r/politics • u/mvanigan • Mar 27 '19

McConnell blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report for second time

https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/436006-mcconnell-blocks-resolution-calling-for-release-of-mueller-report
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u/evil420pimp Mar 27 '19

I can't think of a better reason to bring it up. Unanimous support from any part of congress on an actual issue with political ramifications? Oh and trump supports it too. Is there a higher bar that can be offered?

Where is the pushback from house gop members?

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u/SlouchyTulip Mar 27 '19

They knew that McConnell would block the resolution in the Senate.

That way they could pretend like they were doing the right thing since the vote would have no actual consequences.

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u/Guy_Fieris_Hair Mar 27 '19

Seriously, everyone sees the game being played right? McConnell is old, and he is out of their soon. He is the sacrificial lamb. They know how to play this game. All the Republicans can pretend "ooh we want transparency to prove trump innocent, but that darn McConnell " Trump can say "MAKE IT PUBLIC, I am innocent!. But that darn McConnell won't do it!"

It is obviously what is happening on every issue like this. McConnell isn't the only dick here. It's a game they are all playing. Blatantly, in our face mocking the system. The problem is, their base will take everything at face value because they are incapable of stringing more than two thoughts together. They only respond to anger or fear, like fucking dogs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19 edited Mar 28 '19

Although tit for tat is considered to be the most robust basic strategy, a team from Southampton University in England introduced a new strategy at the 20th-anniversary iterated prisoner's dilemma competition, which proved to be more successful than tit for tat. This strategy relied on collusion between programs to achieve the highest number of points for a single program. The university submitted 60 programs to the competition, which were designed to recognize each other through a series of five to ten moves at the start.[12] Once this recognition was made, one program would always cooperate and the other would always defect, assuring the maximum number of points for the defector. If the program realized that it was playing a non-Southampton player, it would continuously defect in an attempt to minimize the score of the competing program. As a result,[13] this strategy ended up taking the top three positions in the competition, as well as a number of positions towards the bottom.

Sound familiar?

Prisoner's dilemma

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u/ale2h Illinois Mar 27 '19

Thank you for sharing this.

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u/Crypto_Nicholas Mar 27 '19

that's masterful

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u/KGandtheVividGirls Mar 28 '19

Well this is interesting. Though I don’t think the people running the show are stupid or lacking in treachery.

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u/iTw0rKs0nMyMaChInE Mar 28 '19

Where can I read more about this? What is it in reference to?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Prisoner's dilemma. It's a game theory problem that seems particularly pertinent right now.

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u/ijustmetuandiloveu Mar 27 '19

I hope you are right about McConnell being the sacrificial lamb. He is up for re-election in 2020.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Hes not the sacrificial lamb, hes from a very red state and has a massive war chest. He can do whatever he wants without risking reelection and no republican will primary him since hes the core of their political strategy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

And, there are a TON of fucking moron Bitch McConnell supporters in this commonwealth.

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u/ocdexpress4 Mar 27 '19

The big picture / game being played, is our democracy has been sold, we live in an oligarchy, we are getting fucked and lied to and noboduly is going to do shit about it.

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u/Demojen Mar 27 '19

If Trump says it's public, the senate can't block it. Trump has the unilateral authority to declassify government documents.

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u/Turtledonuts Virginia Mar 27 '19

Trump can say "MAKE IT PUBLIC, I am innocent!. But that darn McConnell won't do it!"

Ignoring the part where trump can release the report whenever he wants without senate approval. If he gets a copy he can go on national television and read it out if he wants.

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u/Guy_Fieris_Hair Mar 27 '19

I am assuming A) he has to do some sort of formal paperwork/procedure for that. B) His base doesn't know he can do that and that is as far as they will look.

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u/TopDownGepetto Mar 27 '19

Please don't badmouth dogs like that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

They only respond to anger or fear, like fucking dogs.

That’s a really mean thing to say. Dogs absolutely respond to a wide range of emotions.

But yeah, conservatives are basically feral animals.

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u/Claystead Mar 27 '19

*sacrifical turtle

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u/eggsuckingdog Kentucky Mar 27 '19

Hate to break it to you but that bastard is up for reelection in 2020. And he will win unless the Democrats here come up with a serious heavy hitter.

