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Democrats’ double standard on Ukraine (WaPo abandons the sinking S.S. Biden
The Washinton Post ^
| Marc A. Thiessen
Posted on 09/24/2019 10:16:49 PM PDT by dead
We dont yet know whether President Trump delayed some military aid to Ukraine as leverage to get Ukraines president to reopen an investigation into Hunter Biden. But if we are concerned about U.S. officials inappropriately threatening aid to Ukraine, then there are others who have some explaining to do.
It got almost no attention, but in May, CNN reported that Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote a letter to Ukraines prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, expressing concern at the closing of four investigations they said were critical to the Mueller probe. In the letter, they implied that their support for U.S. assistance to Ukraine was at stake. Describing themselves as strong advocates for a robust and close relationship with Ukraine, the Democratic senators declared, We have supported [the] capacity-building process and are disappointed that some in Kyiv appear to have cast aside these [democratic] principles to avoid the ire of President Trump, before demanding Lutsenko reverse course and halt any efforts to impede cooperation with this important investigation.
So, its okay for Democratic senators to encourage Ukraine to investigate Trump, but its not okay for the president to allegedly encourage Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden?
Hunter took the position with a Ukrainian natural gas company just a few weeks after his father visited Ukraine in 2014 to urge its government to increase its natural gas production. Hunter Biden had no expertise in Ukraine or natural gas.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: demsukraine; districtofcolumbia; jeffbezos; ukraine; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: pepsionice
I think Hunter was also KICKED out of some other school!
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posted on
09/25/2019 3:38:08 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: bitt
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posted on
09/25/2019 3:51:52 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
To: dead
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posted on
09/25/2019 3:55:54 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: pepsionice
My bet is that Hunter commits suicide in the next two months.No way.
He has too much to live for. And, he has no shame.
To: bitt
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posted on
09/25/2019 6:48:30 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(What exactly was Hunter Biden doing in that foreign country and why was he hired to do it?- Vennochi)
To: Cboldt
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posted on
09/25/2019 6:54:11 AM PDT
by
dead
(Trump puts crazy glue on their grenades and they never know it until after they pull the pin.)
To: GOPJ
I don’t care about the press. I am talking about the GOP opening investigations and making leftists life hell.
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posted on
09/25/2019 7:29:34 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Stop making stupid people famous!)
To: vpintheak
I dont care about the press. I am talking about the GOP opening investigations and making leftists life hell.I with you. No more being 'above it all'... we need to get in the gutter with these phony 'elites' and give 'em a taste of what they're dishing out.
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posted on
09/25/2019 9:46:41 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(What exactly was Hunter Biden doing in that foreign country and why was he hired to do it?- Vennochi)
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posted on
09/25/2019 10:15:20 AM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
To: dead
Theissen is just given space so WaPo can claim it is objective and balanced. This view is emphatically and expressly not that of the WaPo editorial board.
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posted on
09/25/2019 10:16:50 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: dead
There will be a plane crash very soon. And the Bidens will not survive.
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posted on
09/25/2019 10:17:41 AM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Pearls Before Swine
“No way.
He has too much to live for. And, he has no shame.”
Hmmm, didn't that gal who went to jail for driving her boyfriend to suicide just get released? HRC has already introduced them, I'll bet...
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posted on
09/25/2019 11:10:07 AM PDT
by
decal
(I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
Recent impeachment topics, chrono:
- Schumer warns Trump: Intel officials 'have 6 ways from Sunday at getting back at you' (2017)
- Whistleblower raised alarm over White House handling of Ukraine call records: report
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- Constitutional Scholar Natelson Says Trump Committed No Crime
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- MSNBC's Joe Scarborough falls for 'Daily Show' parody of Trump-Ukraine call transcript
- PRESIDENT TRUMP Hammers Crooked Democrat Senators Menendez, Durbin, Murphy and Leahy for Threatening
- FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 26 September 2019
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- Disarray After Pelosi 'Impeachment' Move: 'Give Us a Damn Message
- 'Repugnant': Shepard Smith takes swipe at Tucker Carlson for not defending Judge Napolitano
- The Ukraine Transcript Fizzle
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- Biden Will be Out, Not Trump
- Remarks by President Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine Before Bilateral Meeting
- Another Pelosi Reality Check
- 6 Key Points From Trump's Call to Ukraine's President
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- MSNBC cuts from Trump speech: 'We hate to do this, but the president isn't telling the truth'
- Google releases trove of deepfake videos so researchers can help fight them (our Ministry of Truth!)
- Ted Cruz: Focus on Improving America, Not Ukraine 'Political Circus'
- Mark Levin: Impeachment Is 'an Attack on Us' and 'Our Constitutional System'
- NPR: Democrats Think Trump's 'Base is Too Dumb' to Support Impeachment
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- Former CIA Officer Compares Pelosi's Impeachment Inquiry to 'Titanic Hitting Iceberg'
- Crowdstrike Copy of DNC Server from Ukraine!
