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So. If Hillary did it?
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/things-happen-gop-still-cant-answer-key-trump-scandal-question?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma‘Things happen’: GOP still can’t answer key Trump scandal question
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The senator added that he doesn’t believe Trump’s controversy “rises to the standard of an impeachable offense.”
It was a little painful to watch the Alabama Republican change direction so frequently, so quickly.
Shelby’s first instinct was to falsely argue that the jury’s still out on whether Trump sought foreign election assistance. He then quickly shifted, acknowledged that Trump did seek foreign election assistance, but suggested it wasn’t important.
The GOP lawmaker then shifted again, concluding that his party’s president had made a “mistake,” but not one he was inclined to care too much about.
All of this unfolded over the course of about 80 seconds.
What’s more, it’s worth appreciating Shelby’s “things happen” declaration – as if presidential extortion schemes are somehow routine incidents that American leaders occasionally stumble into – which dovetails nicely with White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s “get over it” posture from October.
It was a little painful to watch the Alabama Republican change direction so frequently, so quickly.
Shelby’s first instinct was to falsely argue that the jury’s still out on whether Trump sought foreign election assistance. He then quickly shifted, acknowledged that Trump did seek foreign election assistance, but suggested it wasn’t important.
The GOP lawmaker then shifted again, concluding that his party’s president had made a “mistake,” but not one he was inclined to care too much about.
All of this unfolded over the course of about 80 seconds.
What’s more, it’s worth appreciating Shelby’s “things happen” declaration – as if presidential extortion schemes are somehow routine incidents that American leaders occasionally stumble into – which dovetails nicely with White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s “get over it” posture from October.
If this had been Hill she would have been drawn and quartered.
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1352 a statutory penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272).
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