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Rhiannon12866

(205,247 posts)
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 09:33 PM Jul 2021

Trump Meets With Kevin McCarthy To Sabotage January 6th Committee - Ring of Fire



On Thursday, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy visited Donald Trump at his golf resort in Bedminster, where the two undoubtedly talked about the January 6th Select Committee. McCarthy is in charge of selecting Republicans for the committee, and Trump will surely want some of his sycophants to serve in order to thwart any real work from getting done. It remains to be seen how McCarthy is going to act going forward, but it is safe to assume that Donald Trump has at least one hand on the steering wheel at this point. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

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Trump Meets With Kevin McCarthy To Sabotage January 6th Committee - Ring of Fire (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 OP
McCarthy is about as dumb as trump. He keeps going to trump... brush Jul 2021 #1
Doesn't he know that Nancy Pelosi has to approve the assigned members? Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #2
Another reason he's going to trump. brush Jul 2021 #4
So a potential witness is scheming with, what I would assume, is a potential target.... thenelm1 Jul 2021 #3
Another reason McCarthy needs to be removed period Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #5

brush

(53,771 posts)
1. McCarthy is about as dumb as trump. He keeps going to trump...
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 09:46 PM
Jul 2021

for advice. Hasn't he learned by now trump fucks up everything he touches. trump is just going to tell him to put jim jordan, probably taylor greene, boebert and the other trump ass kissers who will spew big lie after big lie.

The Democratic chair will just have to let them spew then get back to digging out the facts and reminding the nation the trump excited an attempted coup on his own government so he could stay in power.

Rhiannon12866

(205,247 posts)
2. Doesn't he know that Nancy Pelosi has to approve the assigned members?
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 09:49 PM
Jul 2021

There is no way she'd approve those who are only there to disrupt.

thenelm1

(853 posts)
3. So a potential witness is scheming with, what I would assume, is a potential target....
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 10:02 PM
Jul 2021

of the investigation. Sure, nothing corrupt about that whatsoever. Would such a thing ever be allowed to stand in an actual court of law? Maybe it would, but it would seem such collaboration should immediately remove McCarthy from participation beyond that of being a witness. (Just be sure anything he testifies to is under oath - and nail his ass to a tree if and when he lies. I'm sure I'm not the only one totally sick of his BS.)

Rhiannon12866

(205,247 posts)
5. Another reason McCarthy needs to be removed period
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 10:13 PM
Jul 2021

"from participation beyond that of being a witness." He has consistently undermined this entire process from the beginning, he's contradicted the role he agreed to again and again when he received orders from Trump - who is the main focus of this investigation!

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