White House rejects Sessions recusal calls - Polidicks

[IMG]http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_full/public/blogs/sessions_jeff_631410616.jpg?itok=diy-JqXC[/IMG] [Quote] The White House is dismissing calls for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. “There’s nothing to recuse himself,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in an interview with Fox News that aired late Thursday morning. “He was 100 percent straight with the committee and I think that people [who] are choosing to play partisan politics with this should be ashamed of themselves," he added. [/Quote] [URL="http://www.thehill.com/homenews/administration/321995-white-house-rejects-sessions-recusal-calls"]The Hill[/URL]

Good. Very good. This administration's mandate is already dead. The administration itself must fall soon after. Trump's complete disregard for rule of law will ensure that. His admin is losing the support of even Congressional Republicans, en masse. What this means is that soon, all the intel community will have to do is drop the proof they've been holding on to that Trump is a traitor. He'll be impeached, and probably have to spend the rest of his life in prison after that. Fucking good.

[QUOTE]“He was 100 percent straight with the committee and I think that people [who] are choosing to play partisan politics with this should be ashamed of themselves," he added.[/QUOTE] unlike us, we don't play partisan politics at all

even chaffez is saying this is needed and he was talking about continuing the hillary probe on the day of the inaugeration

The White House was saying that Flynn still had the full trust of Trump within 24 hours before firing him. We'll see how long this takes.

When Trump was campaigning and, eventually winning, as president, people who supported him comforted others (as well as themselves, to a degree) that despite the myriad of downsides to Trump, the one thing we would be getting is an outsider who would drain the political swamp that DC had become and bring back government for the people, by the people. Of course he promptly began filling out his cabinet with people from the private sector or politicians who happened to align with his ideas for the departments they were going to manage. Many, practically all in fact, were underqualified at best for their station but when people pointed this out, Trump supporters recoiled and regrouped. No you silly, naive liberal, he didn't mean drain the swamp of corporate interest or private enterprise, he meant career politicians. See, here is the video where he said that (but I hope you don't look for the other videos criticizing special interests, especially as they relate to a certain Democratic opponent)! So we were placated. Business people with no real experience in their prospective fields will run government posts because if you are good at business that means you are a winner. If you made billions of dollars in the education industry you could become Secretary of Education without ever having stepped foot into a public school. If your company was responsible for massive projects in Russia, then that means you have ample experience to become America's primary diplomat. At the very least we won't have to deal with a duplicitous government that will defend any dishonesty based on convenient political partisanship. But then Flynn happened and in what appeared to be some sort of major communications breakdown, Kellyanne Conway told the world on the Today show that Flynn had met with Russia and that they had known about it for weeks without doing anything about it. Pence knew nothing about the claims. And the official White House statement said that Flynn had their full trust. Of course he eventually had to resign but only after intense pressure from damn near everywhere outside of Trump's closest circle. And now it seems we are getting the same thing from Sessions. Two political appointees who are, if you want to be the kindest you can possibly be while still remaining objective, dishonest to the American public and the White House is choosing to jump to the defense of both of them. It seems like the promise to drain any sort of swamp is dead in the water a month out of the gate and that Trump and his team are engaged in the same sort of politically expedient duplicity, underhandedness, and gross misconduct that he accused "the establishment" of. I wonder if this is the person that Trump (and the people he happens to surround himself with) happens to be, or if the awesome pressure of the presidency does this to people. Practically every president fails to accomplish everything they told the American public they wanted to do while they were making their case to gain their power, but I can't remember the last time we have had a President disregard these promises as quickly as we have seen in Trump. He has accomplished a fair number of things for his base, and as I hear daily from tone deaf supporters "He is only doing what he promised, why are people so angry?!", but his most important and critical promises seem to have been left on the podium he was inaugurated on.

Listening to the radio today, everything surrounding Sessions is damning. It's only a matter of time until a key piece of intel winds up in the public eye.