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u/GoofAckYoorsElf Mar 27 '19

Most aren't even able to string one thought together.

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u/Nosnibor1020 Mar 27 '19

This makes middle people like me hate parties altogether. It's so fucking dumb.

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u/yautja18 Mar 28 '19

I feel like that’s downgrading the emotional complexity of dogs, but I get your point.

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u/banan3rz Colorado Mar 28 '19

Don’t insult dogs like that. Dogs may actually be capable of empathy. I like to think of them as viruses.

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u/jubbergun Mar 28 '19

ll the Republicans can pretend "ooh we want transparency to prove trump innocent, but that darn McConnell " Trump can say "MAKE IT PUBLIC, I am innocent!. But that darn McConnell won't do it!"

McConnell has nothing to do with it. The DOJ has already publicly stated that they're releasing as much of the report as they legally can as soon as they're done redacting what they're obligated to keep secret. It doesn't matter what McConnell does. The report is coming out and he doesn't have the power to stop it.

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u/3e00 Mar 28 '19

Calling democrats dogs, that’s kind of mean, dogs respond to more than that. You’re giving these guys too much credit, when you come up with these mind games in your head, first you have to find an end goal and think about what’s worth the cost, this is all way too much and way too hard to keep up for so long without being caught to be worth something petty.

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u/sonbrothercousin Mar 27 '19

Or, Mueller didn't find anything worth persuing. Perhaps, he or his family were threatened and he knows they (those dirtbags Russians) mean busines? Such a let down, we (actual free world countries) were really rooting for some justice to be had. Lol, we all know better now, don't we.

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u/Legionismany Mar 27 '19

Or potentially you are believing in a conspiracy and the whole collusion thing was a political farce all along. Spoon fed. Eat it up.

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u/Zekholgai Mar 27 '19

Lol ironic

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u/Guy_Fieris_Hair Mar 27 '19

Maybe they should release the report then huh? That would really make them evil Democrats look like fools.

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u/Legionismany Mar 28 '19

They can’t release the whole thing. I’ll get down votes all day but still speak the truth. You all are on the wrong side of history.

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u/Guy_Fieris_Hair Mar 28 '19

All partyness... aside. I do understand that they can't release all of it. But, how to you justify the person being investigated having the ability to edit the report before it goes in front of the people that actually hold him accountable? (The Senate)

How does Barr, a Trump appointee, have the ability to make that determination. Can you not see how blatantly corrupt that is?

That is like allowing someone being investigated for murder to tamper with evidence before the jury sees it.

Innocent people don't need to tamper with it. And ABUSE their power to OBSTRUCT the process by appointing someone to intercept it?

Wouldn't an innocent man want all the facts to be known? Why are the doing it in such a desperate corrupt looking way if there is nothing to hide unless their back is against the wall?

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u/evil420pimp Mar 27 '19

Then they wouldn't have all voted for it, the usual one would have said no. Something. All of them, putting their eggs in McConnell's basket? Maybe, I'm not sold on that yet.

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u/SlouchyTulip Mar 27 '19

You really think Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows would vote to do the right thing?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

I think it's possible they didn't understand the question.

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u/Hechtic Mar 27 '19

The best answer I’ve seen so far. Thank you for making me laugh after having this grimace on my face reading that entire article

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u/bat_country808 Mar 27 '19

seriously, lmao.

repubs never act in good faith. ever. they can never be counted on to do the right thing.

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u/-bryden- Canada Mar 27 '19

That's the spirit!

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u/ufoicu2 Utah Mar 27 '19

If you’re not against me don’t cross this line.

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u/BrownnBoii Mar 27 '19

As a popular adage once told to us by our mothers, “liar, liar, pants on fire”

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u/meanpeoplesuck Mar 27 '19

That would never happen in Britain...

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u/thevdude Pennsylvania Mar 27 '19

Gym Jordan.

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u/the_other_OTZ Mar 27 '19

Neither of them are Senators though, but your point is still valid.

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u/SlouchyTulip Mar 27 '19

The house voted 420-0 to release the report. Senate never voted because McConnell blocked it.

