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Phil Mattingly ✔ @Phil_Mattingly
Sen. Rand Paul has been informed he wont be allowed to ask his trial question related to the origins of the investigation, per source.
Unclear exactly why at this point
Phil Mattingly ✔ @Phil_Mattingly
Sen. Pauls question deals with the whistleblower and names the alleged whistleblower, per sources
Chief Justice Roberts has, to this point, rejected the question - which hed have to read.
No sense Paul is backing down on asking, likely to be discussed during dinner.
7:03 PM - Jan 29, 2020
leftieNanner
(15,084 posts)I thought - who is this asshole? And why in heaven's name would Kentucky elect him?
I haven't changed my opinion of him except that it has gone down.
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)and they went back and forth and back and forth over whether he'd have supported the Civil Rights Act? And then, when he showed his ass on national TV, he tried to blame her for playing gotcha?
leftieNanner
(15,084 posts)And it was delicious!! Rachel does not suffer fools. And he is one.
She asked him multiple times if he would have supported the Civil Rights Act back when it was passed, and his answer was "I support the right of any business owner to only do business with people that they want (total paraphrase)" which means he thinks business owners should be able to discriminate. So she kept asking him and he kept answering.
A thing of beauty!
Rachel and chardonnay are two things that keep me sane these days. And working out at the gym.
PatSeg
(47,418 posts)He got off to a really great start. He was such a divisive candidate, that even Mitch McConnell didn't want him to be the republican candidate for Kentucky.
bluestarone
(16,921 posts)They would go after the whistle Blower!
still_one
(92,176 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)including reasons why they were protected and the statutes involved, including quotes from notable Repubs, several of which are seated in the room.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)crickets
(25,963 posts)"Im just going to say the whistleblower is John Bolton. Now call him as a witness."
There ya go.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)acceptable, but I sure understand it.