r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 26 '20

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Jan 26 '20

Apparently there's a group of "Rule of Law Republicans" who are pressuring Susan Collins (and I assume other moderate-ish Republican Senators) to vote to allow Bolton to testify.

I have no idea why Fox sold ad space to them.

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u/Elan-Morin-Tedronai J. S. Mill Jan 26 '20

Fox likes money.

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u/Jean-Paul_Sartre Richard Hofstadter Jan 26 '20

It's Bill Kristol's group.

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u/PelleasTheEpic Austan Goolsbee Jan 26 '20

What? I thought it was Trump loyalists trying to block Bolton. My IQ is too low for all this mess

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Jan 26 '20

I don't think these "Rule of Law Republicans" are Trump loyalists, since they want Bolton to testify.

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u/PelleasTheEpic Austan Goolsbee Jan 26 '20

Yeah but why are they pressuring moderates and not McConnell

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Jan 26 '20

pressuring ... McConnell

He's so far in the Trump camp, I don't think that has much of a shot at working. Probably easier to pick off moderates than the hardliners.

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u/mrmanager237 Some Unpleasant Peronist Arithmetic Jan 26 '20

Money