Sen Sasse: "Repubs ought not to be rushing to circle wagons to say there's no there there"

Senator Sasse (R-NE) after reading the whistleblower complaint: "...Republicans ought not to be rushing to circle the wagons to say there’s no there there when there’s obviously lots that’s very troubling there..."



https://twitter.com/alanhe/status/1176986133974134784
https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1176988070643716096

I'm so tired of him.

NBC: Acting DNI Maguire threatened to resign if he could not speak freely.

Breaking via WaPo: The acting Director of National Intelligence threatened to resign over concerns that the White House might attempt to force him to stonewall Congress when he testifies Thursday about the explosive whistleblower complaint.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1176935668091674626

Andrea Mitchell: "Repub senator told me-if it was a secret vote-30 senators would vote to impeach"

On whether Senators would vote for impeachment, @murphymike says, "One Republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 Republican senators would vote to impeach Trump."

https://twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/1176901688139165697

Senate Republicans: WTF?!?

Several Senate Republicans I've spoken with in the last hour are stunned that the WH is releasing this transcript. They do not think it helps the president's cause. And they expect today's Senate GOP lunch to be quite the get-together.

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1176886828927991813

MerriamWebster

'Transcript': 🎙 a typed copy of dictated or recorded material

'Memorandum': 📝 an informal report or message

https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1176864243867619334

"I will have Giuliani give you a call & I am also going to have AG Barr call & we will get to bottom

"I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it."



https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1176868481209384962

Trump seems to have lost his marbles and thinks there's a secret DNC email server hidden in Ukraine

What the fucking fuck? He's telling Zelensky he needs to find the missing (not actually ever missing) DNC server and that it's hidden in Ukraine?



https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1176866756822032385
https://twitter.com/michaelcrowley/status/1176866801780744192
https://twitter.com/normative/status/1176866680338898945

BOOM!

In light of this news, please keep in mind that in dangling a White House meeting, Trump was making an offer to use *official* resources, including the power and prestige of the presidency, to leverage a foreign power into investigating his domestic political opponent.



https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1176861571794030593

IT'S NOT A TRANSCRIPT YOU ABSOLUTE CLOWNS