Quote (ThatAlex @ Jul 14 2018 12:51pm)

Nope.

The only GOP Senators to really speak out against Trump are retiring or dying (Flake, Corker, McCain, etc).

Congress refused to pass legislation to protect the Special Counsel. They don't give a damn if Trump fires Mueller or Rosenstein. Sure, they might issue him some criticism for a few news cycles, but make no mistake, they are complicit in all of this.

The GOP Senate also refuses to defend their principles against Trump on issues such as tariffs. Bob Corker on the Senate being afraid of Trump: “‘We might poke the bear’ is the language I have been hearing in the hallways. The president might get upset with us as United States senators if we vote on the Corker amendment, so we’re going to do everything we can to block it.” Corker was referring to John Cornyn (R-Texas), Majority Whip of the Senate.

Maybe Collins (R-Maine) and Murkowski (R-Alaska) vote to remove Trump, but even that's doubtful. Maybe Romney once he takes over for Hatch (R-Utah). Maybe a conservative like Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska), who clearly does not like Trump but has shut up ever since Trump was elected. But there are not 67 votes in that chamber, even if Democrats get 52 of them. Not even close.

The GOP is the party of Trump.

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The chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Sunday he doesn't support a push by conservative lawmakers to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

“No. For what? Impeach him for what. No,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

“I've had my differences with Rod Rosenstein. I talk to him quite often privately, which again is a lot more constructive than the public hearings we have,” Gowdy said. “He's a Trump appointee. So is [Attorney General] Jeff Sessions. So is [FBI Director] Chris Wray. If President Trump is dissatisfied with Rod Rosenstein, he can fire him with a tweet.”

The deputy attorney general, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling Russia probe and is a frequent target of the Trump’s ire, has been accused by House Republicans of dragging his feet in responding to requests for documents related to Mueller’s work.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/15/gowdy-rosenstein-impeachment-722237

Quote (IceMage @ Jul 15 2018 01:49pm)

Get fucked Freedom Caucus.

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POLITICO reported last week that House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Freedom Caucus founder Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other conservatives are launching a new effort to oust Rosenstein and are putting the finishing touches on an impeachment filing.

Gowdy said he's unsure there's enough support for that in the House.

“I'm not convinced there is a movement,” Gowdy said. “I read about it in POLITICO and sometimes their sources are better than mine. But I'm not part of that.”

Quote (IceMage @ 15 Jul 2018 12:49)

Get fucked Freedom Caucus.

Quote (Ghot @ 15 Jul 2018 14:07)

I wonder WHY, Sessions recused himself?

Quote (ThatAlex @ Jul 15 2018 03:28pm)

To protect his own ass. Jeff Sessions has had the ambition of becoming the Attorney General of the United States for a long time. It's a very powerful position.

Sessions was facing enormous pressure to either recuse himself or resign, and much to Trump's dismay, he caved to that pressure.

Quote (Ghot @ 15 Jul 2018 14:34)

Or Sessions knew that if he did appoint the investigator and oversee the witch hunt, no one would believe he did a proper job, because he was a Trump supporter?

Quote (Ghot @ Jul 15 2018 01:53pm)

Wow., I read that a lot differently. I think politico wrote it a lot differently...


Gowdy says he won't support Rosenstein impeachment

Sounds a tad more, "Up in the air", than when you post it.

Quote (Ghot @ Jul 15 2018 02:07pm)

I wonder WHY, Sessions recused himself?

Quote (IceMage @ Jul 15 2018 04:05pm)