The Reality: Despite what Trump has claimed repeatedly, anyone who followed the president’s directive to “read the transcriptâ€â€” actually a memo of the conversation that at least one witness has told Congress excluded some pertinent information — knows that even this sanitized version of the President’s call exposes the scheme to public view. Rudy Giuliani, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and Trump appointees Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland and Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker worked toward the call where Trump would tell Zelensky, “I would like you to do us a favor†and ask for the announcement of an investigation that everyone now knows was about Joe Biden and his son. Trump was intent on extracting the favor before he would permit the purchase of American military equipment and release over $400 million in aid to Ukraine, which suffered the loss of 13,000 people in five years during the conflict with Russia, and agree to meet with Zelensky. Far from a perfect call, it was a scheme to have a foreign country intervene in our election. It was so far off the mark that when White House officials learned about it, they stashed the record of it on a highly classified server, apparently in hopes it wouldn’t come to light. You don’t have to cover up legitimate government operations.
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Also wonder what kind of stunts Erdogan’s goons will try to pull today.
Being a racist did, Chuck. pic.twitter.com/0iuh8LfuUF
— gregarious (@gryking) November 13, 2019
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I had a nice drive into work this morning playing David Frye’s “Richard Nixon: A Fantasyâ€. Put me in the proper mood.
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wow - Nunes is just flat-out lying
It’s smart that #BillTaylor is testifying by opening statement because it gets thenfull story out wothout #GOP distraction. #ImpeachmentHearings
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) November 13, 2019
This, from William Taylor’s prepared remarks, is new: pic.twitter.com/ZM4P2vknV6
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) November 13, 2019
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Gym Jordon reportedly has left the hearing.
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Gym Jordon reportedly has left the hearing.
Same with Mark Meadows supposedly.
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wow - Nunes is just flat-out lying
There being 21 Ayes and 11 Nays -
— KrisS 🔥 Your Vote, Your Voice 🔥 (@MplsMe) November 13, 2019
the US House Judiciary Committee just passed #HJRes79 - the bill to #DeleteTheDeadline on the #EqualRightsAmendment #ERA!
Thank you, #ChairmanNadler.https://t.co/QAcOoh7tZO
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Jesus this line of questions is making my ear and eyeholes bleed. What a useless pile of shit.
Kent explains a key point: Despite what Republicans would have you believe, Biden's policy in Ukraine was all about *rooting out corruption,* not encouraging it. pic.twitter.com/qEiZZdLlq6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2019
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oh please - the Ukranian's problems are Obama's fault?
what a load of horseshit
Quote by BobR:
oh please - the Ukranian's problems are Obama's fault?
what a load of horseshit
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RIP B. Elwin