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If Dems Are Smart, They’ll Leave Russia Scandal Behind
Townhall.com ^ | March 29, 2019 | Steve Cortes

Posted on 03/29/2019 7:48:12 AM PDT by Kaslin

The Democrats should take Robert Mueller’s findings seriously and abandon their campaign of meaningless obstruction once and for all.

After almost two years, 247 interviews, dozens of congressional hearings, and the cost of more than 30 million taxpayer dollars, the Special Counsel has found nothing that validates the Democrat conspiracy theory about collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. In fact, Attorney General Bill Barr noted that Mueller found no evidence of collusion “despite multiple offers from Russia-affiliated individuals to assist with the Trump campaign.”

This would be an excellent time for the Democrats to finally start working with the President to implement policies that will benefit the American people, but one shouldn’t hold one’s breath.

From the moment President Trump took office, Democrat lawmakers in Washington have pursued a foolish strategy of partisan obstruction, refusing to take their role as legislators seriously. Their made-up collusion claims fit that strategy perfectly, offering a perfect excuse to spend their time casting aspersions against Donald Trump, his family, and his associates during meaningless committee hearings rather than engage in debate over the President’s America First policy agenda.

Sadly, the Democrat Party isn’t likely to change its obstructionist ways anytime soon.

After investing so much time and energy into the Russia hoax, liberal lawmakers in Congress are set to redouble their efforts to impeach President Trump and keep the collusion scandal alive until the election.

Even before we learned anything about Mueller’s findings, the Democrats were trying to spin the media narrative in their favor by portraying the FBI investigation as a good starting point for future probes. So much for all those “in Mueller we trust” bumper stickers liberals slapped on their cars when the Democrats were still assuring them that the Special Counsel investigation was little more than a prelude to impeachment.

In February, Representative Ted Lieu insisted that the House should continue the Russia investigation even if Mueller doesn’t recommend an indictment of the President, adding that lawmakers should also examine “obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and abuse of power” separate from the Mueller investigation.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler even preemptively accused the White House of tampering with the final report — a move that was clearly designed to make voters question Mueller’s revelations.

“There is no provision in the regulations for White House review, and it would be unacceptable for President Trump — the subject, if not the target of the Special Counsel’s work — to edit the report before it goes public,” Nadler tweeted recently.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer echoed Nadler in a joint statement after Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General Bill Barr, calling for the report to be made available to the public before the White House even has a chance to review it for information that might fall under executive privilege.

Democrats in Congress should view Robert Mueller’s nothing-burger as a golden opportunity to switch from obstructing President Trump to cooperating with him on behalf of the people who elected all of them. Sadly, they seem poised to go in the exact opposite direction. 


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: collusion; democrats; russia
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1 posted on 03/29/2019 7:48:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

“If Dems Are Smart,... “ Devious yes.


2 posted on 03/29/2019 7:48:58 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Kaslin

Fortunately for us they’re not smart.

They’re ruthless, but not smart.

L


3 posted on 03/29/2019 7:48:59 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending it is.)
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To: Kaslin

Key word: “smart”. They’re not.


4 posted on 03/29/2019 7:49:02 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Kaslin

And if my Aunt had.....


5 posted on 03/29/2019 7:49:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kaslin

they are screwed either way. Trump will hang it around their neck no matter what they do at this point :)


6 posted on 03/29/2019 7:50:45 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: dfwgator

They aren’t and they won’t .


7 posted on 03/29/2019 7:51:04 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Lurker

They are too emotionally invested in this to give it up. And they have the media backing them up; they too are all in on the Trump collusion fantasy.


8 posted on 03/29/2019 7:52:02 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Kaslin
Remember, All libtards are mentally ill by clinical definition.
9 posted on 03/29/2019 7:52:49 AM PDT by texican01
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To: Kaslin

They need Russian collusion in order for obstruction to have any sort of chance to stick.

They ain’t going to give it up.


10 posted on 03/29/2019 7:53:08 AM PDT by ARW
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After several years of telling us how horrible a crime ‘collusion’ is and bantering the word treasonous about freely, they may have a hard time steering us away from the seriousness of true collusion, such as Hillary and the Uranium scandal. And everyone in the administration was in on that one.
I noticed a sly little lie slipped out of Comey yesterday when he said, ‘It is a good thing that the investigation found no evidence of collusion by ‘anyone’.’
The truth is, no evidence was found of collusion by Trump and his group.


11 posted on 03/29/2019 7:53:55 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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It isn't a question of whether they are smart - they simply don't have a choice. A lot of their corrupt activity is in danger of being exposed, not just the "Russia collusion" nonsense.
12 posted on 03/29/2019 7:56:00 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason
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“If Dems Are Smart, They’ll Leave Russia Scandal Behind”

Dems aren’t smart. They are cunning, but their egos, their Narcissism wipe out any smarts, so we’ll be hearing Russia, Russia, Russia for some time to come. At least until they come up with another “...YEAH! THAT’S THE TICKET” brilliant idea to replace Russia, Russia, Russia.


13 posted on 03/29/2019 7:56:10 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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If Dems Are Smart, They’ll Leave Russia Scandal Behind

Unfortunately its not just the Dems but also a lot of "Never an outsider like Trump" inside the beltway Repubs who want him out in order to preserve their strangle hold on power over the citizenry.

14 posted on 03/29/2019 8:00:08 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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They won’t leave Russian Collusion behind for two reasons:

They are insane and won’t give up.

When the FISA report and DOJ IG report are released, all hell should break loose and they’ll be panicking like never before and they will be scrambling around like chickens with their heads cut off..


15 posted on 03/29/2019 8:03:21 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Graham ain’t gonna let them do that.....Patience Grasshopper.


16 posted on 03/29/2019 8:03:36 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Kaslin

They aren’t.

At least the young Marxist radicals who have taken over the base of the party don’t appear to be.


17 posted on 03/29/2019 8:04:52 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: WKUHilltopper
Key word: “smart”. They’re not.

The key word is "if" -- the biggest word in the English dictionary.

18 posted on 03/29/2019 8:06:11 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Kaslin

They are not. It will continue. The Resistance is real - although futile.


19 posted on 03/29/2019 8:14:08 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Kaslin

Now WE must keep the waste and malfeasance it caused front and center for the next election cycle.


20 posted on 03/29/2019 8:23:24 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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