Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 11:08     Subject: Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Optics. All of these white guy Republicants look like whiny babies because they are losing their power. They had like 2 or 3 women marching in the back and not a single black. So sad.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 11:04     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

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Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!

Oh, I get it... a pretend Dem making a Dem sound dumb, just like pretend Trumpsters making Trumpsters sound dumb. I'll admit.. I sometimes sarcastically post stuff on here pretending to be a dumb Trumpster.


I'm not pretending to be anything other than a voter. Posters here think they hold power over the results of an election and try to overturn the results without rest. They must be very, very smart to even try to sell years of tyranny.

The Declaration of Independence sounds so quaint when dealing with the smarts of these posters.

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

Quaint AF. Amirite?



And yet the Constitution clearly lays out that the House has the sole power of impeachment and the Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments. Impeachable offenses include treason, bribery, and abuse of office ("high crimes and misdemeanors" was a term of art in use at the time of the drafting of the Constitution which boils down to abuse of office or maladministration). So, following the Constitution, if the House believes the President is guilty of one of the above, the House can create Articles of Impeachment. That is followed by a public trial in the Senate, if the Senate chooses to take it up. The proceedings in the House are not a trial and do not remove an official from office. Your point would be valid if the Senate proceedings were held in private but there is no indication that anybody wants them to be (in fact, quite the opposite). You're falling for propaganda, my friend.

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:54     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!

Oh, I get it... a pretend Dem making a Dem sound dumb, just like pretend Trumpsters making Trumpsters sound dumb. I'll admit.. I sometimes sarcastically post stuff on here pretending to be a dumb Trumpster.


I'm not pretending to be anything other than a voter. Posters here think they hold power over the results of an election and try to overturn the results without rest. They must be very, very smart to even try to sell years of tyranny.

The Declaration of Independence sounds so quaint when dealing with the smarts of these posters.

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

Quaint AF. Amirite?


Why are you still focused on the election? They are investigating what happened AFTER the election. Try to keep up.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:44     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!

Oh, I get it... a pretend Dem making a Dem sound dumb, just like pretend Trumpsters making Trumpsters sound dumb. I'll admit.. I sometimes sarcastically post stuff on here pretending to be a dumb Trumpster.


I'm not pretending to be anything other than a voter. Posters here think they hold power over the results of an election and try to overturn the results without rest. They must be very, very smart to even try to sell years of tyranny.

The Declaration of Independence sounds so quaint when dealing with the smarts of these posters.

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

Quaint AF. Amirite?

Christ on a bike but you don’t understand anything. OP.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:43     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Posters here think they hold power over the results of an election and try to overturn the results without rest. They must be very, very smart to even try to sell years of tyranny.


Posters here aren't pretending to hold any power. To the extent that impeachment overturns the results of an election, Congress absolutely has that right. You and your minority of voters don't have a right to force the rest of us to endure rule by a petty criminal simply because you voted for him. We also voted for our representatives who are using the power given to them.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:43     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!

Oh, I get it... a pretend Dem making a Dem sound dumb, just like pretend Trumpsters making Trumpsters sound dumb. I'll admit.. I sometimes sarcastically post stuff on here pretending to be a dumb Trumpster.


I'm not pretending to be anything other than a voter. Posters here think they hold power over the results of an election and try to overturn the results without rest. They must be very, very smart to even try to sell years of tyranny.

The Declaration of Independence sounds so quaint when dealing with the smarts of these posters.

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

Quaint AF. Amirite?


Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:42     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!

Oh, I get it... a pretend Dem making a Dem sound dumb, just like pretend Trumpsters making Trumpsters sound dumb. I'll admit.. I sometimes sarcastically post stuff on here pretending to be a dumb Trumpster.


I'm not pretending to be anything other than a voter. Posters here think they hold power over the results of an election and try to overturn the results without rest. They must be very, very smart to even try to sell years of tyranny.

The Declaration of Independence sounds so quaint when dealing with the smarts of these posters.

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

Quaint AF. Amirite?


Sounds like you're describing Mitch McConnell.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:38     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!

Oh, I get it... a pretend Dem making a Dem sound dumb, just like pretend Trumpsters making Trumpsters sound dumb. I'll admit.. I sometimes sarcastically post stuff on here pretending to be a dumb Trumpster.


I'm not pretending to be anything other than a voter. Posters here think they hold power over the results of an election and try to overturn the results without rest. They must be very, very smart to even try to sell years of tyranny.

The Declaration of Independence sounds so quaint when dealing with the smarts of these posters.

