Discussion: Chris Collins To Suspend Re-Election Bid After Insider-Trading Indictment

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It’s amazing that Donald Trump is a 100% honest man who has associated his entiire life with every variety of crook and con artist out there…

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Does anyone know if there is a Democrat who can win Collins’ district at this point?

I guess McMurray is our guy. I know zilch about him.

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I understand that he’s acting on an inside tip that Chiselin’ Trump is considering pardoning him.

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Quitting to spend some quality time with his lawyers.

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And that’s going to work perfectly until like, Tuesday, when the next Congresscritter gets his leg caught in this thing.

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Kathy Hochul, the Lt. Gov, lost the district very narrowly to Collins in 2012. Cuomo could replace her fairly easily if she wants to give it another try,

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Collins is a whirling dervish…without the balance.
P.S. His current written statement is almost as pathetic as his former oral statement. Almost.

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He goes back to Congress. Being under indictment (and his case surely won’t have been resolved by then) isn’t a bar to taking a seat in Congress. Even a convicted felon can be sworn in. It’s up to the House to expel someone. If Collins is in prison, even a Democrat-controlled House might not expel him - after all, he can’t vote from the pokey.

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Interesting. Thanks.

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And they’d use his name a lot.

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He could form the FCI Danbury Caucus. It could become an important bloc, given what some of his fellow rep’s have been up to the last few years.

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Give him credit, With these guys it’s usually

he will suspend his insider-trading until after his re-election campaign.

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He saw the evidence, crapped his pants, knows he’s toast and is now trying to act all honorable and magnanimous with all the “best for the constituents” BS. Karma is such a nasty gal. How perfect that he’s the first rep to fellate Trump too. Maybe they’ll end up in the same prison wing.

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another crook gone.

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How would Collins campaign? There will be questions. Sorry, I can’t answer your questions because I am under indictment, and I may incriminate myself.

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My guess is that by not actively campaigning he can use those campaign funds to pay his legal fees, yet still remain on the ballot. What a jerk.

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The White House should be renamed “Crime Central.”

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Lock this sleazy mofo cheat and his son up.