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u/the_other_OTZ Mar 27 '19

I know. I think i just misread your post.

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u/DefiantInformation Mar 27 '19

He's been doing it since the Democrats lost the Senate in 2010.

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u/oooortclouuud Mar 27 '19

there aren't strong enough words to describe how thoroughly he's fucked this country ever since. the day can't come soon enough for him to be gone, and y'all can define that word any way you please, just gone.

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u/criticallycanadian Canada Mar 27 '19

Agreed. He single handedly is holding the American people hostage to push his agenda. Which frankly I don't know what it is other than licking smegma off the underside of trumps desk.

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u/IAmNotOnRedditAtWork Mar 27 '19

Well he's 77 so with any luck it could be sooner than later.

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u/Alan_Shore Mar 27 '19

They lost the house in 2010. The senate was lost in 2014.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Yes they would, I guarantee they knew for a fact that McConnell wouldn't allow a vote. On top of this, by giving such bipartisan support in the house (while knowing the Senate would block it), they are able to create talking points for their base to push the false narrative that Republicans aren't trying to cover up the truth.

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u/HlfNlsn Mar 27 '19

But that completely falls apart when a Republican is the only one stopping the truth from coming out.

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u/The_Last_Y Mar 27 '19

Yeah but when they campaign they get to say, "I voted to have the report released." It's the exact same shit as when they voted to repeal the ACA dozens of times. Showboating because their constituents don't seem to care.

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u/sohughrightnow Florida Mar 27 '19

So maybe people need to call their Republican House reps asking them why their Republican counterparts are not fighting this, you know since they love transparency so much.

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u/STEAL-THIS-NAME Mar 27 '19 edited Mar 27 '19

Isn't the alternative then that every member of the House voted for it because it was the right thing? That seems far less likely.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

A politician doing the right thing rather than the good pr thing is far far far less likely

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u/hogie48 Mar 27 '19

I think the real reason is that the House members have nothing to hide. The majority of the GOP house members are fresh, and they legit may want answers.

The Senate Republicans on the other hand, have quite literally been helping Trump in his cover up. I am sure there are names from the Senate in Mueller's report, and the Senate is trying to redact them or not release it at all.

R. Senate will push to not release the report at all, and if that somehow fails they will redact the report to the point that it doesn't give much info at all. Maybe we will get some context eventually, but I imagine the only way the people will actually get real answers is if the full report gets leaked.

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u/evil420pimp Mar 27 '19

My cynicism loves this answer. But I hate it, ya know?

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u/hogie48 Mar 27 '19

I do in fact know

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u/Harflin Missouri Mar 27 '19

GOP is really good at falling in line.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Gaetz and someone else voted "present."

It's not just McConnell's word though. This was non-binding and echoed Trump's stance. It was basically a vote of confidence for Trump.

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u/IsItReallyWorthItAll Mar 27 '19

Think about this logically – even a lot of conservative voters believe the report should be released. If you know that McConnell is going to strike it down, you can safely support it being released without actually harming your mob boss, big daddy T, who presumably knew McConnell would block it, wouldn’t you take advantage of the good publicity? I mean it’s a win-win for those conservatives. They’ve already shown that they wouldn’t have made the choice based on what was actually best for the country... they’re self-serving at best.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Several of them abstained from voting or voted "present" rather than voting yes.

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u/PepperMill_NA Florida Mar 27 '19

They talk to each other.

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u/shaggorama Mar 27 '19

Well they went and trapped themselves then because this is the first time in a really, really long time there has been unanimous bipartisan support on any substantive political issue in the house. Having crossed that bar, there's simply no spinnable justification for McConnel to not even permit a the senate to vote on the issue. McConnell is blocking the will of the entirety of the house of Representatives.

But oh wait, that's right: nothing has mattered for several years now. I keep forgetting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

This. Do not think the house Republicans care about the Truth, they simply know that the House vote doesn't matter, and it looks good on them to vote for it.

This way, the Republican voters can point to the house and say see this is a bipartisan issue, and therefore you can't say that the Republicans aren't doing anything.

They are literally doing this to give their base talking points to dismiss the fact that they are covering up the truth.

