Tag: GOP putting party over country

Republican senators show little urgency to pass law protecting Mueller

The following article by Karoun Demirjian was posted on the Washington Post website December 20, 2017:

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) on Dec. 20 warned President Trump against firing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. (U.S. Senate)

Republican senators who worked swiftly last summer to help write legislation protecting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III now are showing little urgency to get those measures passed.

The legislation, which would allow a panel of federal judges to review orders to fire the special counsel, was intended to prevent President Trump from pushing out Mueller before he completes his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Continue reading “Republican senators show little urgency to pass law protecting Mueller”

During Watergate, it was country first, party second. What about now?

NOTE:  Some of us have been around long enough to remember Watergate and how Republicans did view President Nixon’s abuse of power and disregard for the law of the land as something not to be tolerated.  Unfortunately, the currently elected group of Republicans (and that seems to include Rep. Erik Paulsen) doesn’t hold with those standards and are now attacking the special investigation into the 2016 Russian interference in our elections.

The following article by Daniel Bush was posted on the PBS.org website May 26, 2017:

For most politicians, comparisons to Watergate are a sure sign of trouble. But President Donald Trump, as he has often reminded the American public, is not your average politician.

Mr. Trump put that claim to the test this month by firing the director of the FBI. The move drew immediate comparisons to Richard Nixon’s dismissal of Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor investigating his presidency, after an extraordinary turn of events known in Washington shorthand as the “Saturday Night Massacre.” Continue reading “During Watergate, it was country first, party second. What about now?”