Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?
Shit you got me.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...ents-2019.html
Trump out here breaking records.
All those murderers and rapists...and I'm sure some were good kids.
Dunno if this has been posted but I've been lurking and gaurtz it's almost word for word the same bs defense you tried.
My I present house republican trump defense plan.
The four central defenses, which are detailed over the course of the memo, are as follows:
The July 25 call summary "shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure."
Ukrainian "President (Volodymyr) Zelensky and President Trump have both said there was no pressure on the call."
"The Ukrainian government was not aware of the hold on U.S. assistance" during the July 25 call.
The security assistance hold was lifted on September 11.
"These four key points undercut the Democrat impeachment narrative that President Trump leveraged U.S. security assistance and a presidential meeting to force Ukraine to investigate the President's political rivals," the memo reads.
On Twitter Tuesday, Trump echoed some of the Republicans' defense, pointing to Zelensky's comments that there was "no pressure" placed on him to investigate the Bidens.
Per CNN but still funny to see
Giuliani's coconspirator says he told them about the hold on aid in May. Poor Trumpito, so hard to find loyal goons nowadays
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ah your missing a few key things. Shifty is denying witness requests, lawyers for witnesses and blocks certain questions. It's to a point that senate is considering calling it's own witnesses if it reaches them, instead of relying on depositions. Also if the name of the leaked whistleblower is accurate, then the investigation was a coordinated effort by dnc operatives not organic whistleblower complaint. Which is supported by the fact that the whistleblower met with schiff and whistleblower rules changing to accept secondhand information weeks before the complaint. Combine that with the lack of "firsthand" accounts from the witnesses that did testify, you can be reasonable and understand why republicans are saying this is just a attempt by DNC to smear Trump in the media before the election and that Schiff's actions are evident that he isn't interested in truth.
oh and there is also good reason to investigate Biden and his son. Bursima is notoriously corrupt organization. As to why Trump doesn't trust Ukraine, it's because Ukraine was involved in 2016 spying on his campaign. Which might I add, there is an active criminal investigation from DoJ.
Might have missed a few key points, but that's the perspective in a nutshell from the other side.
edit: oh forgot to add perjury from witnesses. eh next time
guartz we have a shared hatred of communism and neo liberals, and i concur many past presidents have gotten away with clearly illicit activities with a fraction of the fanfare Trump receives, but do you in your heart of hearts believe Donald has done nothing illegal as president, nothing that would warrant investigation?
Pretty loaded question Anda, Trump has departed from washington status quo so far I'm pretty sure everything he does is considered warranting investigation. I think he understand that he was under "investigation" from the moment he took office, the man and his aids have been walking on eggshells due to the resentment he garners from his own government. I don't think he was given a chance to even commit "soft corruption". I will admit I enjoy the scrutiny he receives, despite himself he is the most transparent president to date.
tl:dr no
p.s. don't forget neocons.
No chance to even commit soft corruption
Except for the millions and millions in illegal unconstitutional emoluments he's been receiving from companies and countries looking to curry favor with him since the day he took office.
Except for that.
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ha, Is that more of your "natural conclusions" archi?
No, it's flatly illegal for him to be accepting payments beyond his government salary, and he's doing it constantly.
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maybe you want to rephrase that to the original propaganda talking points, because that statement is flatly wrong.
He can't receive anything of value from any foreign government, from the federal government beyond his salary, or from any state governments. Any hotel room at his properties booked, any meal at his properties purchased, anything of value at all that is income to Trump from those entities is an illegal emolument, and those things are happening all the time.
Beyond that, to your "soft corruption" point, any company or individual with business in front of the administration booking these hotel rooms / meals / etc is obvious "soft corruption" and it is also occurring constantly.
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