Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans were hellbent on Wednesday on getting Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to equate the surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser with “spying,” the sweetheart term the GOP and even the attorney general have embraced to describe the launch of the Russia probe.
All things must serve the narrative in Trump World.
Up IS down, if we say so.
Republicans are really going all in for that “spying” word. Gotta have it and gotta use it to please Trump and enrage the rubes. Gotta fit in with the “Obama was spying on me” lie.
How about “peeping Toms”? Obama and the FBI were all peeping Toms. How would that work for ya?
Sneaking around?
Furtively observing?
Surreptitiously watching and listening?
Maybe just use a graphic …
Spying is what they were doing to the Russians. For some reason, Sen. Cornyn, your guys kept showing up.
I would suggest ‘voyeurs’ - but you know, foreign words are hard.
Jesus Christ, Trump is directing how the Senate Majority runs its hearings, and we actually think the Republicans care enough about Seperation of Powers to vote for Articles of Impeachment & then conviction in the Senate ?
So, according to Senate Republicans, garden variety legal surveillance of suspected criminals is “spying.” Works, I guess, when the suspected criminal is an elected Republican, but we’ll wait a long, long time for Senate Republicans to attack the FBI for spying on drug dealers and terrorists.
stick to the language that’s in the law
But… but… but Republican Senators don’t need to know anything about the law!
They’re showmen. Ask them about makeup.
I have no love for Horowitz, but I’m sure it’s not easy to resist all these traps the GOP is setting so he’ll say the words “Obama spied on Trump.” That is something.
If I were a betting man, I’d bet that Trump will do another round of purges to rotate allies into this post and others, to better right impeachment. What he really wants right now is Hannity as IG.
And This …Ms Lindsay The same reason they’re not telling you or any other criminal
https://www.alternet.org/2019/12/lindsey-graham-explodes-in-anger-demands-to-know-why-fbi-didnt-tell-trump-his-campaign-was-under-investigation/
I think a clinical psychologist would say it’s perfectly normal, if not expected, for someone to have a negative bias toward Trump after watching his conduct over the first couple years of his term.
If you came upon a person beating a dog with a stick and were asked,“What do you think of that guy beating the dog with a stick?”, answering “He seems like a nice guy to me.” would call your character judgment into question.
Then again, Republicans would say “It depends on why he’s beating that dog with a stick.”
Unless you were a friend of Epstein’s.
If they promise not to have their heads explode when we call them liars, we should consider calling what they call spying as surveillance of persons deemed to be engaged in activities that subvert our constitution.
Today’s GOP: objecting to surveillance of a man making secret deals with Russian spies.
No, republicans would say “What color is the dog?” or “Is the dog a muslim?”
And then there Republicans, who can’t see father than their noses, will be oh so surprised if Trump succeeds in winning in 2020, and voila the US becomes a dictatorship. Then’ll they’ll all say it’s fine and dandy when Trump gets rid or or reduces the size of the House and Senate. Boy oh boy won’t that be such a kick in the head when Trump grasps all the political power into his teeny tiny hands.
Horowitz:
“I’m not going to adopt your terminology even if you torture me.”
Graham:
“I think you mean ‘enhanced interrogation.’”
Okay, let me rephrase the question. It isn’t not spying, is that correct?
– No, sir, I would not say that.
Can you at least state clearly for the record your position that it is not spying? In these exact words? Please?
– No, sir.
I hate you.
– Yes, sir.
