117th United States Congress: #CancelGate

[6souls]

Marjorie Taylor Greene said Guam was a foreign land undeserving of U.S. funding, so Guam decided to pay her a visit. Unfortunately she was "out."

[AoE]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1...587905025?s=20

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D- R.I.) is alleging that the FBI’s background investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was fake.

Whitehouse, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last Thursday asking him to conduct “proper oversight” into the bureau’s 2018 probe into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.

Whitehouse said the investigation “appears to have been a politically-constrained [one] and perhaps fake.”

In his letter, Whitehouse said “in this matter the shutters were closed, the bridge drawn up, and there was no point of entry by which members of the public or Congress could provide information to the FBI.”

He alleged that the agency refused to hear testimony from witnesses and ignored members who inquired on behalf of witnesses, and he criticized the agency’s use of a “tip line” that was meant to accept allegations and evidence.

“This ‘tip line’ appears to have operated more like a garbage chute, with everything that came down the chute consigned without review to the figurative dumpster,” Whitehouse wrote.

Whitehouse also said that FBI Director Christopher Wray never answered congressional inquiries about whether the background check was consistent with its procedures for such.

[Day]

they really out here questioning the integrity of our intelligence agencies smh think that is against the rules, what did schumer say? they got 6 ways to sunday to take you down if you mess with them, yall see what happened to trump

[Lokus]

https://twitter.com/politico/status/...607224833?s=20

Mitch being a bitch yet again. Threatening to do shit that he will do and has done anyway with or without the filibuster.

[Tyrath]

My fav headline regarding that

McConnell Threatens To Grind Senate To Halt If Dems Don’t Let Him Keep Power To Grind Senate To Halt

[Byrthnoth]

I know that Dems need to do this because otherwise they are basically done for the year, but we are in for a rough decade.

[archibaldcrane]

Lol
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status...475038720?s=19

[Tyche]

How has he not resigned yet?

[Salodin]

Why would he? The next election is over a year away. They're not gonna go thru the effort to impeach him, unless something criminal comes up in the nursing home investigation. Might as well cash in all his favors in the year or two he has left and line up his retirement lobbying and funds.

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[Mrbeansman]

Is there any chance the NY Governors mansion could go red.

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[archibaldcrane]

How has he not resigned yet?

He's hoping to wait it out a la Northam. A majority of New Yorkers don't want him to resign, yet at least, per opinion polls.

[AoE]

I honestly had no reservations to believe he would resign anyway. Like I knew he was a piece of shit but the last few NY governors have been pieces of shit.

[Salodin]

Following the trump years, if the allegations are not criminal then I highly doubt most career politicians will ever be resigning anymore tbh.

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[TsingTao]

And if allegations are criminal you deny and obstruct as long as possible, and make someone find you guilty first.

[Salodin]

Basically, make them take you out especially if it's your own party who holds the final decision. Northam and Trump are proof your own party doesn't have the balls anymore, assuming you shouldn't be in jail lol

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[Day]

imagine making someone find you guilty first

[6souls]

MN Gov Tim Walz is under quarantine after covid exposure. He last spoke at an event at the Mall of America on Monday also attended by Klob and Tina Smith.

[Salodin]

imagine making someone find you guilty first

Imagine holding people to a higher standard than "morally bad but technically not illegal so whatevs"

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[Day]

can't be morally bad if they didn't do it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Restrat]

He actually admitted to most of the allegations, just says he didn't think it was wrong and "sorry if u feel that way"