‘Finally #MuellerTime’: Internet celebrates Mueller’s upcoming public testimony on Russia investigation
On Tuesday, the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees announced that special counsel Robert Mueller will publicly testify about the Russia investigation’s findings before Congress.
Quickly, the internet reacted to the news:
This will really matter, even if Mueller merely repeats what he said in his report. The vast majority of Americans have never read it. https://t.co/ZuRHqbRAEv
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 26, 2019
It’s finally gonna be #MuellerTime.
Finally.#TheResistance https://t.co/PCFlurSbfG
— Grant Stern (@grantstern) June 26, 2019
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I am eager to hear from Special Counsel Mueller and the American people are too. #MuellerReport https://t.co/I9bqKIMAO9
— Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (@RepMGS) June 26, 2019
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Robert Mueller’s must be the first of many public hearings to allow the American people to understand the criminality of @realdonaldtrump. The ONLY answer is impeachment and removal.
— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) June 26, 2019
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Mueller will probably quote directly from the report for the entirety of his announced hearing on July 17th. That’s fine with me. Have him say these things on national television in his own voice and run those commercials from here to Nov, 2020.
— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) June 26, 2019
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Robert Mueller to Testify Before House Committees pic.twitter.com/UUQZvwUKu6
— slimshadysee (@eightynines) June 26, 2019
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While the news that Mueller will testify was broadly welcomed with enthusiasm, some people were skeptical that hearing from him would do anything to fundamentally advance the conversation:
CONGRESS: tell us what to do
MUELLER: start impeachment
CONGRESS: got it. is that on hulu orADVERTISEMENT— Matt EVERY CILLIZZA POST IS A MEDIA FAILURE Negrin (@MattNegrin) June 26, 2019
Robert Mueller will not save us.
ADVERTISEMENT— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 26, 2019
In a way, Mueller being reluctant to testify will end up lending credibility to his testimony.
ADVERTISEMENTAssuming he answers all the questions openly and honestly, it’s better that he was subpoenaed than rhad he raced up to the hill like Comey.
— digby (@digby56) June 26, 2019
Mueller has done an admirable job of staying out of political crossfire in order to protect the integrity of his investigation. But because his reasoning and conclusions (and facts!) have been misrepresented, he has a duty to clarify them for the American people. Glad he will.
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 26, 2019
Glad Schiff and Nadler finally subpoenaed Mueller. I hope they’re prepared for, and ready to act on, the likelihood that the Justice Department (really Barr and Trump) seeks to limit Mueller’s testimony, and Mueller agrees.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 26, 2019
all you need to know about DC is that bartenders everywhere in the city are dreaming up their mueller-themed cocktails for the day he testifies.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) June 26, 2019
On July 17, if Mueller just makes clear to the public what’s in his report, there will be no alternative but to open an Impeachment inquiry on the most criminal President in US history. #ImpeachmentInquiryNow
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) June 26, 2019
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Former Fox & Friends co-host Clayton Morris flees the US as he faces two dozen lawsuits
Facing more than two-dozen lawsuits alleging he committed real estate fraud, former "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Clayton Morris has reportedly fled the United States, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Morris, who previously resided in a $1.4 million home in New Jersey, moved his family to a coastal resort town in Portugal, the newspaper reported, citing a Facebook post from his wife.
Morris's wife and business partner, former MSNBC anchor Natali Morris, told the IndyStar that she and her husband plan to continue fighting the lawsuits from abroad.
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Trump defenders argued his latest tweets weren’t really racist — but he just completely undercut their arguments
If you try to defend President Donald Trump, you will always end up having the rug pulled out from underneath you. It's a law of nature.
And yet, so many of the president's allies have failed to learn this simple lesson. So when Trump launched a new attack at progressive Democratic lawmakers that was one of his most obviously racist smears, inevitably, some of his defenders tried to deny the obvious truth.
His screed attacked a group of women who have come to define the left wing of the Democratic caucus, which includes Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Rashida Talib (MI), and Ayanna Pressley (MA). Though only Omar is an immigrant (she was a refugee from Somalia as a child), Trump seemed to assume all four women of color weren't born in the United States, and most egregiously, he suggested they should "go back" to other countries:
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Trump is facing massive criticism for his attacks on young women of color in Congress
US President Donald Trump came under fire from Democrats and even some members of his own Republican Party on Monday after launching an extraordinary xenophobic attack on four progressive Democratic congresswomen.
"All they do is complain," Trump told reporters at a White House event featuring products "Made in America."
"These are people that hate our country," he said of the four lawmakers. "If you're not happy here, you can leave."
Trump also accused the four first-term congresswomen -- who are of Hispanic, Arab, Somali and African American origin -- of having "love" for US "enemies like Al-Qaeda."
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CNN’s Jake Tapper reveals Rep. Ilhan Omar has been a citizen longer than Melania Trump has
Fox News’ John Roberts tells Trump to his face: ‘White nationalists are finding common cause with you’
Ex-GOP lawmaker freaks out on CNN after she’s called out for being too afraid to criticize Trump for racism
Former Fox & Friends co-host Clayton Morris flees the US as he faces two dozen lawsuits
Trump defenders argued his latest tweets weren’t really racist — but he just completely undercut their arguments
UK prime minister hopefuls slam Trump tweets — but refuse to call them racist
New Zealand prime minister condemns Trump’s racist tweets
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Stephen Colbert says Trump hates The Squad because ‘he’s the leader of the rival gang The Klan’
Seth Meyers hilariously ridicules Trump for not knowing the Constitution: ‘Article II — nobody’s ever seen it before’
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow shows what Trump was trying to distract from with his latest racist attacks
