Or what? Is that supposed to be a threat? Seems to me that if a Republican is warning you not to investigate something then it definitely needs investigating.
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Is that supposed to be a threat?
"You won't like me if I get... uncivil" is the most Senate threat in the book.
Nevermind that we've got sitting Senators who have body-slammed journalists in recent memory.
Dude, just fucking die already. I hope they double their efforts of subpoenas going forward. If a spotlight is cast on a Democrat, well call for their removal as well. Politics should not be a "get rich quick" scheme. You work for us, asshole, and it's high time we reminded you/them of that fact.
He's never been willing to work for the American people. Only the elite who can pay for his services.
You work for us, asshole, and it’s high time we reminded you/them of that fact.
Time to start flexing our muscles to remind these assholes of that fact.
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Palpatine thinks he is relevant to this.
He KNOWS he's relevant, that's why he's threat-begging them to look the other way.
I get that he has to fight this, for political reasons, but this is the dumbest fucking rebuttal ever
What he’s targeting here is private citizens with no legislative purpose. I think it’s completely and totally inappropriate,” McConnell said at a press conference Tuesday
The Supreme Court is hardly your average citizen and Congress absolutely has reasons to investigate potential corrupt in the Supreme Court.
Targeting a private citizen who was involved in bribing members of the Supreme Court of the United States. Somehow I think that second part might be relevant to Congress subpoenaing that "poor wittle pwivate citizen"
Also, calling billionaires "private citizens" seems wrong to me. If you've managed to hoard enough wealth to make a Tolkien dragon envious, you're no longer a "private citizen" in my book. If I became an immortal being when Christ was born, started saving $10,000 a day every day, didn't spend a single dime, and STILL don't have your net worth today, over 2,000 years later - then fuck you - you're not a "private citizen" you're a god damn plague upon society that should be counting your blessings that guillotines went out of style a few centuries ago. As far as I'm concerned, billionaires should be in front of Congress every day explaining why they should be allowed to exist.
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also weird since he definitely thought it was worth it to probe hunter biden despite being a private citizen
Congress is literally tasked with setting up the court system in the constitution. Through, you know, legislation. He's talking out of his ass.
It's the billionaires he is saying are private citizens, he's trying to protect his doners from humiliation
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“What he’s targeting here is private citizens with no legislative purpose. I think it’s completely and totally inappropriate,” McConnell said at a press conference Tuesday.
But Hunter Biden's nudes blown up poster size for a Congressional inquiry without consent, without relevance, and without Hunter Biden ever having run for or being elected to public office is A-okay with the turtle. Hell, he was probably jealous he didn't get to go to the presentation.
Won't someone please finally find this asshole's last horcrux . . .
calling such a move "totally inappropriate."
And this from someone who openly, shamelessly rigs the court.
The Dems should take it as a clue to keep going
McConnel warns to stop proving again and again how massive the corruption is in the republicans as there might be a democrat or two that might get swept up in it. I mean they got that guys son filling out the form wrong already.
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Shut the fuck up Mitch.
Cool, how about instead we focus on corruption in the department of transportation in, say, 2017-2021?
Or what? You guys will do a worse job?
Or else what f-tard
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-Mitch McConnell
I love that this could either be his quoted response or just an emoticon of his face.
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This is the most important part. Whenever Republicans do shit like this, a Democrat, preferably a much younger one, should say, "I'd like to address the distinguished gentleman from Kentucky with the following question: Or you'll what?" Call their bluff and watch them fold like this shit was a game of Texas Hold 'Em.
I don't see anything in the body of the article that could be called a warning. More like whining.
Or what? He's gonna molt another layer of skin at us? Fuck off Glitch Bitch
He's just protecting his legacy of corrupting the courts.
Oh yeah? Well let me tell you something Moscow . . .
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(Look, just retire, okay? FFS.)
I am waiting until they can't reset one of the "blue screens of death" in his operating system. Then we get a Mitch statue that holds a platter of dildos at parties.
He also said that it is important that the Supreme Court is allowed to work independently and
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Suck a cock old man
And i tell Mitch to go fuck himself.
He also threatened his own caucus against supporting the Hawley Bill to take money out of government. Super super corrupt that McConnell would do all this. Same week no less.
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Do something, Bitch lol what ya gonna do, stare at em?
he was like oh shit im getting a lot of good press by standing strong on ukraine better do something about it
He's not standing strong though. He's demanding legislative validation of far right conspiracy bullshit in exchange for Ukraine aid.
God damn, can you even imagine what Congress would look like if senior officials were getting pestered with subpoenas by gloryhound committee chairs straight into a big election cycle?
McConnell will be dead inside of the 2024 election.
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