Posted on 11/21/2019 4:11:09 PM PST by Mariner
Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, offered the strongest rebuke of President Trumps efforts to obtain a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden of any member of his party on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, but stopped short of calling them bribery or extortion, or of supporting Trumps impeachment.
Hurd, a moderate Republican who has announced his retirement from Congress, has often clashed with Trump on a variety of issues and last month assailed the president for calling on China to investigate Biden and his son Hunter. But his remarks on Thursday were notable in that he had previously kept such differences with Trump out of view as he questioned witnesses during the impeachment inquiry.
Throughout this process I have said that I want to learn the facts, so that we can get to the truth. So why are we here? Because of two things that occurred during the presidents July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky. The use of the phrase do us a favor, though in reference to the 2016 presidential election, and the mention of the word Biden, Hurd began.
I believe both statements were inappropriate, misguided foreign policy, and it is certainly not how the executive, current or in the future, should handle such a call. Over the course of these hearings, the American people have learned about a series of events that in my view have undermined our national security and undercut Ukraine, a key partner on the frontlines against Russian aggression, he said. Weve heard of U.S. officials carrying uncoordinated, confusing and conflicting messages that created doubt and uncertainty in Kyiv at a time when a new reformist administration has just taken office and was ready to fight corruption and work with us on other U.S. objectives..."
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Unfortunately this scumbastard is from the back of my woods! GO TO HELL you good for nothing ass!! The quicker he goes towards the sunset the better!! Backstabber RINO!!
Way top go rino hurd- way to give the left more ammo for absolutely no good or legit reaqson
On a side note, I wish someone had gone into the hearings with a whistle in their hand and say “Is there a Eric Ciaramella in the room? Is there a Eric Ciaramella here? I found your whistle laying in the hallway with your name on it. Eric Ciaramella, Are you here?”
“Hurd, a moderate Republican who has announced his retirement from Congress”
Good riddance.
Yep!
‘They’ seem to put their own spin on whatever. Not a lot of common sense which ain’t common no more!!
A Latino Democrat can do the same job of representing his district of mostly Mexican citizens.
Hurd . . . Heard
Kind of like all that Hearsay we have been force fed lately.
NO! Pete Gallego,uber ‘rat/Alpine
Hurd, a moderate Republican
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More accurately, a Bush League Republican, Cheap Labor Express stooge.
Republican - singular? You mean they found one?
Simply upholding the Constitution and only allowing natural born citizens to be President is the place to start.
Obama is not one.
Not ONE of our elected or appointed stood up for the Constitution.
Goin slippin slidin gone! Hurd can stay in TX!
There’s another one that’s on the take.
If he's a "moderate" Republican, that means he's a democRAT in "r" clothing.
I believe Gallego beat Bonilla about 10 years ago.
He’s not running for another term. He’s a “moderate” ie. RINO who sees the writing on the wall and is bailing.
So, he’s going to take his pot shots on the way out. Likely hoping for some face time on the talking head shows.
No, the Neocons are permanently out of power.
He is pining for the days of eternal undeclared war.
There is no way forward for him, so he is retiring.
Actually the title of the Yahoo article is intentionally misleading.
This Congresscritter is leaving and was considered the one “moderate” that the Democrats might get on the Intelligence Committee to support them.
What he did was basically announce there was nothing impeachable, thus squashing Dem hopes to get at least 1 Republican so they could call it bipartisan going into the Judiciary Committee.
The guy may be a dirtball, but what he did was crap on the Dems hopes leaving the impeachment joke the same partisan nonsense it has always been.
“Moderate Republican” retiring says it all. Just like that Amesh guy from Michigan. Too many slimeballs at the DC trough don’t like that President Trump is upending their apple cart.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
ex-CIA scumbag bump for later....
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