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Richard Painter does not mince words (On Joy Reid show) (Original Post) GreatCaesarsGhost Aug 2017 OP
I worry about Painter's blood pressure. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #1
agreed on the GOP NewJeffCT Aug 2017 #4
He was great. Maraya1969 Aug 2017 #2
Here's an article: Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #3
My favorite kind of people are the Non-Mincers. Speak Truth to Power! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #5

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
1. I worry about Painter's blood pressure.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 07:50 PM
Aug 2017

He's really enraged about all of this. The only thing I take issue with is his defense of the Republican party - he said something to the effect that they aren't going to put up with Trump's crap any more, but unfortunately that's exactly what the GOP has been doing. They put him where he is and they haven't done a damn thing to rein him in. Painter might as well just give up on them.

Come to the light, Richard.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
4. agreed on the GOP
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 06:55 AM
Aug 2017

it seems a lot of GOP pundits and FORMER Congressmen have seen the light on Trump. However, until actual members of Congress do more than issue a strongly worded statement or tweet and actually vote against Trump, it will not amount to more than a hill of beans.

Rhiannon12866

(205,388 posts)
3. Here's an article:
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 06:42 AM
Aug 2017
‘The alt-right is a terrorist movement’: Ex-Bush ethics czar blasts Trump administration’s support of racists

During a segment of a special MSNBC broadcast featuring Joy Reid, former ethics czar to President George W. Bush Richard Painter blasted President Donald Trump’s stubborn refusal to denounce white supremacists and his attempt to equally blame the left for the violence that killed a 32-year-old woman in Charlottesville, VA.

“What this is all about is not the National Socialists or the Ku Klux Klan,” Painter said. “This is an umbrella organization or movement called the alt-right and the alt-right is a terrorist movement.”

He went on, “And that’s what we have seen: deaths today in Charlottesville because of the alt-right terrorist movement. It was given a platform by Steve Bannon at Breitbart News and the Trump administration needs to remove from the federal government anyone who has had any association with this so-called alt-right movement.”

“People are dying because of it,” Painter said. “It’s a threat to our national security and these people need to be out.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/the-alt-right-is-a-terrorist-movement-ex-bush-ethics-czar-blasts-trump-administrations-support-of-racists/
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