- Rush Limbaugh: Why Trump's Focus on CrowdStrike Is So Key
- Impeachment Inquiry (nan's newsletter)
- We're in a crisis. If you catch a "journalist" lying report it. See something, say something
- Angry President... 'You're all crooked as hell'...
- Mitt Romney: Trump Ukraine Call Transcript Is 'Troubling'
- Ukraine Tried to Tip the Election in Hillary's Favor
- Ukrainian President: No, Trump Did Not Push Me to Go After Biden
- Media 'move the goalposts' after release of Trump-Ukraine call transcript
- KASSAM: Trump Transcript Shows Him Trying To Stop Corruption, Nothing Else
- Trump campaign raised $1 million in 3 hours after Pelosi impeachment announcement
- DNI will transmit the whistleblower complaint to Congress at or by 4p today.
- US Attorney John Durham looking into Ukrainian involvement in 2016 election
- Dem rep proves his Garbage Party doesn't care about anything but getting Trump OUT
- Democrats who should be LOCKED UP IN FEDERAL PRISON but were never charged for their crimes
- Senate Staffer Indicates Gun Control Dead amid Impeachment Focus
- ostin, Joy Behar Excited for Impeachment: Will 'Unify the Country' Against Trump(Sure!)
- Nancy Pelosi on Bill Clinton's impeachment in 1998: 'Republicans are paralyzed with hatred'
- Schumer: Transcript of Trump-Ukraine Call 'Will Not Assuage Our Concerns'
- Transcript of Trump-Zelensky Call Shows No Pressure in Request to Probe Biden
- How the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost 4/25/19
- Ukrainian Embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016
- Mitt Romney: Clearly Trump's Transcript Is Deeply Troubling
- U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is recalled after becoming a political target [May 2019]
- Ukrainian Officials Having Trouble Getting the DOJ's Attention on Ukrainian-Democrat Collusion
- Romney: Trump-Ukraine transcript 'deeply troubling'
- Bombshell Or Letdown? White House Releases Zelenskiy Transcript (Read it here)
- Ukrainian Officials Having Trouble Getting the DOJ's Attention on Ukrainian-Democrat Collusion
- Romney: Trump-Ukraine transcript 'deeply troubling'
- Bombshell Or Letdown? White House Releases Zelenskiy Transcript (Read it here)
- VIDEO: Hilarious Highlights of the Media Drooling for Impeachment
- 2020 Democrat Tulsi Gabbard doesn't back impeachment despite formal inquiry
- 'A classic mob shakedown': Lawmakers react to summary of Trump's Ukraine call
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- Summary of Trump-Ukraine call released--- and it's only a ROUGH transcript!
- Why the Democrats Have Gone Insane
- Ukraine controversy and impeachment inquiry potentially politically perilous for Biden: Experts
- Video of Joe Biden Brags About Getting Ukranian Prosecutor Fired
- Ukraine Whistleblower's Lead Attorney Donated to Biden
- Pallone Calls for Impeachment (Suburban House Democrat)
- George Conway predicts Republicans will vote against Trump on impeachment
- Janet Napolitano Departs the University of California: After transforming it to Clinton University
- Trump Delivers Hard Truths to UN General Assembly: Future belongs to sovereign, independent nations
- Boom: The Crowdstrike Ruse Comes Back to Haunt the Democrats
- THE TRANSCRIPT
- Hillary Clinton: Trump has betrayed our country
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- Ukraine Goes for Elizabeth Warren
- Trump: Democrats wrote to the Ukrainian government in May 2018 urging it to continue investigations
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- Read the full White House notes describing Trump's call with Ukraine's president
- WH to release document showing intel community watchdog found whistleblower had 'political bias'
- Survey: Half of liberals believe in 'violence against the rich'
- Hillary Clinton demands Donald Trump is impeached like her husband...
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- Rep Mark Meadows: "I've read the transcript and the Democrat spin was wrong... again..."
- Ukraine call transcript shows Trump sought Biden probe, but made no mention of US aid
- Trump prodded Ukraine president to work with Giuliani, AG William Barr to investigate Biden.
- Transcript - Pres Donald J. Trump phone conversation with Ukrainian Pres Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Trump prodded Ukraine president to work with Giuliani, AG William Barr to investigate Biden.
- Transcript - Pres Donald J. Trump phone conversation with Ukrainian Pres Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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- Rudy Giuliani tells Dems they've walked into a trap
- Donald Trump: Impeachment Democrats 'Frozen with Hatred and Fear'
- Ingraham: Dems 'incapable of putting the greater good' ahead of Trump hatred
- Burisma 'Clearly' Paid Hunter Biden to Sell Influence, Says CNN Contributor
- Trump and GOP raised nearly $1 million in less than 24 hours thanks to impeachment parade.
