Post by carmenere on Sept 25, 2019 17:01:06 GMT -5
Oh man...the right wing propaganda machine is going all in on the Menendez letter/“the Dems did it first” line. So in case y’all are interested in what the letter actually said, or you need to set someone straight about it, here it is:
TLDR: In response to news reports that Ukraine was ceasing cooperation with Mueller and other US investigations, the three senators sent a letter to Ukraine’s prosecutor general asking if it was true and reminding them that as Ukraine’s new anti-corruption government, they were supposed to be investigating corruption in the Yanukovich administration - which Manafort was involved in. No mention or implication of aid whatsoever - not that Senate Dems were in a position to block aid anyway.
Oh man...the right wing propaganda machine is going all in on the Menendez letter/“the Dems did it first” line. So in case y’all are interested in what the letter actually said, or you need to set someone straight about it, here it is:
TLDR: In response to news reports that Ukraine was ceasing cooperation with Mueller and other US investigations, the three senators sent a letter to Ukraine’s prosecutor general asking if it was true and reminding them that as Ukraine’s new anti-corruption government, they were supposed to be investigating corruption in the Yanukovich administration - which Manafort was involved in. No mention or implication of aid whatsoever - not that Senate Dems were in a position to block aid anyway.
More on the attempted defense of "but they did it too" -
Senator Bob Menendez @senatormenendez
Pres. Trump is desperate to divert attention from his abuse of power.
We wrote that letter in 2018 regarding press reports that, in order to curry favor with Trump, Ukraine was considering NOT cooperating with Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in U.S. elections.
(PS it says so in the tweet -- R-NE means Republican from Nebraska)
LOL. I saw that. It just seems like so much more than the usual "it's a bit troubling" statement. I thought my eyes were deceiving me. I see above that Velar Fricative, says he always acts like this though, so maybe not so exciting.
Guys, even right wing turds like Erick Erickson and David French are calling for impeachment now. These guys identify as NeverTrump, but are much worse than most NeverTrumpers. They are supportive of 99% of the stuff he does, hated the Mueller investigation, loved Kavanaugh, think Democrats are terrorists, and are happy to spread right wing conspiracy theories. It may not have hit Fox yet, but it's going pretty deep into right wing punditry.