And done. "Reopen" language from House Oversight Chair not FBI

[Godhumor]

FBI is pushing back hard on this story. Asshole Republican in charge of the committee decided to grandstand.


NOTE: House Oversight Chair has called this a "re-opening" of the investigation into Clinton. However, FBI Director used no such language.
https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/792052676406247424

[Iliyah]

1. GOPers are some evil a-holes.

[barbtries]

43. they really are. talk about taking no prisoners

gawd i hate them.
they've done something to the son of one my childhood best friends that has turned him incomprehensible. he thinks democrats are evil and treasonous, and anyone who does not agree with him is not a true american.
i once pulled his toddler ass out of the pacific ocean as he was being rolled around in the waves, too.

[Angry Dragon]

51. You speak the truth

[Farmgirl1961]

2. They'd better push back hard and fast

News media has a way of running off at the drop of a hat. Damage may already have happened because of this grandstanding nonsense.

[Foggyhill]

7. Considering how fast they reacted

The damage may be low

But someone has to hit the GOP hard on using the FBI and state in a political manner

[anneboleyn]

3. It is NOT DONE. the msm is saying "reopen" over and over and over. Trump saying "reopen"

[MADem]

12. Yes it is--it's Friday.

You dump news to die on Friday.

That's why they call it a "Friday night news dump."

It has a shelf life that expires at the start of the next work week--even if it's slightly juicy.

This "news" is stale and a LIE. Another LIE.

It might excite a few morons, but they were Trump True Believers anyway. It's not going to motivate anyone to cross party lines or stay home.

[Wounded Bear]

22. It'll be all over the Sunday talk shows, I'm sure....nt

[MadBadger]

25. Remind me what day The Access Hollywood tape came out?

[MADem]

30. That thing had a roll-out well before the tape was released. Not the same thing at all.

There were rumors for weeks that 'something' was out there. That it was video in the candidate's own voice.

Also, sex sells. Even forcible, non-consensual sexual assault. America is a salacious nation.

Since I don't know the exact date of the release, why don't you tell me, since you're trying to compare the two?

Where is "the tape" of this story? There isn't one. There is no "visual." No ACCESS HOLLYWOOD bus rolling in, no candidate stepping off the bus and creepily hugging the female host, no pimping by Billy Bush. Visuals are the gift that keeps on giving. So are audios--and there's no audio in this case either. All there is, is a letter--a NOTE, really, about an "unrelated case" -- from Comey, which does not say what some news media were purporting it said--and the Dems are already pushing back.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Trump already saying "re-open" to his minions...

[femmocrat]

9. Yes, but he seems to be going off-track now.

He opened with some exaggeration about the emails, and then asked the crowd if he should continue his speech.

I bet he won't be able to stay on the issues and will circle back to the emails.

Ooops, MSNBC cut away. They are now saying "REVIEWING" instead of "re-opening."

[sarae]

18. If I know Trump, he'll get so excited by this news

that he'll start throwing out absurd conspiracy theories along with it, thus watering down it's impact. He always tries to supplement bits of the truth with wild lies that end up making it hard to believe anything he's saying.

Remember when pundits used to call him a political "genius"?

[madaboutharry]

5. Jason Chaffetz is a class A asshole.

He is the most unethical man in Washington.

[sarae]

20. How I despise that man...

If it weren't for Trump, he might be number one asshole in my book.

Actually, he still might be.

[VOX]

21. Agreed. The asshole's asshole, flaming and irredeemable...

Cannot stand that man. He is one of the worst. Plus, he has aspirations. Which might make him an ever bigger asshole, if that's possible.

[Freethinker65]

28. Agreed

[uponit7771]

33. +1

[Farmgirl1961]

6. Yep....let's blow this thing up

FBI better get it's public affairs person out there to correct this mess.

[MADem]

8. Desperate Housewiseguys.

Toss them all out on their well-fed asses--fuckers.

[geek tragedy]

10. the FBI is not pushing back at all.

Comey engineered this.

He's an agent of the Republican Party.

[DURHAM D]

13. Correct.

His resignation letter better already be in the oval office.

