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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:41 PM Jan 2020

Rand Paul's question was going to out the whistleblower - CJ Roberts rejected it



Phil Mattingly ✔ @Phil_Mattingly

Sen. Rand Paul has been informed he won’t 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. Paul’s question deals with the whistleblower and names the alleged whistleblower, per sources
Chief Justice Roberts has, to this point, rejected the question - which he’d have to read.
No sense Paul is backing down on asking, likely to be discussed during dinner.


7:03 PM - Jan 29, 2020


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Rand Paul's question was going to out the whistleblower - CJ Roberts rejected it (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
When Rand Paul was first running for Senate leftieNanner Jan 2020 #1
Remember when Rachel interviewed him during that run tishaLA Jan 2020 #6
Oh I do!! leftieNanner Jan 2020 #7
Oh yes, I remember that PatSeg Jan 2020 #11
I had a feeling bluestarone Jan 2020 #2
Fuckn traitor still_one Jan 2020 #3
I think Mr Schiff blew away the whistleblower inquiry earlier... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #4
Ah ha! Schiff is good empedocles Jan 2020 #9
Best reply: crickets Jan 2020 #5
Can you imagine what that a hole would be like as a neighbor? Beating someone up is not Cousin Dupree Jan 2020 #8
The guy should have done a better job dalton99a Jan 2020 #14
+1 oasis Jan 2020 #15
So JR still shows signs of life? Wow! Nitram Jan 2020 #10
I hate these slimey, low-life, traitorous Putin puppets. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #12
The Republic is in great trouble. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #13
K&R! n/t PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #16

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
1. When Rand Paul was first running for Senate
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:43 PM
Jan 2020

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)
6. Remember when Rachel interviewed him during that run
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:04 PM
Jan 2020

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)
7. Oh I do!!
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:07 PM
Jan 2020

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)
11. Oh yes, I remember that
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:41 PM
Jan 2020

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.

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)
4. I think Mr Schiff blew away the whistleblower inquiry earlier...
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jan 2020

including reasons why they were protected and the statutes involved, including quotes from notable Repubs, several of which are seated in the room.

crickets

(25,963 posts)
5. Best reply:
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:57 PM
Jan 2020

"I’m just going to say the whistleblower is John Bolton. Now call him as a witness."

There ya go.

Cousin Dupree

(1,866 posts)
8. Can you imagine what that a hole would be like as a neighbor? Beating someone up is not
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:54 PM
Jan 2020

acceptable, but I sure understand it.

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