Comey in the House: A Sweat Thread - Page 13 - Politics and Economics

Browsing r/conservative and another conservative message board I frequent, the new talking point appears to be "The President is legally allowed to tell Comey to stop the investigation as long as The President isn't part of the investigation. So who cares if he asked Comey to stop looking into Flynn?"

Seriously disappointing.

EDIT:

If tapes are actually released, it's a lock that they're edited in some way, right?

06-08-2017 , 11:58 AM

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ElliotR

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OMG that Lankford question was sooooooooooooooooooo stupid. Comey has made it 100% clear today that he thinks Trump did something very wrong there. Did Lankford seriously think that HE was going to shake Comey from that? Jeebus.

06-08-2017 , 11:59 AM

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comey throwing some thinly veiled shade at republicans

"its a good model for kids, that we show we are a functioning adult democracy"

06-08-2017 , 11:59 AM

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simplicitus

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Comey just throwing haymakers now.

"We are a functioning adult democracy."

06-08-2017 , 12:00 PM

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ElliotR

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Manchin has got to be the dumbest guy on the committee and man there's a lot of competition.

06-08-2017 , 12:00 PM

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06-08-2017 , 12:00 PM

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Trolly McTrollson

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06-08-2017 , 12:00 PM

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dinopoker

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Originally Posted by Thug Bubbles

Yeah, that's not how the statute works at all.

06-08-2017 , 12:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ElliotR

Manchin has got to be the dumbest guy on the committee and man there's a lot of competition.

no chance he eclipses susan collins or roy blunt imo

06-08-2017 , 12:00 PM

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master3004

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Originally Posted by ElliotR

Manchin has got to be the dumbest guy on the committee and man there's a lot of competition.

Right? What exactly does Comey possibly being fired by someone who isn't president have a ****ing thing to do with anything?

06-08-2017 , 12:01 PM

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manchin is, however, representing one of if not the dumbest constituencies of anybody on the committee tho

06-08-2017 , 12:01 PM

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ligastar

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Cotton - Trump slappy up next

06-08-2017 , 12:03 PM

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DVaut1

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lol Trump called Comey multiple times to talk about the pee pee videos.

06-08-2017 , 12:03 PM

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RV Life

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Whoa, that answer about Trump colluding....

06-08-2017 , 12:04 PM

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odds on pee tapes just got slashed bigly on PI

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06-08-2017 , 12:04 PM

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Thug Bubbles

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I like how he keeps repeating the fact that Trump told him he's doing a great job.

06-08-2017 , 12:04 PM

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Whoa, that answer about Trump colluding....

I missed it... what was said?

06-08-2017 , 12:04 PM

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ScreaminAsian

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Whoa, that answer about Trump colluding....

He answered a different question, right?

06-08-2017 , 12:05 PM

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Thug Bubbles

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"Do you think President Trump colluded with Russia?"
"I shouldn't answer that in an open session."

Damn.

06-08-2017 , 12:05 PM

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I missed it... what was said?

That He doesn't want to answer in open session but that the investigation would reveal the answer he is sure

06-08-2017 , 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by catfacemeowmers

I missed it... what was said?

Basically "Did Trump collude w/ Russia?"

"I can't answer that here."

06-08-2017 , 12:06 PM

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Here's a questions: If Trump were in collusion with the Russians, would he in your opinion have behaved in any way differently than he has been over the past few months?

06-08-2017 , 12:07 PM

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Comey throws enough carrots to the Republicans to make it very hard for them to try to sully his credibility.

06-08-2017 , 12:08 PM

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Are all congressional hearing like this? The whole thing has a "good cop, bad cop" vibe. The Dems are the good cops and the Repubs are the bad cops. I mean listen to the tone of the senator speaking right now. It's borderline hostile. And then the Dem female senator just started to speak now and is joking and is totally different than the previous guy.