[QUOTE=archangel125;51900139]Good. Very good. This administration's mandate is already dead. The administration itself must fall soon after. Trump's complete disregard for rule of law will ensure that. His admin is losing the support of even Congressional Republicans, en masse. What this means is that soon, all the intel community will have to do is drop the proof they've been holding on to that Trump is a traitor. He'll be impeached, and probably have to spend the rest of his life in prison after that. Fucking good.[/QUOTE] Is it actually possible for the administration to fall? Like it sounds like a dream come true, but can someone explain how we could realistically be rid of Trump and his administration?

[QUOTE=srobins;51901595]Is it actually possible for the administration to fall? Like it sounds like a dream come true, but can someone explain how we could realistically be rid of Trump and his administration?[/QUOTE] Trump gets impeached, then Pence gets impeached For that to happen they both have to fuck up to such a massive extent that not impeaching them is basically suicide for the Republican party I can see that happening for Trump but not Pence.

[quote]“There’s nothing to recuse himself,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in an interview with Fox News that aired late Thursday morning.[/quote] In other news, Jeff Sessions recuses himself. Eat a dick, Sean.

[QUOTE=archangel125;51900139]Good. Very good. This administration's mandate is already dead. The administration itself must fall soon after. Trump's complete disregard for rule of law will ensure that. His admin is losing the support of even Congressional Republicans, en masse. What this means is that soon, all the intel community will have to do is drop the proof they've been holding on to that Trump is a traitor. He'll be impeached, and probably have to spend the rest of his life in prison after that. Fucking good.[/QUOTE] I'd rather him and his ilk be chained to a McDonald's counter for the rest of their days, but eh I'll take what I can get.

[QUOTE=srobins;51901595]Is it actually possible for the administration to fall? Like it sounds like a dream come true, but can someone explain how we could realistically be rid of Trump and his administration?[/QUOTE] It's too bad there isn't some kind of do-over clause where you can just dump the executive branch and have another election because this certainly fits the bill. Opposition to the free press, deliberate misinformation, incompetent management of the white house, repeated revelations of connections to a hostile foreign power, an unprecedented level of leaks against officials from within their own departments, unaddressed conflicts of interest, taxpayer money being used to facilitate corruption. You don't need an investigation to know that the whole goddamn thing is sham and that we don't actually have an executive branch right now.

[QUOTE=archangel125;51900139]Good. Very good. This administration's mandate is already dead. The administration itself must fall soon after. Trump's complete disregard for rule of law will ensure that. His admin is losing the support of even Congressional Republicans, en masse. What this means is that soon, all the intel community will have to do is drop the proof they've been holding on to that Trump is a traitor. He'll be impeached, and probably have to spend the rest of his life in prison after that. Fucking good.[/QUOTE] You're really putting the Sensational in Sensationalist Headlines aren't you?

[QUOTE=Raidyr;51900711]I wonder if this is the person that Trump (and the people he happens to surround himself with) happens to be, or if the awesome pressure of the presidency does this to people. Practically every president fails to accomplish everything they told the American public they wanted to do while they were making their case to gain their power, but I can't remember the last time we have had a President disregard these promises as quickly as we have seen in Trump. He has accomplished a fair number of things for his base, and as I hear daily from tone deaf supporters "He is only doing what he promised, why are people so angry?!", but his most important and critical promises seem to have been left on the podium he was inaugurated on.[/QUOTE] Well, we are talking about the guy who, one month after winning the presidency, said about one of his promises: "That plays great before the election -- now we don't care, right?"

[QUOTE=archangel125;51900139]Good. Very good. This administration's mandate is already dead. The administration itself must fall soon after. Trump's complete disregard for rule of law will ensure that. His admin is losing the support of even Congressional Republicans, en masse. What this means is that soon, all the intel community will have to do is drop the proof they've been holding on to that Trump is a traitor. He'll be impeached, and probably have to spend the rest of his life in prison after that. Fucking good.[/QUOTE] I want to believe this so bad, my dude, but in my heart of hearts I know it won't happen.