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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 07:57 PM Jun 2019

FEC Chair: "I would not have thought that I needed to say this"






Ellen L Weintraub ✔ @EllenLWeintraub
I would not have thought that I needed to say this.

7:11 PM - Jun 13, 2019


Yes, Ellen, but we have a craven despot in power now. Please mail him everything you got (...like he'll read it. )
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FEC Chair: "I would not have thought that I needed to say this" (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 OP
priceless!!! :) samnsara Jun 2019 #1
James O'Keefe called a press conference when Project Verybadgas BUSTED! the Clinton campaign tanyev Jun 2019 #2
I fully expect a tweet tomorrow AM telling this nasty woman rurallib Jun 2019 #3
Your so right. RVN VET71 Jun 2019 #26
Ditto! corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #35
Strange. Days. EveHammond13 Jun 2019 #4
Worthless piece of paper when you live in a dictatorship. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #5
I don't think it's worthless at all! It needed to be said, unfortunately unable to defend but Thekaspervote Jun 2019 #18
"Their comeuppance is coming..." TommyCelt Jun 2019 #29
Really? The same way war criminal bush jr got his "comeuppance"? Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #33
We have descended to point that officials give public basic civics lessons to highest politicians.nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #6
Appropriate.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #10
Thanks for finding that quote! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2019 #22
Saw your subject line statement and thought of M. Twain. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #24
But will we see this reported on the major news networks tomorrow morning? llmart Jun 2019 #7
Unsurprisingly she's a Democrat alp227 Jun 2019 #8
Trump doesn't like the Constitution. It's too scratchy and irritates his hemorrhoids. tclambert Jun 2019 #9
The Constitution doesn't have enough pictures and it doesn't mention his name enough LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2019 #17
well, there are laws for the rich elite & there are laws for the rest of us yaesu Jun 2019 #11
Blast it everywhere!!! garybeck Jun 2019 #12
Yes, you do. ladym55 Jun 2019 #13
Ellen...you DO need to say this and.... mudstump Jun 2019 #14
Any bets on how long she'll last? NastyRiffraff Jun 2019 #15
he can't fire the memo. or the footnote. garybeck Jun 2019 #16
Get foreign money out of elections now!!!! Initech Jun 2019 #19
"No collusion" Cetacea Jun 2019 #20
Note: just **Soliciting assistance** from a foreign power is illegal. garybeck Jun 2019 #21
We have an illegitimate president duforsure Jun 2019 #23
K&R ck4829 Jun 2019 #25
The question should now be duforsure Jun 2019 #27
So what happens if someone gets campaign dirt from a foreign national? hughee99 Jun 2019 #28
It needed to be said a long time ago randr Jun 2019 #30
And what branch of government would actually prosecute this? lark Jun 2019 #31
Shall we take bets on how soon our president throws a hissy fit on Twitter tymorial Jun 2019 #32
But Mueller could not determine it's value maxsolomon Jun 2019 #34
I'm surprised he hasn't found some way to get rid of her. calimary Jun 2019 #36

tanyev

(42,559 posts)
2. James O'Keefe called a press conference when Project Verybadgas BUSTED! the Clinton campaign
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 08:17 PM
Jun 2019

politely telling a Canadian they couldn't accept a donation for a t-shirt. Fortunately the Project Verybadgas operative was on hand to launder $40 of Canadian money so she did get her t-shirt and it was all Hillary's fault!!!1!

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/conservative-provocateur-flops-anti-clinton-stunt


Funny how James hasn't been the least bit offended by Trump accepting foreign aid.....




rurallib

(62,416 posts)
3. I fully expect a tweet tomorrow AM telling this nasty woman
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 08:28 PM
Jun 2019

how wrong she is and threatening to fire her.

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
26. Your so right.
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 08:05 AM
Jun 2019

She's weak and a loser and her refusal to endorse Individual-1's alternative reality is utterly despicable.

Thekaspervote

(32,769 posts)
18. I don't think it's worthless at all! It needed to be said, unfortunately unable to defend but
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 11:00 PM
Jun 2019

For the record. Their comeuppance is coming

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
33. Really? The same way war criminal bush jr got his "comeuppance"?
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 03:05 PM
Jun 2019

We are going to look back on this and say " How could this have happened?"

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
10. Appropriate....
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 09:52 PM
Jun 2019

"If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times."

- Mark Twain's Autobiography

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
24. Saw your subject line statement and thought of M. Twain.
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 06:37 AM
Jun 2019

Also noticed your avatar.

Source: http://www.twainquotes.com/index.html

He always manages to give me a little dab of mental relief from our never-ending deluge of bullshit from our current political landscape.

KY..........

alp227

(32,025 posts)
8. Unsurprisingly she's a Democrat
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 09:19 PM
Jun 2019
https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/ellen-l-weintraub/

Ellen L. Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) has served as a commissioner on the U.S. Federal Election Commission since 2002 and chairs it for the third time this year.


Despite her party affiliation, she entered the FEC by way of a GW Bush recess appointment.
17. The Constitution doesn't have enough pictures and it doesn't mention his name enough
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 10:57 PM
Jun 2019

for Fat Donnie to care about it. Remember wwhen that is what people who brief him said is required to keep his interest?

I doubt he could even recite, or even summarize, his oath of office.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
11. well, there are laws for the rich elite & there are laws for the rest of us
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 09:58 PM
Jun 2019

one guess which laws are enforced in a fascist capitalist society?

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
13. Yes, you do.
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 10:10 PM
Jun 2019

This is Trumpistan--where corruption is the new normal. Where we are told that "everyone does it" (maybe in the Rethuglican party ...) and it doesn't count if (a) you didn't really get anything helpful (you know, if the cash register is empty it doesn't count as armed robbery) or (b) you didn't know it wasn't okay.

mudstump

(342 posts)
14. Ellen...you DO need to say this and....
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 10:16 PM
Jun 2019

it won't do a damn bit of good. Trump and his cohorts won't be held accountable. They are getting away with it. Impeachment is apparently off the table and we will see more breaking of the rules and standards. As long as no one is held to account we will see worse...much worse. We are witnessing the break down of American norms and society....the radicals on the right are winning.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
23. We have an illegitimate president
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 06:26 AM
Jun 2019

Who ignores the rule of law applying to him, but thinks it should apply only to his opposition. This president wants the American people to serve only him , and we need a president to serve us, and only us, and this guy serves putin and wants to claim that's ok. He's admitting this now because he knows it'll be exposed he conspired with others , enemies of this country, to win the 2016 election making him illegitimate. He's desperately trying to normalize committing crimes against our country now.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
27. The question should now be
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 08:37 AM
Jun 2019

Who informed him he would soon be exposed for conspiring with Putin to get him elected. Is it Flynn, Magahn, Hope Hicks, or others that soon will have to testify. Anyone who lies will go to prison, and trump will force many more republicans to abandon him, or go down with him. Trumps now more desperate than ever because a lot more is coming out soon, and he can't stop it. He said what he said to reduce the damage from committing treason. He's not for America, it's all another act from trump and a lie.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
28. So what happens if someone gets campaign dirt from a foreign national?
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 09:02 AM
Jun 2019

Does it matter if they get it for free, or if they actually pay someone for it?

lark

(23,102 posts)
31. And what branch of government would actually prosecute this?
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 09:14 AM
Jun 2019

Certainly not the Russian/Repug traitorous version now being run by Barr. We are no longer a nation of laws when Repug Senate refuses to protect our elections because they affirmatively embrace foreigners stealing the elections for future acts that help the country (Russia, SA, Israel) but is against America's best interests.

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