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malaise

(268,998 posts)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 08:16 PM Dec 2019

Looks like Mother's Boy is up shit creek

BREAKING: Rep. Adam Schiff is calling for VP Pence's office to declassify part of aide Jennifer Williams' testimony about a call Pence had with the Ukrainian president.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/house-gop-won-t-offer-defense-witnesses-impeachment-update

The House Intelligence chairman asked Vice President Mike Pence to declassify a supplemental statement provided to the committee on Nov. 26 by Jennifer Williams, the vice president’s special adviser for Europe and Russia.

Williams’ supplemental statement contains additional information about Pence’s Sept. 18 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said in a letter. Williams testified at a public hearing on Nov. 19.

Schiff wrote that after reviewing Williams’ statement, the committee “strongly believes that there is no legitimate basis” to assert that Williams’ information about the Sept. 18 call is classified.

Because Pence’s and Trump’s calls with Zelenskiy covered similar topics, and the president determined that releasing the records of his calls with Zelenskiy wouldn’t harm national security, declassifying Williams’ statement also wouldn’t pose a threat to national security, Schiff wrote.

He asked Pence to respond no later than Dec. 11.

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Looks like Mother's Boy is up shit creek (Original Post) malaise Dec 2019 OP
Mother's Boy leftieNanner Dec 2019 #1
Smarmy little twerp is kind malaise Dec 2019 #2
I would be happy to give him a paddle, warmfeet Dec 2019 #3
.... Fascist Theocratic Nazi... magicarpet Dec 2019 #4
Let me guess. Pence says 'no'. spanone Dec 2019 #5
Quick, bury his paddle!!! marble falls Dec 2019 #6
I keep on holding this melodious name badseedboy Dec 2019 #7
K&R UTUSN Dec 2019 #8
Get thee to the greatest page, pronto! ffr Dec 2019 #9
And so it begins. crickets Dec 2019 #10
Yes! Both at once!!! burrowowl Dec 2019 #11
He will refuse and tell Schiff to go to court. wnylib Dec 2019 #12
I remember thinking at the time mnhtnbb Dec 2019 #13
President Pelosi Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #14
A fascist face only a mother could love Blue Owl Dec 2019 #15
I don't think Mother Pence likes trump at all IcyPeas Dec 2019 #16
Any means necessary for these Mofos? czarjak Dec 2019 #17
She could speak out malaise Dec 2019 #18
She could indeed gratuitous Dec 2019 #20
When did she become this highly moral person? malaise Dec 2019 #21
President Pelosi Muriel Dec 2019 #19
You got all of that right. When Trump drops, Pence has to go, too. marble falls Dec 2019 #22

leftieNanner

(15,100 posts)
1. Mother's Boy
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 08:18 PM
Dec 2019

Is a smarmy little twerp, and he needs to be taken down TOO!

Thanks for the heads-up Malaise!

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)
13. I remember thinking at the time
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 10:42 PM
Dec 2019

of his assistant's testimony, that I wouldn't be surprised if the classified status of the information wasn't an attempt to hide damning information.

Huh. What a surprise.

IcyPeas

(21,871 posts)
16. I don't think Mother Pence likes trump at all
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 11:24 PM
Dec 2019

she puts on a brave face.

Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, was reportedly “livid” about that infamous “Access Hollywood” tape that surfaced a month before the 2016 presidential election.

Reporter Tom LoBianco, who covered Pence for The Associated Press and Indianapolis Star, reveals in his new book “Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House” that Karen Pence was very unhappy with the recording.

“Karen ... ‘was livid’ at Trump’s prurient comments in the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape,” The New York Times wrote in a Friday morning article covering LoBianco’s book. “But her husband concluded it was too late to drop off the ticket.”

On election night, LoBianco reports in his book, Karen Pence refused to kiss her husband.

“‘You got what you wanted, Mike,’ she told him. ‘Leave me alone,’” The New York Times reported.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. She could indeed
Sat Dec 7, 2019, 05:47 PM
Dec 2019

I suspect Mrs. Pence views herself as a highly moral person who always tries to do the right thing. Is being Mrs. Vice President good enough for her to compromise her deeply held religious beliefs? Does that question occur to her, and if so, how does she answer it?

Muriel

(16 posts)
19. President Pelosi
Sat Dec 7, 2019, 05:36 PM
Dec 2019

Back in early 2017 during one of the first Trump send ups on SNL, Baldwin's Trump tossed out what has become one of my favorite lines of all time. Trump hugs Pence and says, "I love you Mike. You're the reason why I'll never be impeached."
I mention this because I think with Pence now tainted and the very real threat of Trump's and Pence's impeachment looming, the Republicans will not run Pence on the ticket in 2020. With Trump's "insurance policy" under threat, they will run someone who isn't involved in any of the current controversy and basically protect their conservative judge confirming mill. Republicans will never allow a President Pelosi if they have anything to say about it, even if that means having Pence resign ahead of the election - or if the Senate Republicans begin to break rank during the upcoming trial.
Speaker Pelosi knows she is far more powerful as Speaker than as President and probably won't run (similar thinking that kept Teddy Kennedy as Senator). But the goal here, while it is a very nice fantasy, should be to render that whole Pelosi Presidency idea moot. We must turn out in unprecedented numbers again and unseat these swine.

Vote like our lives depend on it - because they do.

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