Republican Senate chairman investigating Trump and Russia wont visit the White House anymore

[deminks]

https://thinkprogress.org/richard-burr-keeping-distance-from-trump-1327df95be56

Less than six months ago, Richard Burr was at the White House’s beck and call.

The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee is distancing himself from the White House — literally.

Asked whether he planned to join President Trump and other Republicans for a health care luncheon at the White House on Wednesday, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) told Erica Werner of the Associated Press that he wouldn’t do so while the Trump’s campaign Russia ties are under investigation, including in the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Burr told reporters he’ll “make it a habit while this investigation is going on that I don’t go down [to the White House],” according to The Hill.

This represents a major and significant shift for Burr. In February, Burr and House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) were enlisted by the White House to help tamp down media reports about the Trump’s campaign contacts with Russia, which were already under investigation at the time.

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orange toxicity is rising?

[dchill]

1. Burr can't avoid Contagion. He's caught it already.

[SunSeeker]

2. Burr must have seen some really damning evidence on Trump. nt

[tonyt53]

5. It sure appears that this is the case.

[mobeau69]

13. Hope he's taking it more seriously than he did for his prepartions for this hearing on single payer.

He got his ass kicked this day.

[MineralMan]

3. Excellent. Trump is DENIED!

[Raster]

4. Noon-ez will continue to wet himself and crawl on his belly whenever...

...cheeto mussolini* summons.

[RandomAccess]

19. I read an interesting Nunes tidbit last night

on Twitter. I won't even bother to look for the link since it's a source in great disdain here. But if someone isn't opposed to hearing a little gossip now and then (are you??), it's delicious. It reported that when Nunes fled to the White House that night, it was because he read his name as a legally unmasked American citizen!

[Raster]

20. not opposed to a bit o' political gossip now and then...

...and that makes PERFECT sense. Nunes didn't have his panties in a bunch over tRump*, he was wetting himself because he saw or heard evidence that he may have been captured on tape.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Burr is just trying to have it both ways.

[L. Coyote]

7. Orange is the new effluvium.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Burr and

King Velveeta are cut from the same hoop cheese. Burr is a sleaze and a liar. What a joke.

♡lmsp

[barbtries]

9. this is good.

i call his office quite often about health care and tax cuts for the rich, now i will thank him for taking the investigation seriously and urge him to move quickly to rid the country of the curse that is trump.

of course throughout Obama's presidency Burr always put party before country and i don't think there's any reason to believe he has changed. he may however have figured out that trump is not good for party.

[annabanana]

10. Yeah. If he doesn't actually PHYSICALLY go there he can't possibly

cozy up to the deranged one...

Not what they say.. only what they do... a Silent Movie, like Rachel says..

[tinrobot]

11. He probably suspects Trump will try and pull him aside...

Just like Trump did with Comey.

He's wise to stay as far away from the subject of the investigation as possible.

[Ilsa]

12. This is great news. He knows

Trump is in trouble. Let's hope he works with Ds to get rid of the traitors.

[mobeau69]

16. BINGO.

Picked his stock with the benefit of inside information. Expect more pukes to be doing the same as the evidence against Ass Hole continues to build up.

[calimary]

14. WHAT? You mean he's concerned about how it looks?

Most interesting. And it could also be that those who suspect he's aware that trump might want to corner him in a one-on-one are probably spot-on.

[Achilleaze]

15. could a republican actually be showing a smidgen of patriotism?

Virtually all republicans are content to let russia muck around with America's nuclear and power infrastructure, and to screw with our elections. Is one of them actually going to stand up for America? We shall see.

[Ilsa]

18. Maybe a little bit of Warner is rubbing off on him.

I suspect Warner has been serious, un-accusing, respectful, and fair, and still, look at where the facts have led them. That patriotism has to rub off a little.

[MiddleClass]

17. Richard Burr must of saw something in the intelligence

This is going to get good.