It would be nice if they were just as pissed off
at the abominable, heartless, hateful budget that 45 is proposing.
lindysalsagal
(20,785 posts)4. Best news since november. There might be some patriots left in the gop.
Fingers crossed.