Posted on 07/18/2018 10:43:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Democrats are happy to say President Donald Trump undermined American democracy. That he patted Vladimir Putin on the back for interfering in U.S. elections. That he’s being blackmailed by Russia.
But that he committed treason? That’s too far for some leading Democrats worried about sending the wrong message during an election year.
“The bottom line is, different people will characterize it differently,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told reporters this week of Trump’s conduct toward Russia. He slammed Trump in every way but that one, accusing him of weakness and lame and contradictory walk backs. “President Trump undercut our intelligence, elevated a brutal dictator who’s taking advantage of the United States. And maybe, most importantly, refused to confront President Putin.”
A debate has raged in Democratic circles this week over how strongly to condemn Trump’s comments in Helsinki, where, standing by Putin’s side, the U.S. president refused to say he believed American intelligence over Putin’s denials about Russian election interference. Trump later sought to walk back his stance, saying he misspoke using a double negative. […]
The legal definition of treason is providing “aid and comfort” to enemies of the U.S., a high crime. If Democrats align behind the term, it raises the question of what they plan to do about it. The party, according to two congressional aides who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss strategy, doesn’t have an answer. …
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What do the interns and janitors say is going on within the Democratic Party?
Shy away?
Pelosi, Schumer, RINOs? They’re shy?
The dems have shot off their foot again. They have lowered the bar of treason big time. It will be very hard to reraise that bar. It is about to come home to roost.
Wonder if the GOP treason screechers will back down too? Sad day when Rats are possibly more sane than GOP commentators.
It would be nice, to see the GOP come back to the GOP.
I want the Demonrats to run on these three issues: the end to capitalism, treason by Trump, and the abolishment of ICE.
Tucker takes on Swalwell over Trump 'treason' claims[YouTube video 8:07 mins]
They don't need to when they can use the usual surrogates such as Senator Richard Blumenthal who is not up for reelection until 2022.
Words mean stuff. Treason is defined in the Constitution. It is obvious that none of the mooks who are spouting off have read it.
Yes, let’s talk about treason and which foreign governments bought national security information and how much, from which Democrats in particular.
I like this treason topic. Let’s talk about it until the election and see how it goes.
Like the Goebbels meme on GlowBull warming threads...
Which top democrats? CNN? NBC/MSNBC? CBS? NYT? Which ones, I can’t tell.
Here, we have Trump successfully talking, not bombing - N. Korea being Trump's triumphant Exhibit A.
More dialogue was always an unfailing "plus" to the Left. Remember the frigging Doomsday Clock?
All these attacks on the President - so much manufactured bull crap -this should be a time when both the Freedom Caucus and those one the left wanting better international relations come together on a couple issues. Instead, more nonsense rhetoric. It really is 'TDS' we're seeing.... I grow real tired of it, I'm sure Trump feels exactly the same way (as does at least half the Country).....
Schumer was out front with the long screed about treason and other ‘crimes’.....wonder who stuffed the sock in his mouth....
Spitting lunacy screaming “treason” is no different in this case from the same level of emotional outburst as using the words “Nazi” or “Hitler”. Always over the top so often everyone just ho hums EVERYTHING liberals say from now on. Liberals made themselves the crazy uncle locked away in the attic nobody talks about anymore.
I saw Swilwell double down on that claim last night.
Lol, still idiots. All the while they call Trump a traitor, while many of them make comments of sedition or his murder.
“Democrats are happy to say President Donald Trump undermined American democracy”...…….
It’s shows the “pile on” mentality of the liberals. Reminds me of a flock of chickens selecting one of their flock and constantly picking at their “victim”.
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