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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 08:35 AM Oct 2019

George Takei explains what Matt Gaetz did clearly and honestly

Last edited Thu Oct 24, 2019, 01:47 PM - Edit history (1)




If a witness is testifying about a criminal boss to a grand jury, and a bunch of thugs burst in to try and disrupt the proceedings, you would conclude they are trying to intimidate the witness and the jury and prevent the truth from coming out. Just saying.
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George Takei explains what Matt Gaetz did clearly and honestly (Original Post) Julian Englis Oct 2019 OP
George knows what's up. eShirl Oct 2019 #1
AKA Obstruction of Justice Hugin Oct 2019 #2
Can We say tiptonic Oct 2019 #3
Karl Rove is a choir boy compared with these thugs. gab13by13 Oct 2019 #4
nope, no choir boy GetRidOfThem Oct 2019 #7
Diehard Trumpkins hate neocons as much as we do. Tarc Oct 2019 #10
I have to disagree Caliman73 Oct 2019 #21
The House should censure their asses. cab67 Oct 2019 #5
I have represented people charged with witness intimidation, it's an incredibly serious offense. Pepsidog Oct 2019 #6
If memory serves. . . Collimator Oct 2019 #11
It was a laugh and your other comment is spot on. Pepsidog Oct 2019 #20
That quote is one to remember for sure sammythecat Oct 2019 #25
Yep. George Takei for the win. calimary Oct 2019 #8
Kick dalton99a Oct 2019 #9
Exactly! Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #12
Thugs, but without the balls. hay rick Oct 2019 #13
Gaetz appears to favor witness intimidation; he also attempted to intimidate Michael Cohen dlk Oct 2019 #14
Saw dump on The Untouchables the other day. rickyhall Oct 2019 #15
Big K&R! nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #16
But, but, but....law and order ONLY applies to people Ferrets are Cool Oct 2019 #17
Time for Takei's Democrats to Set Phasers to Stun Willie Wunderlich Oct 2019 #18
Right Wing Thuggery Redux colsohlibgal Oct 2019 #19
What's this conditional "if" stuff? Isn't that exactly what happened? nt coti Oct 2019 #22
RATs, not thugs: Republicans Asskissing Trump Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #23
Jim in Paris agrees. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #24

Hugin

(33,167 posts)
2. AKA Obstruction of Justice
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 08:46 AM
Oct 2019

AKA Witness tampering... A charge Gaetz is already intimately familiar with, as he has done it before, without consequence, I might add.

tiptonic

(765 posts)
3. Can We say
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 08:59 AM
Oct 2019

Karl Rove, has crawled out from under his rock again. Shades of the 2000, so called election recount, scandal in Florida. Its the only way they can win. They have to be sure, the truth does not come out.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
10. Diehard Trumpkins hate neocons as much as we do.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 10:18 AM
Oct 2019

But the neocons at least had a method to their madness, there was a purpose..."you're either with us or with the terrorists", "nation-building", "they'll welcome us with open arms", etc...

It was a godawful purpose of course, but it was an identifiable problem that we could address and articulate arguments against.

At the moment, what we're opposing is infantile chaos masquerading as diplomacy. There is no structure or purpose to Trump's foreign policy, the petulant lashing out and coddling, is difficult to deal with. And orders of magnitude worse than anything the neocons had going.

Caliman73

(11,740 posts)
21. I have to disagree
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 01:53 PM
Oct 2019

Trump himself is disjointed and pretty incompetent which we should be somewhat thankful for. Trump's lot and Neocons want the same thing. Money and Power. Neocons wanted American Hegemony but also they wanted access for America's wealthy, to global markets, at the barrel of a gun. Trump wants money for himself, and if his cronies get rich, that is okay too but he doesn't really care as long as he gets his money.

The only thing I would say that made the neocons slightly less horrific than Trump is that neocons wanted "American" power and corruption to predominate, where Trump will sell ANYONE out to gain power and wealth.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
6. I have represented people charged with witness intimidation, it's an incredibly serious offense.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 09:37 AM
Oct 2019

Remember not so long ago a woman disrupted a hearing in congress and received a jail sentence? I’m pretty sure it was reversed on appeal but she barely uttered a word and they charged her.

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
11. If memory serves. . .
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 10:20 AM
Oct 2019

She laughed.



And that thought leads me to another than is only obliquely related.

I read about a sign posted in a women's shelter.

"Men are afraid that women are going to laugh at them.
Women are afraid that men are going to kill them."

sammythecat

(3,568 posts)
25. That quote is one to remember for sure
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:28 PM
Oct 2019

What's horrifying is that it's not hyperbole. Far too often this is just the fact of the matter.

dlk

(11,570 posts)
14. Gaetz appears to favor witness intimidation; he also attempted to intimidate Michael Cohen
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 10:58 AM
Oct 2019

There’s a pattern here. Gaetz should be disbarred for his criminal actions.

 
18. Time for Takei's Democrats to Set Phasers to Stun
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 12:41 PM
Oct 2019

Enough of this Trump troglodyte shite.

If Trump's Goon Squad tries to disrupt any more depositions, the Democrats need to set their phasers to stun

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
19. Right Wing Thuggery Redux
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 01:11 PM
Oct 2019

It recalls Republican Thuggery during the Florida Ballot Recounts after the 2000 election.

In my opinion neither Dubya or Orange Hitler really won.....and if we didn’t have the ridiculous Electoral College, where you can win but lose....we would have had sane smart people running things, Gore and Hillary.....a girl can dream.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,356 posts)
23. RATs, not thugs: Republicans Asskissing Trump
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 03:42 PM
Oct 2019

Gaetz, Scalise, et. al., care more about grandstanding for their master than they do about truth, justice, and national security.

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