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The best "takeaway" is watching the babbling media heads after the hearing. They are in serious meltdown. It's especially amusing to watch self-proclaimed political experts like the hideous Sunni Hostin and others on The View. They should be ashamed to be so out of control. Their stupidity is on full display, and it's hilarious!
While there was no smoking gun, there was plenty to incriminate Trump. However, Trump and his most ardent supporters have set the bar of responsibility so low that they actually believe Trump was vindicated by Comey. We are past hoping that Trump will mature into his role or that his supporters will hold him accountable. Now, it's about the Republican-controlled Congress and whether they decide to continue to enable Trump in order to hold on to power. My guess is they will.
Right now Republicans are busy getting rid of banking regulations, eliminating fiduciary responsibility for financial advisors, making it legal for corporations to hide bribes, ... lots of corporate work getting done while we are glued to the hearings and debating whether Trump is a traitor or not.
They'd be fools to let this distraction go before they've wrung everything out of him possible.
While there was no smoking gun, there was plenty to incriminate Trump. However, Trump and his most ardent supporters have set the bar of responsibility so low that they actually believe Trump was vindicated by Comey. We are past hoping that Trump will mature into his role or that his supporters will hold him accountable. Now, it's about the Republican-controlled Congress and whether they decide to continue to enable Trump in order to hold on to power. My guess is they will.
lol. If, as you say, there was no smoking gun, you should probably accept defeat and give it up. Your personal evaluation as to Donald Trump's maturity is irrelevant.
1) James Comey was fired for refusing to end the Russia investigation
2) Russia attempted to interfere with our election, whether Trump was involved or not
3) John McCain should be in a home.
Correct, the Trumplings will disagree, it is their job.
Based on not a single Republican Senator speaking up for Trump when Comey called him a liar in a public setting.
I agree with both of these.
My takeaways are in agreement with #1 and #2 of this post.
But FWIW, I've never been one to fully believe that Trump was in collusion with the Russians. I am waiting for the end of the investigation and there has been nothing to support or deny that he did or people on his team thus far.
I personally think that too many of you Trump supporters are not basing your views on reality.
Reality really is that he fired Comey over the investigation and Comey not being "loyal" enough to him. Comey came off, to me, as a professional. Trump came off as a liar and a person trying to intimidate Comey into following orders. The fact that Comey stated during the testimony that Trump never spoke about the "tens of thousands" of other investigations that the FBI was conducting speaks volumes for Trump being self centered and wanting the pressure off of him and his cohorts.
If it turns out that some of his team actually did attempt to assist or knew about and didn't report the aggressiveness of Russian interference in our election (which did happen), then him firing Comey actually was his attempt to obstruct Justice.
You Trumpers need to get her heads out of you know where and stop making excuses for Trump. He doesn't deserve your loyalty just like he didn't deserve Comey's loyalty.
You may be correct in what term he actually used to discuss the issue. But what is clear is that Lynch tried to obstruct - maybe not justice, not public opinion.
I agree. She properly recused herself.
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