"He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

Quaint AF. Amirite?
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:26     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:The one who was interviewed by Chris Cuomo said his phone was turned off, apparently ignorant of the fact that hackers can turn cell phones on without your knowing.


Yep. The rules aren't "Turn your cell phone off before entering the SCIF", they are "Do not bring your cell phone into the SCIF. At all."
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:24     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Would you like to read Bill Taylor's 15 page opening statement?


I would like to hear the ensuing cross examination/discussion. I read the statement that had a phone shadow which ended up all over the media and the bowels of the internet. I'd like C-Span to cover the proceedings. If it is an opinion contrary to the current house rules, maybe the current Speaker should change the rules.


That will happen when the TRIAL is conducted in the Senate.

Have you even read the f#cking Constitution? It's spelled out. Clearly. Even the most ardent "textualist" at the Federalist Society understands this. I suggest you - and even Donald Trump himself - go back to high school and take a remedial US History course.


Wow! What a great suggestion! I wonder how come I didn't think of this before! You sure are smart!


DP. Suck it up and stop being such a whiny baby. Trump made this mess, not the Democrats.


Enabled by the GOP, MAGA voters, 3rd party/people who sat out. They’re all complicit.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:23     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

The one who was interviewed by Chris Cuomo said his phone was turned off, apparently ignorant of the fact that hackers can turn cell phones on without your knowing.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:22     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!

Oh, I get it... a pretend Dem making a Dem sound dumb, just like pretend Trumpsters making Trumpsters sound dumb. I'll admit.. I sometimes sarcastically post stuff on here pretending to be a dumb Trumpster.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:21     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Would you like to read Bill Taylor's 15 page opening statement?


I would like to hear the ensuing cross examination/discussion. I read the statement that had a phone shadow which ended up all over the media and the bowels of the internet. I'd like C-Span to cover the proceedings. If it is an opinion contrary to the current house rules, maybe the current Speaker should change the rules.


That will happen when the TRIAL is conducted in the Senate.

Have you even read the f#cking Constitution? It's spelled out. Clearly. Even the most ardent "textualist" at the Federalist Society understands this. I suggest you - and even Donald Trump himself - go back to high school and take a remedial US History course.


Wow! What a great suggestion! I wonder how come I didn't think of this before! You sure are smart!


DP. Suck it up and stop being such a whiny baby. Trump made this mess, not the Democrats.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:20     Subject: Re:Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All the Republicans are doing is showing how utterly terrified they are by the impeachment investigation.


You literally do not understand the nation's conscience when you think it's totally cool to disenfranchise millions of voters by attempting to impeach because of a narrative you refuse to show the public.

You are seeking to depose a duly elected President of the United States of America behind closed doors. What did you think was going to happen?


That is not what is happening. The impeachment will be public. Relax and change your news source.


Idk...discovery doesn't seem to apply in this situation. I haven't been watching news lately because I prefer reading source documents. I looked for them in the Congressional Record and nada. This is still America, right?


Go read the rules that the Republicans created for this before you start spouting what you "think" is supposed to be happening. Why are you opining about something you don't know anything about?


Great question. You Democrats sure are smart.

Was this sarcasm.. I can't tell.. but yes, the rules that the Dems are currently following were instituted by Rs.. see post @10/24/2019 09:14

" they are following rules that were instituted in 2015 by a Republican held House and signed by John boehner " Every R should know who he is, right?


You sure are smart! No sarcasm! I wish I was as smart as you!


We ALL wish you weren’t a fcking idiot.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2019 10:17     Subject: Republicans storm SCIF in violation of the rules

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:[i]Outspoken California Rep. Darrell Issa was escorted out of a House deposition on Benghazi on Tuesday after he tried to crash the closed-door panel on Capitol Hill, NBC News reported. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, had no qualms about kicking Issa out of the meeting. Issa previously conducted an investigation into the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, but he is not a member of the congressional committee — and after Gowdy confronted him, Issa stormed off. "I'm a prosecutor, we always follow the rules," Gowdy later told NBC News. "[Issa] is not a [Benghazi] committee member and non-committee members are not allowed in the room during the deposition. Those are the rules and we have to follow them, no exceptions made."[i/]

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Rep-Darrell-Issa-Escorted-Out-of-Benghazi-Panel-307739641.html

Thanks for finding this! Also to remind everyone, the rules they are following now were instituted by that partisan Democrat, Paul Ryan!


Yes! The expectation is that it is all okay for the GOP to implement such rules when the Republicans are in the majority, but when the Dems follow the rules created by the GOP, who are now in the minority, they and all their supporters scream foul. No pun intended, but what is good for the goose is good for the gander.