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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:04 PM Apr 2018

Mitch McConnell Puts Kibosh on Bill Protecting Robert Mueller

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he would not be making floor time for legislation designed to shield Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III from firing.

McConnell’s determination that the action is not needed is apparently regardless of what happens in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“I don’t think he should fire Mueller, and I don’t think he’s going to,” the Kentucky Republican said. “So, this is a piece of legislation that’s not necessary in my judgment.”

“I’m the one who decides what we take to the floor. That’s my responsibility as the majority leader. We’ll not be having this on the floor of the Senate,” McConnell said during a Fox News interview.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell-puts-kibosh-on-bill-protecting-robert-mueller/ar-AAvZlB1?li=BBnb7Kz

Hey McConnell do your fucking job.

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Mitch McConnell Puts Kibosh on Bill Protecting Robert Mueller (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 OP
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2018 #1
Eric Holder just told Chris Hayes that he thinks that Mitch and Ryan BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #2
Maybe they should be more afraid of Americans who want their scalps ProudLib72 Apr 2018 #3
It's my opinion MurrayDelph Apr 2018 #4
He's definitely dirty... renegade000 Apr 2018 #5
No I don't, but I can visualize him doing it exactly BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #6
Did his head recoil into his body? poboy2 Apr 2018 #9
Watching Rachel bdamomma Apr 2018 #7
Of Course, the one thing that keeps this whole thing going in the minds of the resistance is the ... uponit7771 Apr 2018 #8
If this passed with 60 votes and then the jackass vetoed it... yallerdawg Apr 2018 #10

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
2. Eric Holder just told Chris Hayes that he thinks that Mitch and Ryan
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:37 PM
Apr 2018

are afraid of the GOP base and that is the reason they are not helping Mueller.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. Maybe they should be more afraid of Americans who want their scalps
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:40 PM
Apr 2018

for not protecting our government. There are many, many more of us than there are in tRump's base.

MurrayDelph

(5,294 posts)
4. It's my opinion
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:08 PM
Apr 2018

that Mitch is dirty, and if it looks like Mueller is going to pull him into the investigation, he's going to tell Trump that it's time to let Mueller go.

renegade000

(2,301 posts)
5. He's definitely dirty...
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:11 PM
Apr 2018

Did you see the video of him learning that Mueller had be appointed special counsel from a reporter's question? Color immediately drained from his face and his pace quickened as he walked away. No response.

bdamomma

(63,849 posts)
7. Watching Rachel
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:38 PM
Apr 2018

she gave a heads up for us that Nunez, Trey Gowdy and another Representative are asking Rosenstein to handover information from Comey's redacted memos in an ongoing investigation which Rosenstein cannot do and asking for a couple of days to mull things over, which could be some sort of setting him up for the firing of Rosenstein to end the investigation. Piggyback this info of McConnell not bringing the bill to the floor to protect Mueller.

Scary stuff. They are setting up or giving tRump reasons to fire key people in the Justice Department.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
8. Of Course, the one thing that keeps this whole thing going in the minds of the resistance is the ...
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:40 PM
Apr 2018

... way Benedict Donald and the Kremlin KKKlan react and continue to act towards the Mueller investigation.

If they did nothing wrong then they wouldn't do shit like this !!!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
10. If this passed with 60 votes and then the jackass vetoed it...
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:47 PM
Apr 2018

and then it failed to get the 67 votes for an override, Congress would in fact demonstrate there will be no consequences for firing Mueller.

Wait until after the mid-terms - we could just have a regular old impeachment and trial then!

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