- Al Green: Democrats Won't Check Polls on Impeachment, Just Like Rosa Parks
- Senate GOP vows to quash impeachment articles
- GOP cashes in on impeachment
- Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
- So, what were Hunter Biden's connections to get a commission?
- Ukraine whistleblower's lawyers work for group that offers to pay officials who leak against Trump
- Anthony Scaramucci Makes A Bold Prediction About How It Ends For Trump
- BEASTMODE: Sen. Kennedy Asks 'Do You Think They Got Hunter Biden's Name Off ZipRecruiter?'
- Ukraine official to Biden: "You're not the President". Joe: "Call him!". Obama Knew!
- Enmity Sells
- The Disturbing Reason Why the Dems Really Want to Impeach Trump
- Think you have the president on the ropes? Try visiting a county fair in Trump Country.
- Democrats Wrote to Ukraine in May 2018, Demanding It Investigate Trump
- Moving the goalposts? MSNBC's Chris Hayes suggests transcript of Trump-Ukraine call could be bogus
- Pelosi's "Official" Fake Impeachment Inquiry Threatens The Country's Survival
- Media, Cut the Horses**t
- First It Was Joe Biden's Son. Now, We Have Questions for Elizabeth Warren's Daughter
- Bernie Sanders Worries Impeachment Could Lead To Trump Saying He's "Vindicated"
- Democrats make a decision on Trump impeachment. Is it real or just more natural gas?
- Schiff: 'You Don't Need' an Explicit or Implicit Quid Pro Quo - I Don't Trust W.H. on Transcript
- 5 Times Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano Said Trump Committed a Crime -- And Was Wrong
- Opening Pelosi's Box
- Obama chief strategist: Trump won't be removed from office
- Blast from the Past: 3 Democratic senators ask about Ukraine involvement in Robert Mueller probe
- Impeachment Poll: Monmouth University Polling (Very bad for Pelosi & Co.)
- MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace: I don't remember Republicans who support Trump as 'good people anymore'
- RNC Calls On Biden To Release His Transcripts
- Watch Biden Brag About Bribing Ukraine To Fire The Prosecutor Investigating His Son's Company (VIDEO
- Trump: 'A Free Society Cannot Allow Social Media Giants to Silence' Free Speech
- GOP rep introduces resolution to remove Nadler as Judiciary panel chairman over impeachment probe
- Let's get real: Democrats were first to enlist Ukraine in US elections
- Hillary Clinton backs Trump impeachment: 'We are in a crisis'
- California Governor Gavin Newsom Has "No Doubt" Trump Will Be Impeached
- Students, Prof React to Trump Impeachment Calls as Dems Announce Inquiry Proceedings
- Biden Backs Impeachment If Trump Ignores Document Requests
- Goodwin: Pelosi's Impeachment Flip-Flop Changes Everything
- Colbert's Audience Gives Standing Ovation to News of Trump Impeachment Inquiry (Video)
- Ukraine whistleblower's lawyers work for group that offers to pay officials who leak against Trump
- The Ukraine affair: Anti-Trump 'conservatives' inside the Beltway are anything but
- Trump's 'transcript' of Ukraine call unlikely to be verbatim
- "Republicans for the Rule of Law" Group Pressures Romney, Burr, Sasse, Rubio To "Stand Up" To Trump
- Whoa! Pelosi Accidentally Tells The Truth! (Video)
- Were the Whistleblower and Ukraine Phone call a way to trap the Dems and force the Biden scandal?
- Democrats' Double Standard on Ukraine
- Democrat Senators reached out to Ukraine in 2018 and asked for assistance in investigating Trump
- WOW, anyone just watch that segment on Laura's show?
- Graham: 'I'm Calling for Somebody in the Justice Department to Look at All Things Ukraine'
- If a President is impeached, can he still run for office?
- Monmouth Univ. Poll On Impeachment
- Pelosi: No one is above the law (except.....)
- WH to release document showing intel community watchdog found whistleblower had 'political bias'
- Breaking News: Fox (Hannity & Ed Henry) Report That IG Found Whistleblower Had Political Bias.
- Ocasio-Cortez calls for urgent action on Trump-Ukraine: 'This is an emergency'
- Tulsi Gabbard Only Major Democrat Candidate Against Impeachment
- Trump's approval ratings are bad news for Democrats
- DeGenova on Tucker just now: Andrew Napolitano is a fool.
- McCarthy slams Pelosi impeachment announcement: 'The election is over'
- Comey says he hopes Congress doesn't impeach Trump (tr)
33
posted on
09/25/2019 8:11:19 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
09/25/2019 8:11:37 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: pepsionice
Not if he got a billion dollar deal from China. He’ll be laughing all the way to the bank whether his dad wins or loses. That’s why he deserves prosecution to remove the money at a minimum
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posted on
09/26/2019 5:59:37 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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