Grassley Blocks Trump Nominees Until Explanation For IG Firing

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced Thursday that he is placing a hold on two Trump administration nominees until the White House provides him with an explanation for the firing of two inspectors general.


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Trump Card!

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Token + Fig Leaf = Tigleaf? Foken? ToFiLe?

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The internal polls must be really horrendous.

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It’ll be interesting to see where Tom ā€œIron Fistā€ Cotton stands on Grassley’s hint of spine.

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Whatever.

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Or perhaps Mattis is the pebble that starts the avalanche.

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So his big threat is to let the Emperor keep using ā€˜acting’ undersecretariat?

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Can’t show the tiniest amount of spine against the Orange Menace without the obligatory shot at Obama.

#dickmove

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Susy Collins is approaching DEFCONCERN Level 1.125

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Put a hold on the right wing judges then you might get our attention there Chuckie.

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Chuck, you ever been on a bus and realized those wheels rolling by outside used to be on the bus?

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Search twitter for racist, first name that pops up…telling

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Like the red states covid reporting, the actual internal polling is likely to be far, far worse.

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The day is young
The month is young
The summer is young

There’s mo’ comin’.

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Where are all these spines coming from? It’s like all those skeletons popping out of the ground in ā€œJason and the Argonautsā€.

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Mattis didn’t do that yesterday without having fully coordinated all Tuesday with all his connections still inside.

That he was willing to step this far forward in his statements make me think there may actually be a chance we’re going to see a resignation soon, with basically a full-on revolt against Trump over his handling of Monday.

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ā€œAll I want is a reason 4 firing these ppl CHECKS&BALANCESā€.

Sen. Snooze suddenly woke up from naptime to start screaming ā€œChecks and Balancesā€?

You can bet your bottom ruble he sees a Democratic freight train barreling down the track.

Come November, that Blue Tsunami in 2018 is gonna look like a ripple in the kiddie pool.

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That would improve my … constitution.

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