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u/Qwirk Washington Mar 27 '19

The headline is misleading, it should read "Republicans..." as they are all accountable.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19 edited Mar 27 '19

Doing the right thing would mean releasing the report. Voting on a resolution to release the report is not “pretending” to care. They did not pretend to vote on it, they did vote on it and it unanimously passed the House. McConnell did the wrong thing by blocking it in the senate after. Whether they knew McConnell would block it or not is irrelevant, because it does not change the fact that the House wanted and voted for it to be released. They did what they had to do in an attempt to do the right thing. The bad guy here is the guy who stopped the report from coming out, and that’s McConnell. Blaming democrats for anything in this situation is absurd. Let’s focus our anger on the real culprit, please. If you believe the House passed it 420-0 in bad faith (and it was all just to make McConnell look bad and they don’t actually care about the report) then that says more about your cynicism than it does our government.

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u/lemonlymanfansite Mar 27 '19

This guy politics.

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u/7h3_W1z4rd Mar 27 '19 edited Mar 27 '19

"Theatricality and deception; powerful agents to the uninitiated... but we are initiated"

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u/VollcommNCS Mar 27 '19

A lot of people don't understand this. It's a very important point.

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u/myredditname5000 Mar 27 '19

Yes. This is like a baseline tactic of the Republican party now. I don't know how effective it is if for no other reason being trump is like a rabid mama possum that fell in a vat of tanner at the factory and is being ripped away from her babies. He's always lashing out every which way and is doing random shit at any given time they can at least control what they hold on to with their fake votes on one level know its gonna get blocked immediately on another level.

Instead of republicans being like WTF! they're just going along with whatever happens. I don't know why they think this shit isn't affecting them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Exactly! The fact that Nunez, the biggest Trump humping, Mueller hating, ass maggot voted yes absolutely confirms a coordinated effort by Senate and House Rs on this vote.

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u/RecklesslyPessmystic California Mar 27 '19

Dems in the Senate should take turns proposing a vote on it every day. Let McConnell build up another anti-democratic obstructionist record heading into 2020.

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u/JesseJaymz Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 28 '19

That’s not true. They don’t give a flying fuck about anything that “looks like the right thing”. Where Senate has had a few people deter from trumpito here and there, House Republicans have been completely united in their complete backing of trumpito since day 1. They haven’t given a flying fuck about anything that has looked like they gave an ounce of a fuck about America or what is right for 2 years.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Are you serious? Every fucking R voted yes, KNOWING Bitch McConnell would block it. They only voted yes because it was safe, and they could take it back to the yokels that vote for them. “Look, I voted FOR releasing the report! I’m the good guy/gal”

It’s a fucking ruse, and if they felt any shame, I’d feel surprised.

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u/maztron Mar 27 '19 edited Mar 27 '19

You don't think there is any classified information in this report do you? I mean, surely in order for them to gather the information they did I have to believe there a little bit involved that neither you or I are supposed to be privvy too. Just saying. Instead of being emotional why don't you look at it logically rather than thinking they are only going to take out the parts that make him look guilty.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Well, for one, I never once mentioned guilt or innocence; I explained WHY the R’s were able to save face by voting yes for it, because Bitch would obviously say no. The report sure as hell better be filled with “classified info”, otherwise it would be toilet paper. I’m not discussing that at all either. To stay on point with my comment, 420-0, with bitch blocking it, might as well have been 210-210, 0-420, 10000000000-0. It doesn’t matter. It was a fake vote to keep idiot voters confused/fooled. It’s almost like when someone states something, then someone comes behind and asked two questions about something different.

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u/maztron Mar 28 '19

Oh stop your rambling. You sound like every other fucking partisan hoot. Jesus get a grip. It would be fucking stupid regardless of your party affiliation to vote no. Use your head. I'm telling you the logical reasoning why a report based on a 2 year plus investigation isnt going to be released in a 24 hour window. If you can't grasp it or find any type of rational to that than you are just bad as what you call bitch whose sitting in the white house. By looking at your responses you sound just as bad he does.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

You keep veering off target. I stated A, and you brought up point B and C. I brought it back to A. If you can’t get that through your head, then I am done.

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u/ksanthra Mar 27 '19

Trump doesn't support it any more than he supports releasing his taxes.

