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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP tried to destroy the credibility of Cohen's testimony because they fear it is true
@Peter_Wehner, 3h3 hours ago
"Republicans on the committee tried to destroy the credibility of Cohens testimony, not because they believe that his testimony is false, but because they fear it is true. My latest @nytimes piece
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/opinion/cohen-trump-loyalty.html
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GOP tried to destroy the credibility of Cohen's testimony because they fear it is true (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Feb 2019
OP
History will not be kind to them. Even their very own grand and great-grands...
NurseJackie
Feb 2019
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Horizens
(637 posts)1. Fear ?
They don't fear it's true, they know it's true.
quickesst
(6,283 posts)3. You beat me to it
As Maxwell Smart would say "missed it by that much!"
BadgerMom
(2,772 posts)10. That's what I came to say!
quickesst
(6,283 posts)2. I would change one word of that tweet
"Republicans on the committee tried to destroy the credibility of Cohens testimony, not because they believe that his testimony is false, but because they KNOW it is true."
iluvtennis
(19,912 posts)4. good rewrite
shanny
(6,709 posts)5. We're all on the same page: know, not fear.
sheshe2
(84,070 posts)6. Fact.
They not only know it is true, they are aiding and enabling the traitor.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)7. History will not be kind to them. Even their very own grand and great-grands...
... will not have any sense of pride when speaking of their deceased GOP relatives. There will be no streets named after them, no hospital wings dedicated to them, their names will not appear on any hometown center-city monuments or plaques.
sheshe2
(84,070 posts)8. No. History will not be kind.
They will be the new Benedict Arnold's. They committed group suicide, willfully and knowingly.
C Moon
(12,226 posts)9. How can I give this a MIGHTY DU Rec?