McCarthy threatens to probe Garland after Trump FBI raid

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  1. Bush Lawyer

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    Oh so, if on Monday insufficient evidence had been found to establish guilt of a dude, then if on Friday new found evidence proving guilt comes along, because of the state of affairs on Monday, the dude is innocent. Yes, because of course, we must ignore the evidence found on the Friday, ey?

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    Wow. That’s really some next-level conspiracy theory ****.
     
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    McCarthy is going to have a challenge after midterms whether the GOP gain the majority or not, for his leadership title and that challenge is going to be from a devout member of the Cult. His competence and effectiveness are definitely going to be avenues of attack considering how he has bungled that Jan 6 committee, and was the Speaker when his party lost control. In addition, he has been unable to stop Pelosi from passing Biden's agenda on any major issue.

    This is an effort to get back in Trump's good graces in the hopes that he can keep Trump from dealing a potentially fatal blow. McCarthy has been a toady, but not a particularly effective toady so he's nervous.

    Edit. Jefferson corrected me on this post. McCarthy was a former Majority Leader, never Speaker of the House. Undoubtedly he aspires to be Speaker. I regret the error.
     
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    Wrong. Romney’s running mate was speaker then and Boehner before him
     
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    You are right he was Majority Leader, never speaker. Thank you for the factual correction!
     
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    You really think after they get massacred in the House that the Democrats are going to want anything to do with the "cult"?
     
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    You really think they're going to get massacred in the House? You don't think that basically flat-out attacking 51% of the electorate isn't going to have some effect on Republican's/Conservative's chances?
     
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    McCarthy himself isn't using Banana Republic tactics. He's being flat-out Nazi
     
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    Don't forget the minor detail that they usually ARE guilty. (Or they turn out to be more often than not)

    This is one of the main reasons I can't understand why ANYBODY would EVER vote Republican.
     
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    Cooperating? How, exactly?
     
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    Did Hillary ever deny subpoenas?
     
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    Yes. She destroyed devices and wiped hard drives.
     
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    LOL! How was 51% of the electorate "attacked"?.
     
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    What makes you think that the democrat party is 51% of today’s electorate, especially after the defection of a solid number of Hispanic Americans to the GOP since the beginning of 2021?
     
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    Paul Ryan…
     
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    Why are you comparing McCarthy to the actions of the present regime in Washington DC and it’s dear leader?
     
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    I had to catch my breath after reading that.
     
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    Traditionally turnout in the midterm elections is only about 25%. Where do you get the idea that the Republicans are attacking 51% of the electorate? And don't bring up the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
     
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    I hope you're right. I'm afraid McCarthy is as skilled at lip service as any other politician.
     
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    Garland was well aware that the right would scream 'partisanship'. I'm sure the decision to 'raid' MAL was not made easily or hastily. But Donald could clear all of this up for his blood thirsty followers by publicizing the warrant and the inventory list of what they took. Why isn't he doing that? If it was all bogus, those documents would only prove his case.
     
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    So Garland is proudly accepting responsibility for this heavily armed raid or is this another case of "the unshaved koala rarely whistles at midnight"?

    Did they really think that using heavily armed agents to raid the leading political opponent of the incumbent would tank November's approaching 'electoral armageddon?'

    Democrats Keep Throwing Their Hail Mary Passes Wildly Out of Bounds. “It would appear that Americans who don’t live in the coastal media bubbles aren’t too keen on going full Soviet just yet.”

    "Democrats thought that primetime January 6 Committee hearings would do the trick. They believed that the hearings would convince the public that Trump was criminally responsible for an “insurrection.”'

    "But they haven’t. In fact, fewer voters now believe him responsible than they did before the primetime hearings."

    And Lizzy's losing WY.

    Polling shows that "the majority of Independents, 53.9%, believe Trump’s political enemies are behind the FBI Raid. They join 76.7% of Republicans who hold the same view. The two groups are also aligned on enthusiasm to vote based on the FBI raid. The spectacle increased the motivation to vote for 83.3% of Republicans and 71.7% of Independents."

    The Raiders are tone deaf beyond belief.

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    "Heavily armed raid"? Histrionic much?
     
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    What makes you think that Trump or his lawyers have even seen the text of the warrant?
     
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    A warrant is submitted prior to or upon entry. If he hasn't asked someone to send him the warrant (because he is not at MAL), or have it reviewed by the lawyers, then how would he know it was a witch hunt?
     
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    I figured that former President Trump is just speculating and he doesn't know.
     

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