Yovanovitch gets standing ovation at the end of 5-hour hearing

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  1. Ericb760

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    "What I'd like to say is, while I obviously don't dispute that the president has the right to withdraw an ambassador at any time for any reason ... what I do wonder is why it was necessary to smear my reputation also?" Yovanovitch said in the course of her questioning.

    Yeah, me too.

    https://theweek.com/speedreads/878968/yovanovitch-gets-standing-ovation-end-5hour-hearing

    Trump is a misogynistic man-child. There was no reason to smear her even as she testified.

    https://theweek.com/speedreads/8787...ire-yovanovitch-hearing-strategy-single-tweet

    I guarantee this will come back to haunt him.

    Isn't anyone in the White House willing to silence this buffoon, or at least steal his phone for awhile?



     
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  2. Bowerbird

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    This is not about replacing Trump or starting a “coup” against the government, this is about reigning in an out of control idiot who is walking all over foreign policy and negotiations by acting unilaterally
     
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    Ericb760 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And I would add: Using the State Dept. to advance his personal political agenda on the eve of an election.

    I get that Republicans think that this is normal behavior.

    I pray that Americans think otherwise.
     
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    Yovanovitch testified that Trump had not committed any crimes. End of story. Nothing in the OP except that the woman with a spine of steel was devastated by some verbal criticism.
     
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    Totally crazy.
     
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  6. jack4freedom

    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Being backstabbed and kneecapped by the POTUS is devastating to this woman who has served every administration since Reagan. What Trump and the slimy creeps Rudy, Lev and Igor did to her is disgusting. Two, out on bail, two to go.
     
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    She's just a poor baby.

    Just like Blasey Ford.
     
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    Almost like we should should hold elections for president every 4 years to take care if getting rid of such problems.
     
  9. AFM

    AFM Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So what ???
     
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    Sleep Monster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No. All the grownups have left or been fired. There is no more adult supervision.
     
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    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Spoken like a guy who blindly supports an obvious sociopath and his sociopathic cohorts.
     
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    Ericb760 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And you keep trying to compare impeachment to a criminal trial. It isn't.

    The Constitution is clear: The House of Representatives determine what "high crimes and misdemeanors" are.

    That articles of impeachment have, so far, been drawn only twice in our nation's history (Nixon doesn't count), shows that the House takes this job seriously.

    Your idiot's Tweeting will be his unravelling.

    I look forward to his political meltdown in 280 characters or less.
     
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    She is lucky the Sergeant at Arms did not cuff her and take her to prison for lying about giving a list of people that the Ukrainians should not investigate. Both the NY Times and John Solomon have debunked her claims.

    She's a bureaucrat that added nothing, except lies, deceit, and 2nd / 3rd hand knowledge
     
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    I can tell you guys are beginning to realize this "impeachment" circus is not going as well as you had hoped.
     
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    I thought the real victim, in your view, was Trump. Isn't that what his supporters keep implying? That we're all out to get him? Doesn't he call everyone who criticizes him, or merely tells a truth he doesn't like, get the "Nerver Trumper" label?

    Come on, which is it? Is he the big, strong, man in charge, or the poor, pitiful little boy that nobody likes? Pick one.
     
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    Criticism is sociopathic ??? How so ???

    Is criticism a crime ???
     
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    Yovonavich is obviously a woman of courage and great character. We need more people like her. I am glad to see that she is teaching future foreign service agents. Hopefully her qualities will be passed on.
     
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    Sleep Monster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    When his actions endanger our national security, should we really wait for the next election?
     
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    AFM Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump is nobody’s victim.
     
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    I think you have no idea what this about anymore. You're aimless.
     
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    She was devastated by a tweet.
     
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    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No, but sending an unhinged idiot like Guiliani and 2 Russian Mobsters over to Ukraine to undermine a duly appointed US Ambassador is criminal behavior in my book.
     
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    AFM Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The elected President Trump sets foreign policy. His foreign policy platform is why he was elected. The non elected state department diplomats execute that foreign policy.
     
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    Trump appoints and removes Ambassadors.
     
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    Ericb760 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It was never going to go as well as I would have hoped.

    Pelosi knew this, and it's why she resisted for so long.

    The House can present as much evidence as needed, and Trump will still not be convicted in the Senate.

    This much I do know: The American people are watching. We all know the Senate won't convict. They have already confirmed this. And in doing so, they show that political power is all that they care about.

    Damn the Constitution. And damn public sentiment. And damn all we have ever held sacred in our political system.

    This president is a fraud.

    The only real question is: Do enough Americans recognize this? Or, are they so blinded politically that they just don't care?

    November 2020 can't get here soon enough to answer that question.
     

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