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In reply to the discussion: Elie Mystal is destroying Merrick Garland [View all]
Mister Ed
(5,979 posts)46. Elie Mystal is harshly criticizing Merrick Garland.
Sometimes the hyperbole of the subject lines on DU kinda gets to me.
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Not about investigating, that's ongoing. Its about separation from political conflict of interest.nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2023
#214
He conflates the appointment of a special council with the existance of a criminal investigation.
D23MIURG23
Jan 2023
#225
If it's the quickest way to bring it to a conclusion, why didn't he do it in Trump's case rather...
W_HAMILTON
Jan 2023
#32
We agree, Biden's situation doesn't need a SC because its minor and not an SC this quickly either.
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#59
That's being political on its face, something Garland said he wouldn't do. People who are doing ...
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#67
If you absolutely want to damage a presidency and get 50% of the population......
jaxexpat
Jan 2023
#149
2 weeks after tRump transitioned from private citizen to prez candidate, SC appointed
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2023
#209
Not the question at hand, is Mystal wrong on the contrast of time it took for Garland to act? tia
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#75
Your congragulations didn't answer the question, was Elie wrong? At this point I'll take this amount
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#98
Also to please armchair lawyers learned in the law, and Twitter Court judges, who does that?
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#144
It's a terribly bad, illogical, no context Twitter post...and that's saying something.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#147
Agree. Another Twitter nobody with no legal training and no sense of the rule of law.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#131
Not about RW outrage. About 2 weeks after tRump declared & 2 weeks after sitting Prez docs found
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2023
#211
What was done to Hillary speaks volumes, and as for the argument that a SC will speed things up,
JohnSJ
Jan 2023
#210
It's not about RW outrage. It's about separation from political conflict of interest
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2023
#213
That will ***NOT*** shut them up, it didn't for HRC and it wont for Biden or Obama or any other
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#90
Sigh, MAGA will do that no matter what. Why do some still think MAGA are sane ?!
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#37
100% disagree !! The narrative is already out there that Biden is **NOT** on the up and up when ...
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#73
It's scary how many on our side parrot the same talking points from the right...
Beautiful Disaster
Jan 2023
#30
That doesn't negate Mystal's message that Garland did call for a SC the millisecond he became AG ...
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#44
Your source for Elie Mystal's assertion that Garland knew about the docs in 1/21
AZSkiffyGeek
Jan 2023
#76
I'll also say that investigations of a sitting pres are much different than a citizen.
Beautiful Disaster
Jan 2023
#23
"I don't care" about the reason why a special counsel shouldn't be appointed is what you are saying.
W_HAMILTON
Jan 2023
#41
Because Moscow wasn't going to approve anyone President Obama nominated.
BlueTsunami2018
Jan 2023
#119
The DOJ was investigating missing docs in house when Garland became AG? Thx in advance, my ...
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#50
The FBI is still part of the DOJ. They have been investigating as a security issue
grantcart
Jan 2023
#111
+1, ... also, couldn't an SC be called for Benedict Donald when Garland became AG? My understanding
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#55
Completely wrong and unsupported by anything other than speculation. Garland has the rule of law.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#136
+1, I'm praying this is the outcome ... reasoning for supporting Garland grows thinner and thinner
uponit7771
Jan 2023
#70
Really? When he was selected he was considered on the moderate/ conservative lean
NewHendoLib
Jan 2023
#132
A 'moderate' Democrat is not a Republican. So yeah, it is ----a lie---- to say he is a Republican.
emulatorloo
Jan 2023
#134
What? Show us otherwise. I always thought it was understood that Garland is a Republican
LymphocyteLover
Jan 2023
#168
Compelling argument...but so is Liz Cheney, etc. etc...not to mention generalized to the extreme.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#138
If that were true, then his Court of Appeals vote wouldn't have had 23 Reps against, and 0 Dems
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2023
#218
I don't think it is that simple, particularly if Garland was an Obama appointee
LymphocyteLover
Jan 2023
#232
Garland was considered to be the most conservative of the various candidates Obama considered for
LymphocyteLover
Jan 2023
#233
Yes, ofc he doesn't. That anyone thinks he does is delusional. Mystal is Twitter ranting...to
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2023
#141
I'm done with Garland's ass. It took him almost 2 years to do something about a COUP ffs!
ecstatic
Jan 2023
#120
Merrick Garland has been called to serve under Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden.
OneCrazyDiamond
Jan 2023
#172
