Sandy Shanks
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- Jul 10, 2018
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Republicans in Congress are getting concerned about Trump. It is not so much what they are saying. It is what they are not saying. In terms of defending the Republican President, their silence is deafening.
They have reason to be concerned. Yesterday, on the White House South Lawn Trump was asked specifically what he wanted Zelensky to do, and he responded:
"Well I would think that if they were honest about it they'd start a major investigation into the Bidens. It's a very simple answer. They should investigate the Bidens because how does a company that's newly formed -- and all these companies if you look at, and by the way likewise, China -- should start an investigation into the Bidens."
"Because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine. So I would say that President Zelensky, if it were me, I would recommend that they start an investigation into the Bidens because nobody has any doubt that they weren't crooked."
Trump has never explained what happened in Ukraine or China. What are China and Ukraine supposed to investigate? This has Republicans a bit bewildered as well as concerned. What is the President talking about? He sounded unhinged, and virtually admitted to his guilt.
The same man says today, âI donât care about Bidenâs campaign, but I do care about corruption,â Trump told reporters. âI believe there was tremendous corruption with Biden ... we are looking at corruption, we are not looking at politics.â
Trump went as far as to insist âthis is about corruptionâ or a close variant of that statement six times in less than 40 seconds, once again failing to define the corruption to which the Bidens were involved.
âHave you asked foreign leaders for any corruption investigations that donât involve your political opponents?â CNBCâs Eamon Javers asked. Trump gave no answer.
Republicans are concerned about the apparent bipolar responses over a period of two days.
Recently, Trump told reporters, "I always cooperate." Keep in mind, when listening to Trump's statements, as of Aug. 5, he has made 12,019 false or misleading claims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...as-made-false-or-misleading-claims-over-days/
Sure enough, Trump was lying again. Trump is planning to tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that they will not cooperate with the ongoing impeachment inquiry until the full House votes to authorize it, officials said today. The White House letter may go out Monday.
So, now Trump is telling the speaker of the house what to vote on. This has Republicans in Congress concerned.
In the meantime, how smart is it to let the opposition do all the talking? Trump refuses to allow current and former members of his administration to testify before Congress. Most of them will say nice things about Trump and protect him. The testimony of Corey Lewandowski comes to mind. Instead, Trump forbids them to testify and they are obeying his command.
Democrats in the House are not concerned. They will simply add another charge to the impeachment proposal -- obstruction of Congress -- and proceed with their witnesses who will tell the Democrats what they want to hear.
Trump is not intelligent enough to understand this.
This has Republicans in Congress quite concerned.
They have reason to be concerned. Yesterday, on the White House South Lawn Trump was asked specifically what he wanted Zelensky to do, and he responded:
"Well I would think that if they were honest about it they'd start a major investigation into the Bidens. It's a very simple answer. They should investigate the Bidens because how does a company that's newly formed -- and all these companies if you look at, and by the way likewise, China -- should start an investigation into the Bidens."
"Because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine. So I would say that President Zelensky, if it were me, I would recommend that they start an investigation into the Bidens because nobody has any doubt that they weren't crooked."
Trump has never explained what happened in Ukraine or China. What are China and Ukraine supposed to investigate? This has Republicans a bit bewildered as well as concerned. What is the President talking about? He sounded unhinged, and virtually admitted to his guilt.
The same man says today, âI donât care about Bidenâs campaign, but I do care about corruption,â Trump told reporters. âI believe there was tremendous corruption with Biden ... we are looking at corruption, we are not looking at politics.â
Trump went as far as to insist âthis is about corruptionâ or a close variant of that statement six times in less than 40 seconds, once again failing to define the corruption to which the Bidens were involved.
âHave you asked foreign leaders for any corruption investigations that donât involve your political opponents?â CNBCâs Eamon Javers asked. Trump gave no answer.
Republicans are concerned about the apparent bipolar responses over a period of two days.
Recently, Trump told reporters, "I always cooperate." Keep in mind, when listening to Trump's statements, as of Aug. 5, he has made 12,019 false or misleading claims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...as-made-false-or-misleading-claims-over-days/
Sure enough, Trump was lying again. Trump is planning to tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that they will not cooperate with the ongoing impeachment inquiry until the full House votes to authorize it, officials said today. The White House letter may go out Monday.
So, now Trump is telling the speaker of the house what to vote on. This has Republicans in Congress concerned.
In the meantime, how smart is it to let the opposition do all the talking? Trump refuses to allow current and former members of his administration to testify before Congress. Most of them will say nice things about Trump and protect him. The testimony of Corey Lewandowski comes to mind. Instead, Trump forbids them to testify and they are obeying his command.
Democrats in the House are not concerned. They will simply add another charge to the impeachment proposal -- obstruction of Congress -- and proceed with their witnesses who will tell the Democrats what they want to hear.
Trump is not intelligent enough to understand this.
This has Republicans in Congress quite concerned.