GOP lawmaker ridiculed for sniveling about Schiff’s ‘heads on pikes’ comment: ‘You sound so scared’
Republicans have seized on a new excuse to be angry about the Democratic impeachment case against President Donald Trump: Now they are claiming umbrage over the reference, in the closing argument of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), to an anonymous source telling CBS News that Trump would have the ‘head on a pike’ of any Republican who voted to convict him.
One such Republican is Mitch McConnell’s right-hand man, Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), who tweeted out a Politico story referencing Republicans’ supposed rage at this remark:
Republicans livid after Schiff cites supposed threat to GOP senators https://t.co/KlkbWLVXbV via @politico
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) January 25, 2020
But commenters on social media felt no sympathy for Cornyn:
"We weren't actually going to vote to call witnesses because we're afraid of fighting the White House but now we can pretend it's because Schiff accused us of being cowards."
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) January 25, 2020
The @SenateGOP should be livid that the President abused his power and obstructed Congress! Instead of defending the constitution, they defend corrupt, incompetent, lying Trump.
— Right Matters! Truth Matters! (@AmyWantsBetter) January 25, 2020
Either show me where GOP leaders told the party members to vote their conscience like Pelosi did for the Dems in the House or get packing with your outrage.
— Craig Symalla (@CPSymalla) January 25, 2020
I will be so glad when John Cornyn is done as my crappy Senator.
— linda nelson (@Lillybellblues) January 25, 2020
But not livid over the president grabbing women by there crotch, or gold star family’s or handicap hypercrite
— joan (@mosfriend1) January 25, 2020
Should be livid at Trump for betraying American foreign policy concerns for personal political gain. You’re so disingenuous.
— Steve Lubot (@fenwaysteve) January 25, 2020
Boo hoo. The truth hurts doesn't it. "Trump over country" is the @gop motto! pic.twitter.com/H5CoD7wwNh
— Mullen (@Moetboo) January 25, 2020
When the Republicans unite in picking on a Democrat, you know that Democrat is telling absolute truth that resonates with American voters.
You sound so scared, Johnny!
— tired of Cornyn & Cruz (@dariameetsworld) January 25, 2020
I know their being livid makes you happy, Senator. But their "verdict" is preordained… as is yours. When you're compromised, you just can't bring yourself to acknowledge facts, reason, our Constitution, our history, the rule of law. Sad.
— Eclecticity (@twistopherrobin) January 25, 2020
You’re such a coward.
TEXANS DONT RESPECT WEAKNESS. Stand up to Trump. Ask for witnesses.
— CIV (@whoisciv) January 25, 2020
Republicans have been livid ever since patriotic Americans began questioning the @GOP fear of finding its collective #HeadOnAPike— which started the moment that John McCain died.
And let's face it, John: you have been afraid of that for YEARS. You are gutless and shameless.
— Indivisible Denton (@indivisibleDNTN) January 25, 2020
If trump is not removed after watching his own actions & his perverted, corrupt, criminal behavior for the last 3 years – #VoteThemAllOut2020 He’s only going to get worse if you all keep enabling him. I voted GOP for 30 years. I will NOT vote for GOP who enable trump.
— Loretta Sezz (@SessionsLolo) January 25, 2020
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HBO’s Maher scorches Trump for calling coronavirus a ‘hoax’: ‘Not something he can lie his way out of’
During the "Overtime" segment of HBO's "Real Time," host Bill Maher launched into a broadside against Donald Trump for telling South Carolina rallygoers that the coronavirus outbreak is a "hoax" being pushed by the media Democrats.
In a furious back and forth with conservative guest Buck Sexton, Maher said this was one instance where the president "could not lie his way out of it."
According to Sexton, the crisis is serious but then he tried to deflect from the issue by accusing Democrats of "trying to score political points," when they point out the Trump administration's bumbling response.
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Trump directing his coronavirus task force to launch attacks on Democrats to avoid blame: report
According to a report from the Daily Beast, Donald Trump is directing members of his coronavirus task force to make sure they hammer at the Democrats when discussing progress the administration is making to combat the spread on the growing pandemic.
On Friday night, at a rally in South Carolina, Trump set the tone by pointedly blaming the Democrats and telling rallygoers, "The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. They're politicizing it. They don't have any clue," while also tying the growing health crisis to building his wall, by stating, "Border security is also health security.”
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Jared Kushner vows there will be ‘no drama’ in Trump’s second term: ‘It’s high-competence’
Jared Kushner vowed on Friday that a second term from his father-in-law, President Donald Trump, would be both efficient and drama-free.
The senior White House adviser claimed that Trump's re-election campaign was running smoothly, much as the president's second term supposedly would, while speaking with organizer Matt Schlapp at the Conservative Political Actions Conference (CPAC).
"The way that you see the campaign being run, there's no leaks. There's no drama. I would say it's high-competence, low-drama," Kushner said. "Everything is very efficiently run, and I think that's exemplary of how President Trump would run his second term in office."
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