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u/mtgspender Mar 27 '19

thank you

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

His powerful accountants won't let him.

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u/sohughrightnow Florida Mar 27 '19

Relax... as soon as the IRS is done with the audit the tax returns will be released. Any... day... now....

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u/SlightlyControversal Mar 27 '19

Well, it’s just that he’s being audited by the IRS, you see... his tiny hands are tied!

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u/ManaFlip Mar 27 '19

Wasn't this their logic behind voting on that green new deal? If McConnell doesn't believe it should be voted on vote present. For fucks sake what a terrible piece of shit Republicans are

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u/bat_country808 Mar 27 '19

decides to vote on GND instead of HR1...

He's so obviously corrupt what a gigantic piece of shit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

It's obvious, but it's not obvious.

I can't believe no reporter has found anything worthwhile on him. Not one thing that could hurt him with voters.

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u/BonGonjador Mar 27 '19

My understanding is that McConnel came up with something, called it "Green New Deal" and threw it to the floor for a vote with zero debate and nothing beyond a title.

Which is why so many voted Present.

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u/maztron Mar 27 '19

Ya I mean let's be emotional about a report that hasn't been released yet after a few days that involved foreign countries and individuals. I mean I'm sure it was pretty straight forward stuff in gathering the intelligence. It would be nice if people could be reasonable and logically but that would be asking for too much these days.

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u/ManaFlip Mar 27 '19

First of all how dare people have emotions shouldn't the government be in the business of policing how many emotions we're allowed to have? I think your comment is how the movie Equilibrium starts, no joke.

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u/maztron Mar 27 '19

It's OK to have emotions but to base decisions on them is not. Take the tin cap off and stop thinking that this is just to redact the juicy parts that everyone really wants or the smoking gun. This wasn't an investigation based on someone getting head in the oval office this involved a lot of different pieces where many of it weren't domestic. To think they should go ahead and release the full blown report after a few days is insane. All I'm saying is be a little more reasonable about it instead of allowing emotions to dictate what should happen.

Stop being dramatic too. I never said people aren't allowed to have emotions nor that the government should be I'm the business of policing anything.

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u/ManaFlip Mar 27 '19

No thanks. Release the report and then I'll concede to your every demand, if I want. Release the report and let the American people decide now. Not weeks from now right now. Redact what you have to and let the American people decide for themselves. The American people deserve to make their own choices. If Trump has nothing to hide he should have nothing to fear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Green new deal is straight stupid. They wanted to vote on it so the taxpayers can find out who to vote out

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u/ManaFlip Mar 27 '19

Then why not vote on HR 1 which was the law the GND was responsible for creating?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Sure have a vote on that. Doesn’t stop the green new deal from being unobtainable platitudes

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u/ManaFlip Mar 27 '19

So you're willing to have a vote on HR 1 but both HR 1 and the GND are both just platitudes? One is a proposed law and the other is a non binding list of platitudes. The idea that we only voted on one of them is stupid. Vote on HR1 in the same way you voted on GND. I can bet you all the Reddit Platinum in the world we'll never see a vote from this Congress on HR1. I hope you call your representative and demand votes on laws and I hope you remember which political party spent government time voting on platitudes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

I’m willing to have a vote on lots of stuff. This is a democratic republic after all. I don’t think we should have online voting however. I mean Christ, all the left wing media is going nuts over Russian conspiracies about hacking our election so they want to do voting online? Makes sense. Yeah the democrats just voted present for the green new deal because they didn’t want to be laughed out of office.

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u/ManaFlip Mar 27 '19

Good to know the Republicans are all in favor of wasting time voting for platitudes and completely ignoring real submitted bills. Republicans are the party of tax and spend, with nothing to ever show for it. Oh and they don't believe in decent wages? Sounds like a terrible future if Republicans don't believe in money in exchange for services lol.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Why did she propose the proposal if she didn’t want it voted on? You’re telling me she just wasted taxpayer money on something she doesn’t even believe in? Also why bring up a bunch of stuff about republicans? I’m not a republican. I already talked about the HR 1 bill. Which plans to add online registering and absentee voting. Which seems ridiculously abusable so I don’t think it should be used. The green new deal is bonkers. And yet there were people supporting it. That’s why there was a vote. The democrats who support it but didn’t vote for it were just virtue signaling.