[Dawson Leery]

16. President Clinton needs to get rid of this partisan hack.

[uponit7771]

34. +1 His editorializing of Clinton's actions regarding the emails was big enough

[Wounded Bear]

14. And of course, the first person MSNBC went to was Peter King, Asshole from Iowa...

[rurallib]

38. Peter King is not our asshole. He is New York's asshole

Steve King is our asshole.

But are class A assholes.

Edit to add that most assholes look alike and sound alike so it is hard to distinguish their origin

[DarthDem]

15. And Just Like That . . .

. . . it's over. No. One. Cares.

Once some posters here on DU stop clutching their pearls and actually show a backbone, this will completely die down, even on DU.

[GusBob]

19. Am seeing the words "BREAKING" and "re-open" everywhere online

Journalists unable to read or write.

They will ride this non scandal for another 2 years

What the media really wants: election violence that lasts a week

Ratings bonanza.

[GusBob]

26. Stock market sliding with this news. Eom

[reasonabletexan]

41. And . . . the market recovers

Once they read what is happening and put on their big boy pants.

[GusBob]

47. Unbelievable what we have become huh?

A bunch of knee-jerking jerk offs who cannot read or understand simple words control the media.

Maybe we deserve a Trump presidency

[still_one]

27. Doesn't matter, the entire media is saying it is reopened. Unless the media retracts it

this puts the election at risk

Look at the CNN headline:

http://www.cnn.com/

It could be over now

[MADem]

31. What "could be over now?" Please be specific. nt

[still_one]

32. The FBI director needs to come out now, and correct lies and falsehoods being spewed

about by the MSM and the republicans.

Waiting an entire weekend could have serious consequences on the election.

It could be ended right now if the FBI director came out, otherwise this will continue to get misleading headlines.

It wasn't that long ago when the wonderful media had a feeding frenzy when Hillary had pneumonia, and that took a whole week before it finally settled down.

In my view, we cannot afford a whole week of false propaganda

[MADem]

35. The FBI Director said "review." The House Republicans said "re-open."

I think the media needs to do their job. The push-back has already started.

MSNBC is covering Clinton's speech in Iowa, while they start to use the "review" word in a voice-over.

Comey didn't "need" to send any letter at all. He is investigating a SEPARATE matter that uses the same evidence, in essence.

Comey wants to help down ballot Republicans. He can't help Trump--he's past help.

[still_one]

37. I hear you MADem, and I hope the push-back is quick. The pneumonia garbage took a

whole week before it quelled

[MADem]

44. Already MSNBC corrected "re-open" to "review."

Pete Williams said this is basically bullshit--no legal ramifications.

Now the focus is on Comey. His legacy might be tarnished.

[still_one]

46. Thanks. Even that headline doesn't actually tell the full story though

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2552037

[BSdetect]

36. And yet msnbs proceeds. Unrelenting garbage

[StevieM]

39. Unfortunately it is not over. There is a fake re-opening of the fake scandal.

But I agree that Jason Chaffetz is a liar.

He should resign from Congress.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

40. CNN just took down Reopen and replaced it with REVIEWING

[MADem]

45. Twitter works! nt

[rurallib]

42. The big October Surprise - same as the Sept, Aug, July, June, May, april ...............

ad infinitum surprise.

The Corporate Media (aka M$M - including the vaunted NPR) now must push it and sell it.

[Puzzler]

48. NOW is the time for the Dems to...

... let go with everthing they have. Both barrels. Assuming the Clinton Campaign has something left in reserve. Which I think is a reasonably high probability.

Addendum: it looks like the Dems are getting some retractions already from the MSM.

-P

[TrollBuster9090]

49. "...suckers...."

Jason Sez: "These MSM press people are so easy to manipulate, it almost takes the honor out of being a political rat f**ker."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

50. Meanwhile multiple investigations still open into Donald J tRump:

Trump U

Bondi bribe & Texas AG bribe

Trump Foundation in NY

Case about raping 13 yo girl proceeding in court

Allegations by a dozen women of groping and sexual assault

Perpetual tax audit

... and probably more since those are the only one I recall off the top of my head.

[COLGATE4]

52. Chaffetz is one more the more despicable Republican

assholes making news right now. He LIVES for getting his name (and face) in the news and absolutely despises Hillary. As our British cousins say, he's a 'nasty piece of work'.