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George W. Bush former lawyer: McConnell treating impeachment like 'an all-white jury for a Klansman trial'
Walk Examiner ^ | 12-27-2019 | John Gage

Posted on 12/27/2019 6:43:36 PM PST by tcrlaf

Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, tore into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over his plans for the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.

"The oath of loyalty is to the United States of America, not to Donald Trump. These senators, Democrats and Republicans, have an obligation to hear the facts, to hear witnesses, and make a decision," Painter said Thursday on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. "And for Mitch McConnell to say he’s working with the White House, coordinating with the defendant in this trial before the trial has even begun, is atrocious. He may think he’s a judge impaneling an all-white jury for a Klansman trial in Mississippi in 1965. That’s not the kind of trial we have."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cuck; democrat; faggot; georgewbush; klan; nevertrumpers; rhetoric; richardpainter; teamromney; w
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To: tcrlaf

Sounds like a kook.


21 posted on 12/27/2019 6:58:10 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: tcrlaf

And this is why we don’t need any Bush connections. All they know how to do is allow the Liberals to win.


22 posted on 12/27/2019 6:58:11 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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To: tcrlaf

Just election more Republicans. That will fix everything.


23 posted on 12/27/2019 6:58:29 PM PST by lodi90
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To: tcrlaf

to hear witnesses,


Would these be the witnesses who all agreed when asked point blank that they actually witnessed no criminal behavior? The witnesses who claimed they heard things second and third hand? Those witnesses? Or in the interest of fairness, should dems be allowed to call more witnesses while at the same time shield people like the alleged whistleblower and the Bidens?


24 posted on 12/27/2019 7:00:18 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: tcrlaf

Obviously all the Republcans save Murkowski, Romney, and Collins must recuse themselves.


25 posted on 12/27/2019 7:00:27 PM PST by arthurus (>|M,,)
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To: tcrlaf

He is equating Trump to a klansman. Eff that POS.


26 posted on 12/27/2019 7:02:03 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: tcrlaf

So Painter lacks the wit to understand what this is all about??? And the Bushes hired him to be their lawyer???


27 posted on 12/27/2019 7:02:17 PM PST by Savage Beast (The curse of high intelligence: Having to watch the morons try everything that obviously won't work.)
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To: goldstategop

I for the life of me can’t get over how they refer to those aligning with the Democrat Party, as Democratic instead of Democrat. There is no Democratic Party. Just a pet peeve of mine that had little, if anything, to do with your response. 8>)


28 posted on 12/27/2019 7:02:20 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: tcrlaf

Painter is a drooling nutjob.


29 posted on 12/27/2019 7:03:58 PM PST by TTFlyer
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To: Savage Beast

That was when he was a Republican. Now he’s a Democrat.

Ran unsuccessfully for a House seat in 2018.


30 posted on 12/27/2019 7:04:00 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: tcrlaf

McConnell is treating the impeachment trial as he should! It was an abuse of power by nasty Pelosi! False charges do not warrant anything but disdain from anyone who has read the US constitution.


31 posted on 12/27/2019 7:04:06 PM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: tcrlaf
That's it, racism. That's the answer to every demoncRat dilema.
32 posted on 12/27/2019 7:06:16 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Pledge: "...and to the Democracy for which it stands..." I give up. Use the democRat meme...)
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To: tcrlaf

Be nice to see a Bush or two behind bars.


33 posted on 12/27/2019 7:06:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
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To: Conserv
Painter always comes off as mentally ill. <<

lol...I didn't know who he was till i saw his picture...then it dawned on me...that mentally ill guy with the fake voice that makes fingernails on a chalk board sound like music...his picture appears next to "smug" in the dictionary..

34 posted on 12/27/2019 7:07:02 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: canuck_conservative

Please! Richard Painter isn’t even a conservative Never Trumper!

He’s a full-fledged far left Democrat.


35 posted on 12/27/2019 7:08:07 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: tcrlaf

These crazy people keep coming out of the woodwork! At least the reprobates are self-identifying.


36 posted on 12/27/2019 7:09:44 PM PST by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
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To: tcrlaf

RINO swamp creature rises from the deep to howl at the full moon


37 posted on 12/27/2019 7:12:36 PM PST by PGR88
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To: tcrlaf
This man has no integrity. He came across as a real jacka$$.
38 posted on 12/27/2019 7:13:46 PM PST by Chgogal (Never underestimate the stupidity of a DummycRAT voter. Proof: California, New York, Illinois.)
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To: PGR88

He’s a Democrat! Can’t you read? Geez.


39 posted on 12/27/2019 7:17:02 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: tcrlaf
I searched for info on Painter, and this showed up......


40 posted on 12/27/2019 7:17:44 PM PST by datura
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