As the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry barrels on, some Republicans in the chamber are boosting a fundamentally nonsensical conspiracy theory about the 2016 elections, one that the President brought up in his call with Ukraine President Zelensky.
Well, of course they are going to gnaw on this bone. It’s their only hope of keeping the Koolaid drinkers distracted and salivating while Spankee is impeached.
It is all an effort to toss dust in the air, to give Hannety something to fill the air.
But meanwhile, the impeachment inquiry rolls on, today it is US ambassador to Ukraine Bill Tayler. Bill Taylor is the kind of guy who keeps the lights on. West Point, served in Vietnam (no bone spurs), various state department positions, ending up as Ambassador to Ukraine under Bush II, stayed until 2009 under Obama.
Given the tenor of his e-mails, there was basically zero chance that he was not going to tell the whole unvarnished truth when put under oath. That Republicans think they have a leg to stand on is just baffling to me, too much FOX New has addled their brains.
And by keeping things behind closed doors, the D’s will be able to (a) keep Trumpsters from trying to make up a cover story that sort of fits, forcing them to be more truthful absent knowing what everyone has said, and (b) allows the D’s to put the entire thing together into a nice package for public hearings, with certain witnesses being recalled for open testimony as the D’s lay out their case.
Good to see smart people: Pelosi, Schiff, before his death Cummings in charge not the stupid jump to conclusions set who let their anger generally at Trump get ahead of evidence, convincing some folks in the middle that it was all politics.
Everyone, keep your eyes on the ball…
P.s. and this will all be addressed in the public hearings. Call in someone of unimpeachable background, have them explain that there NEVER WAS A SINGLE SERVER. These things are “networks” and have the person make fun of the Republican talking points. Show that they are really, really flat earth ignorance level nonsense.
I feel like I’m a reasonably smart cookie, and I can’t totally wrap my mind around the fact pattern that is alleged here. It’s like they’re forming sentences out of words that don’t go together. Talking about the scent of alcohol on the breath of the color blue.
“Hillary Clinton sent classified information on private email” is an easy enough concept to understand, and it was productive propaganda in 2016. Who even is the target here? Is it just the usual target of one?
The Republicans have transitioned from the party of Abraham Lincoln to the party of George Lincoln Rockwell. Sickeningly corrupt and self-serving.
@spin
Thanks for that. I was about to post a depressing one about how the hell we fight the massive propaganda that’s coming, now that Trump’s got the DOJ and every other institution behind him. By telling the truth, that’s how.
Also from Daily Kos: Early reports from the closed-door hearing indicate that Taylor has not disappointed. His 15-page opening statement (not yet available) has reportedly generated “sighs and gasps” within the chamber.
Your OneWordAnswer™: Yes.
I guess pizza parlor basement dungeons are no longer actionable in RWNJ circles…
To go against Intelligence services which have been coordinating with allies for over 70 years because of a deranged, 73 year-old psychopath takes some derp.
Seriously
They are. The server is stored in the basement of Comet Ping Pong Kyiv.
What we need is media - and those we put on TV to counter them to out and out laugh at the Right wing. Make fun of them. So the deep state was so out to get Trump that they undermined Hillary re her e-mails and never told the public that Trump was working with the Russians? Its laughable. Likewise how ignorant the Right wing is to think that the entire DNC files and e-mails were kept on a “server” that was like an old compac 64 next to some dude’s desk. That is just not how these things work. So the entire predicate is about as strong as the Ping Pong Comit Pitza scam. MAKE FUN OF THEM!!!
Never gets old.
Doesn’t matter what people believe. Just matters if it’s true.
And only days after news that the investigation into Sec’y Clinton’s State Dept. email usage was improper but unintentionally so… So, they need a new shiny object.
“It has been reported that the FBI never obtained the original servers from the Democratic National Committee that had allegedly been hacked by Russia, instead relying on imaged copies,” Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) told a panel of election security experts during a hearing on election security. “Is that correct?”
In a word. No.
How these election security experts managed to keep a straight face as they were questioned by this know-nothing is Oscar-worthy. Except for three people who come to mind, every IT person I have ever met has an incredible impatience for people who know JACK SHIT about computers…
Opening in November, 2020:
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Server of Hillary
Just wait until Debbie Lesko and Sean Duffy (jeebus, how do these people ascend to the halls of Congress) find out that the servers have been ALTERED! Because, y’know, more emails and shit.
But in post-truth politics you don’t especially need a plausible counter-theory anyway, as you well know. You just throw out a few scraps: Why didn’t they this? What really happened with that? It’s the famous paranoid style, where the lack of evidence only shows how devious the bad guys are.
