NYT: Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence

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Welp, can't vote for a SC justice with an investigation into the White House going on. Gotta wait until the next election
 
If they found out that their collusion was full on before and leading up to the election (basically influencing the outcome of the election), wouldn't you think it would trigger a new election?
 
yami4ct said:
Not only is there no protocol, there's no constitutional mechanism. Without an amendment, there is 100% no legal way to even call such an election.

Not everyone in the line of succession would be tainted by this if it exploded. It would likely fall somewhere in that line. Ryan does seem like the likely candidate if somehow Pence got blowback too.
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Yep. It's still not a bad outcome though because Ryan is still way more sane than Trump and this still damages the Republican party a lot because many Trump supporters won't accept the results and will probably also not look at Ryan favorably. Ryan will be the second president to not be elected by the American people (speaker of the house is selected by the house itself) which will probably also limit his ability to take drastic actions. All in all it'd likely help our chances in future near term elections
 
What happens if let's say tomorrow he is forcibly removed from office (hypothetical) what happens. We would still have pence no? Seems like he is out of the loop on everything.

Republicans would still be in power no?

This is some seriously crazy shit. Going in the history books for all the wrong reasons.
 
Gutek said:
Did Pence also want a Muslim ban? A trade war? Kill innocent people? Work with the Russian war criminals in Syria? Remove 2 regulations for every new one? Go into Iraq and take the oil?
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Yes. If Pence did not want these things he would not have agreed to be Trump's VP and he would have spoken out against it.

Pence, Ryan, McConnell - all of these guys are for these things. And if a smoking gun is unleashed, I hope Democrats on every level tie the Republicans to it, because the GOP is doing everything in its power to shield and protect a possible Manchurian Candidate.

Reagan would be spinning in his grave.
 
Am I dumb or didn't we already know this? With all these Russian ties, I though this was something that had been reported on already.
 
triplestation said:
what do you guys think trump is doing/thinking right now? :^))))))))
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Iron Badger said:
yeah, Pence has a thing against the gays, but they can still be protected with gay marriage bills, discrimination laws and protests

but goddamn, Trump is going scorched earth on everyone who's not white and christian, it needs to end
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Pence is the same, he just hides it better. They are all connected to the same donors. Pence broke the tie on DeVos.
 
MIMIC said:
Am I dumb or didn't we already know this? With all these Russian ties, I though this was something that had been reported on already.
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There were rumors about Manafort, but now it's solid and far more expansive than previously thought.
 
GodOnlyNose said:
What happens if let's say tomorrow he is forcibly removed from office (hypothetical) what happens. We would still have pence no? Seems like he is out of the loop on everything.

Republicans would still be in power no?

This is some seriously crazy shit. Going in the history books for all the wrong reasons.
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Yes, but the party would suffer. As they should.
 
MIMIC said:
Am I dumb or didn't we already know this? With all these Russian ties, I though this was something that had been reported on already.
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from what I understand, we all inferred that repeated contact w/ russian officials/intelligence had happened, but this confirms that it actually happened.
 
yami4ct said:
Uh. That is a hugely damning claim if they can back it up with more than what the NYT's has.
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It was one part of a series of points that while communication with foreign officials is not unusual, what it unusual here is the scope, the number of calls, the frequency and the senior level of the contacts in the Trump administration.

And yeah, that is one hell of a line. Sorry I couldn't get an exact word for word quote.

OK, "Russians believed they had special access to Trump"

Just repeated on CNN right now.
 
Republicans need to be held entirely responsible for this mess.

It's inexcusable that they can look the other way and claim the White House even if Trump/Pence are impeached.
 
Vestal said:
For all those saying.. Oh we would still get Pence.. Yeah that wouldn't matter anymore. It could be a crippled Presidency even with both houses of congress. Public perception of the entire Presidency would be in the toilet, and nothing would happen over the next two years until after the midterms. GOP would get FUCKED in 2018 if Impeachment actually happens, between disillusioned Trump voters and pitchfork wielding Democrats.

Congress right now is holding out hope that all of this will die down, they know that if they have to take action it will be a deathblow to the entire Republican Party.
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The true problem is if Russia(or anyone) starts some serious shit while America struggles to get some leadership active amidst this scandal.
 
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