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http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/15/politics/kfile-gop-congressman-trump-discipline/index.html
GOP congressman: Trump may lack language 'discipline' to avoid appearance of investigation interference
By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
Updated 11:38 AM ET, Thu June 15, 2017
(CNN)Republican Rep. David Schweikert said in a radio interview Thursday that President Donald Trump might lack the language discipline to avoid giving the appearance of interfering in an investigation .
Schweikert said Trump may not have learned the discipline because he's not from the "political class." Schweikert made the comments on NPR's "Morning Edition" during a discussion about possible obstruction of justice by Trump in the FBI's investigation into Russia's influence in the 2016 election.
"I'm at the point where we also have to be real careful from the standpoint that we have a President that's not from the political class," the Arizona Republican said. "The learning of the disciplined use of language and what certain words mean in our context -- if you're not from this world you may not have developed that discipline."
"Sometimes when you're as we were just hearing, saying, 'tell the world I'm not the subject of the investigation,' well the very fact of asking you to tell the world may be a violation of -- because you asked them to tell the world," added Schweikert. "I mean think about that circle."
Earlier, Schweikert said Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was actually "healthy" because it would sort truth from conspiracy related to the President.
"This may be one of those occasions where we're going to have to go through several months of the news cycle and discomfort to finally figure out, saying, 'OK, this was just ill-used language. This is absolutely innocent, or here's something that's been wrong,'" he said.
Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Does this idiot know how many times Trump has been in legal situations ? He know exactly how it works.
klook
(12,164 posts)Trump is accustomed to screaming and flinging poo most of the time.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Words get people killed
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)IOKIYAR to suggest gun violence against a political foe.
We can't even joke about such things on the internet without a visit from MIB
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Trump is smart enough to clear the room when he wants to knuckle someone into doing something unethical or illegal, but we're supposed to believe that he's just inartfully ignorant of the way things are supposed to be done? I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night, Mr. Schweikert.
brooklynite
(94,703 posts)spanone
(135,861 posts)Vinca
(50,302 posts)how to keep his mouth shut, he deserves everything he gets.
leftstreet
(36,111 posts)hmm...
QED
(2,749 posts)Schweikert: Indivisible Groups 'Incite Violence' and 'Light Cars on Fire'
"Dated June 5, the letter [from Schweikert] warns:
Be on the lookout.
Groups called 'Resistance,' 'Stronger Together,' 'Indivisible,' 'We Are the People,' and 'We feel the Bern' are far left front groups determined to inflict the kind of violence that we have never seen before.
These groups believe that even Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are too moderate. They drive a radical social agenda and will stop no turn to 'clash with police,' 'incite violence,' 'light cars on fire,' 'incite mass arrests,' 'and use women, children, and families to mass confusion.'"
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-congressman-david-schweikert-indivisible-groups-violence-9409712?utm_source=Newsletters&utm_medium=email
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,191 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)First it was alternative facts because the president can't lie (even though he tells the truth only 5% of the time).
Second it was "Give him a break. He's new at this".
Now it's that he lacks language discipline because he is not a politician?
Are you fucking kidding me?! You elected this asshole to the office of president. Stop making excuses and start admitting he was never cut out for the job.
matt819
(10,749 posts)the way Vincent "The Chin" Gigante pretended be crazy while he headed up the Genovese crime family in NY?
Maybe 45 will go with the diminished capacity defense.
Or the just plain batshit crazy defense.
Or the "unable to assist in his defense" defense.
As for the non-Russian dealings - I'm sure there was no quid pro quo of any sort regarding the Miss Universe pageant. Or the double the market price for his Miami mansion. Or the hundreds of millions of secretly purchased properties. Yeah, Donnie Two Scoops. We get it. You're crazy (wink, wink).
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)I just lack discipline. How am I supposed to know the intricacies of the banking system? I don't work for Goldman Sachs!
tanyev
(42,601 posts)Gothmog
(145,489 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)tax evasion," and "You're fired!"
He reached age 71 never having heard the words "emolument," "nepotism," "Russia," and "truth."
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)Do Republicans realize that whatever "excuse(s)" they come up with to absolve Trump simply don't look good and they (and even Democrats) would (rightly) NEVER excuse a Democratic President from potentially colluding with a foreign power to influence an election and/or attempt to obstruct an investigation into the alleged collusion on the basis of incompetence and/or ignorance. So, why is it ok for Trump? Also, why is it ok that several members of his (mis-)Administration either refuse to answer lawmakers' questions or "can't recall" much of what has happened in their jobs?