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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
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posted on
12/27/2019 6:58:10 PM PST
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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.
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posted on
12/27/2019 6:58:11 PM PST
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
To: tcrlaf
Just election more Republicans. That will fix everything.
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posted on
12/27/2019 6:58:29 PM PST
by
lodi90
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?
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:00:18 PM PST
by
hanamizu
To: tcrlaf
Obviously all the Republcans save Murkowski, Romney, and Collins must recuse themselves.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:00:27 PM PST
by
arthurus
(>|M,,)
To: tcrlaf
He is equating Trump to a klansman. Eff that POS.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:02:03 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: tcrlaf
So Painter lacks the wit to understand what this is all about??? And the Bushes hired him to be their lawyer???
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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.)
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>)
To: tcrlaf
Painter is a drooling nutjob.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:03:58 PM PST
by
TTFlyer
To: Savage Beast
That was when he was a Republican. Now he’s a Democrat.
Ran unsuccessfully for a House seat in 2018.
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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)
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.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:04:06 PM PST
by
missnry
(The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
To: tcrlaf
That's it, racism. That's the answer to every demoncRat dilema.
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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...)
To: tcrlaf
Be nice to see a Bush or two behind bars.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:06:34 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
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..
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:07:02 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: canuck_conservative
Please! Richard Painter isn’t even a conservative Never Trumper!
He’s a full-fledged far left Democrat.
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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)
To: tcrlaf
These crazy people keep coming out of the woodwork! At least the reprobates are self-identifying.
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:09:44 PM PST
by
Maudeen
(http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
To: tcrlaf
RINO swamp creature rises from the deep to howl at the full moon
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:12:36 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: tcrlaf
This man has no integrity. He came across as a real jacka$$.
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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.)
To: PGR88
He’s a Democrat! Can’t you read? Geez.
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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)
To: tcrlaf
I searched for info on Painter, and this showed up......
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posted on
12/27/2019 7:17:44 PM PST
by
datura
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