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our country..."
Nunes has betrayed the truth, betrayed the trust of voters and, quite possibly, betrayed our country.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/devin-nunes-sacramento-bee-editorial-board_n_5e26bd5fc5b673621f7b419e
The Sacramento Bee editorial board on Monday delivered a blistering critique of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), declaring in an editorial that voters in his congressional district deserve better.
The newspapers board dissected new explosive allegations that Nunes ― the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee ― and his staff contacted shadowy Ukrainian figures in an effort to betray American democracy.
Text messages released by the House Intelligence Committee last week reveal that a top Nunes aide named Derek Harvey who on Trumps National Security Council before he joined Nunes staff sought direct contact with Ukrainian officials in an effort to smear former Vice President Joe Biden, the editorial explained.
The editorial said Nunes knew the Ukraine allegations were true because his office was involved in the same plot. But he used his position in Congress as a platform to spread lies and mislead the public by continually defending President Donald Trump, who the House last month impeached over the scandal.
Regardless of whether you lean Democratic or Republican, heres an undeniable fact: Nunes lied, the board wrote. He lied to the American people and to his own constituents about the Ukraine allegations, dismissing them although he knew they were true.
Devin Nunes has betrayed the truth, betrayed the trust of voters and, quite possibly, betrayed our country, the editorial concluded. We dont know exactly where this new evidence will lead, or what fate has in store for Nunes, but we do know this: The people of Californias 22nd congressional district deserve better.
Full editorial: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article239465588.html
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(113,101 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)That is a shocking expose!
hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Certainly not the laws.
2naSalit
(86,804 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,940 posts)That is where the national media has failed us in the time of the tRump Mis-administration - they have failed to "call a spade a spade" and have soft-peddled any suggestions or charges of mis-doings, sometimes in the name of "fairness" or "equal time" for those in the wrong.
Reporting the statements of Nunes as he vomited "facts" during the recent hearings in which he sat as the minority leader was a perfect example of how he has been enabled by the media.
WE DESERVE BETTER - both from our elected officials AND the national news media!!!!!!!!!
grumpyduck
(6,267 posts)if the Washington Post would do a similar op ed on McShitface, it would be really nice of them.
Oh, wait, darn, of course they can't do that...
hunter
(38,328 posts)... people like Nunes crawl out of the rot.