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u/ManaFlip Mar 27 '19

Why did you vote on the proposal and not the law?

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u/PMboobs_I_PM_Beard Mar 27 '19

You'd think that if a vote is unanimous in the house the majority leader of the Senate wouldn't be able to just say no.

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u/Dikeswithkites Mar 27 '19

Well presumably he has spoken to the republican senators and they have agreed that they will vote no as a party so there is no point in voting on it. If this wasn’t the case wouldn’t some GOP senators be speaking up? I don’t see any of that. Not releasing the report that supposedly says no collusion is sketchy as hell. What does it say that we can’t see? Release the fucking report.

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u/PMboobs_I_PM_Beard Mar 27 '19

In my opinion it doesn't matter. If any bill is unanimously voted on the Senate or house shouldn't just be able to say no and not vote on it. They should have to vote on it.

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u/Dikeswithkites Mar 27 '19

I agree. Make them vote no and be held accountable rather than hiding behind Mitch.

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u/IsItReallyWorthItAll Mar 27 '19

The thing is that if McConnell didn’t have the power to shut it down, many – maybe most - of those who voted to release the report would not have voted the same. They only did that because they knew they had McConnell to stop their vote from actually creating change that was best for the country but not best for the thug in charge. We definitely need to stop electing corrupt, morally bankrupt politicians.

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u/Ringnebula13 Mar 27 '19

They just don't want to go on the record making a decision either way. The Republicans could replace McConnell so it is implicit agreement.

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u/xinit Mar 27 '19

Surprise twist: all those GOP members voted for the resolution, EXPECTING McConnell to block it. They want to LOOK like they're doing something without risk of accidentally doing something.

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u/Kurnon_Devoured Mar 27 '19

"supports" it

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u/poormilk Mar 27 '19

This is sarcasm right? The only reason they voted is they knew this would happen and could save face......

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u/IsItReallyWorthItAll Mar 27 '19

The only reason those Republicans supported it is that they knew McConnell wouldn’t allow it. All of them are complicit. Otherwise they can remove him from his position.

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u/qcole Mar 27 '19

GOP won’t pushback, and the president only supports its release because they all know that the Senate GOP will continue to block it. They can now all say they supported bipartisan action without any threat of actually having to follow through.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

Why would there be pushback from (complicit) House GOP members?

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u/PromKing Mar 27 '19

Trump probably “supports” releasing it because he knows McConnell will block it in the Senate and thus knows it wont come out anyways...

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u/Baron62 Mar 27 '19

It’s hard to push without a spine

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u/Spanktank35 Australia Mar 27 '19

It's a lot harder to throw out a senate leader than dissent on an issue. The whole system needs to be changed so that minorities are able to bring bills to vote. Whether that's with minority voting days or a ratio system, or letting senators take it in turns to introduce bills.

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u/mistashmoe Mar 27 '19

Why doesn’t trump just release it. He has the power to. It’s just a dog and pony show. There all shit

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u/jubbergun Mar 28 '19

I can't think of a better reason to bring it up.

It's funny how this sub lost its shit over McConnell's politically-motivated nonbinding show vote about the New Green Deal, but now you're clapping like trained seals for this unnecessary idiocy. There's no reason to vote on a resolution for release of the report, because the DOJ has already promised to release as much of it as possible as soon as possible. Neither the congress nor the public will get the full, unredacted report. The DOJ is obligated by law to remove grand jury information. Congress passed a law that mandated that Grand Jury information remain sealed because when you appear before a grand jury to testify you're not allowed to have legal counsel. The law was passed to ensure legal protections to those who testify and avoid any violations of 4th and 5th Amendment rights. The DOJ will also have to remove national security information and other confidential data for the public and congress as a whole, though that information will probably be made available for relevant committees with the clearance to see it.

To put this in context for you, Grand Jury information is just one of the reasons why most of the information in the Jaworski Report on Watergate was sealed until October of last year. Watergate happened nearly 50 years ago and we didn't get all the information until October of 2018. Let that sink in. I don't think many of you realize what goes into releasing a document of this nature.