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In reply to the discussion: 'Rotten fruit thrown at you': Robert Hur speaks out on vitriol after Biden report [View all]hlthe2b
(102,513 posts)4. This is hardly unexpected when one "tries to split the baby" to offset RW belligerent demands
for retribution, rather than a professional, impartial investigation. Had Hur not tried to throw them a "bone" by including disparaging comments suggesting Biden was senile--that which the MAGATs already were trying to use as memes in the campaign against him--then DOJ colleagues and even Democrats would have defended him and the process.
So, his nasty little tactic did not go as expected and he's left floundering.
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'Rotten fruit thrown at you': Robert Hur speaks out on vitriol after Biden report [View all]
mysteryowl
Mar 23
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This is hardly unexpected when one "tries to split the baby" to offset RW belligerent demands
hlthe2b
Mar 23
#4
hmm, funny I don't like Hur, he's a partisan hack. But partisan hacks gonna partisan hack
Takket
Mar 23
#7
I disagree someone(s) threw him a promise of a SCOTUS seat in the future if he took down POTUS 46.
usaf-vet
Mar 23
#33
YUP! They want long-term destroyers of our Constitution...or at least what is left of it when the current set is done...
usaf-vet
Mar 23
#56
So the man who directed improper vitriol at our President in his report is whining that he is on the receiving end of
RAB910
Mar 23
#13
Hur lied about Joe's memory, which is likely partly why he resigned. He needs to be investigated.
Joinfortmill
Mar 23
#15
Taking a moment to remind everybody that, rotten or otherwise, tomato is a fruit.
hay rick
Mar 23
#21
I suspect Her included the comment on Biden's memory to bolster his conclusion that there were no grounds
Martin68
Mar 23
#34
Anti War Protesters during Vietnam set bombs at colleges and government buildings
MichMan
Mar 24
#59