12 of the Republicans in the stunt today can ALREADY go to the depositions...

[scheming daemons]

...as they are on the relevant committees.


They could already go in and participate in the depositions.


This political stunt needs to be punished.

Link to tweet

[hibbing]

1. Boggles the mind n/t

[Peacetrain]

2. Witness Intimidation... plain and simple

[mopinko]

9. absolutely.

obstruction of justice seems like it should fit, too, but that was def the point.

[trueblue2007]

3. They should all be Censured in my opinion.

[Moostache]

4. There are ample staffers available to handle discipline where appropriate...

This needs to be treated exactly as it is in reality - as a ham-fisted stunt meant to slow down the process and distract the public...

Trump could be getting as much information as he wants by simply ordered anyone under invitation or subpoena to appear, testify and report back to him of their department head afterwards...but transparency and a seat at the table are not what they want really.

Its actually kind of entertaining to see that the kind of stunts Nunes pulled during Mueller have been learned from and are not derailing this process nearly as effectively. I thank Devin Nunes' Cow for everything...in fact, I am considering a new religion - a reformation of the Pastafarianism perhaps?

May all be touched by the gooey cud appendages of the sacred cow!!!

[louis-t]

5. It was probably Papa Johns pizza

[Wounded Bear]

6. It wasn't a "protest." It was a PR stunt...

calling it a protest lends it an air of legitimacy it doesn't deserve.

[TeamPooka]

7. I don't think Republicans can breathe without lying. That's gotta be it.

If they didn't lie, they would die.

[Sherman A1]

8. Bullies

Plain and simple.

[bitterross]

10. Remember when they complained about Democrats staging a sit-in?

The GOP went ape-shit about that. No laws were broken, no security breaches.

Assholes.

[NCLefty]

11. Gaetz is such a worthless prick.

[vlyons]

12. When I saw the video of them going down the stairs, my first thought was

LEMMINGS! They are just a bunch of lemmings, blindly following their most vociferous ones over the cliff. They don't know what they are doing, or why, or what they hope to accomplish. It's all just fall in line and make a big show. I guess some of them think it will make a good video clip for a campaign ad in their district.

In Buddhism, we have teachings on emptiness. Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. For is no other than emptiness, and emptiness is no other than form. It took me a long time to understand that teaching. This parade of fools down the staircase brought the teaching home to me almost as strongly as when a tornado destroyed my house and 2 barns.

Empty suits is another way to express the teaching on emptiness. GOPers got nothing. No strategy. No cogent argument. No accomplishments. No promises kept. No healthcare. No infrastructure. No border wall. No honor. No virtue. No morality. No patriotism. Nothing but posturing. Just emptiness.