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[Deleted member 17706]

So are her actions for nothing then?

Absolutely not. She was going to be out anyway. She possibly delayed the enforcement for a few hours, caused Trump to show himself to be even more of a tyrant, and also made them release that ridiculous statement making them look completely insane to any reasonable person.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

He literally just made the story way bigger by firing her. What an idiot LOL.

Good job Yates. You did the right thing for the right reasons. Donald Trump can go fuck himself.

 

[NullPointer]

"betrayed the Department of Justice"

betrayed?

These motherfuckers.

 

[xxracerxx]

??? Defend the indefensible for a couple of more days until Sessions is confirmed and she is gone. Or make a statement and not defend that bullshit. She chose well.

God damn the language used in this statement. Pathetic.

 

[Boke1879]

I wonder how many people were loyal to her in her department?

 

[ColdPizza]

??? Defend the indefensible for a couple of more days until Sessions is confirmed and she is gone. Or make a statement and not defend that bullshit. She chose well.

To see a press release worded so aggressively and negatively just gave me a lot of pause. Completely unprofessional.

 

[GK86]

You are my hero, Yates.

 

[uncredited male]

She was always toast once she said what she did. The lawsuits and judicial reviews are not going to stop.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

"betrayed the Department of Justice"

betrayed?

These motherfuckers.

weak

VERY WEAK

 

[platocplx]

No, she can go to sleep tonight knowing she stood up for her beliefs, unlike a lot of GAF that couldn't do the same to their Trump voting relatives and friends.

This. "It's just a disagreement! A difference in ideals" if you can't even put your foot down vs friend and fam you are complicit in allowing racism sexism etc to exist. Especially in these times. We HAVE to be willing to lose relationships to stop this shit from perpetuating.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

She's lucky they didn't send her to one of the camps.

 

[milkham]

 

[BronsonLee]

He literally just made the story way bigger by firing her. What an idiot LOL.

Good job Yates. You did the right thing for the right reasons. Donald Trump can go fuck himself.

He could've just let her go tomorrow with Sessions being confirmed and nothing would've happened

But nope, he had to tweet about it like a shitlord, appoint someone for a day, and have Bannon write him that fucking drivel

 

[Aurongel]

Using language like "betray" is straight up fascist rhetoric.

 

[Bisnic]

I'm still wondering how the US could go from Obama to... whatever this is.

 

[Get'sMad]

some wording in that statement

jesus christ

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

I'm cynical as fuck and still floored by the past week and a half (!!)

 

[LiK]

Pure villainy. No doubt about it.

 

[Cake Boss]

Week 3 - New prisons are being built for individuals who betray the state or a threat to the state.

 

[GSG Flash]

This shit reads like a fucking North Korean press release.

EXACTLY

The sad thing is that your post is not hyperbole whatsoever. It's the most unprofessional official document I've ever seen.

 

[Emerson]

The Attorney General serves at the pleasure of the President and can be removed at any time.

The wording is sure troubling though.

 

[MIMIC]

LMAO how unprofessional can you get? This is an abysmal press release, coming from the White House.

 

[robotrock]

??? Defend the indefensible for a couple of more days until Sessions is confirmed and she is gone. Or make a statement and not defend that bullshit. She chose well.

Is this fucking real?

 

[captscience]

Apparently Boente is an Obama appointee hired by Holder. Here's hoping he's a decent human being.

 

[onadesertedisland]

The wording on that release is something out of a dystopian novel.

 

[LionPride]

NOT EVEN A FUCKING FIVE HOUR GAP?!

 

[PeskyToaster]

Well she can live life knowing she didn't bow to this shit. People should abandon their posts en masse.

 

[Aselith]

So are her actions for nothing then?

Her actions allow her to sleep at night at the very least

 

[International Iron Man]

Excuse me? This is a big ass assumption.

There was a whole thread of supposed liberals who are "so against" this stuff but wouldn't even confront their relatives and friends about voting for that orange fascist piece of shit.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

They only ones betrayed are the American people by Trump's evil government. Yates is the true hero

 

[Netherscourge]

So who's the acting attorney general now?

EDIT - nvm I see now

 

[driggonny]

That was fast :,(

 

[DrStiles]

When you say the acting AG has "betrayed the Department of Justice" as you fire them, You're basically trying to make yourself a fascist dictator.

 

[Polari]

What the fuck at this press release. This is so petty and vindictive.

Reads like it was written by that Stephen Miller creep who was also one of the architects of the plan.

 

[Kusagari]

That statement was either written by either both Bannon/Miller or one of them alone.

They're running this shit show.

 

[giga]

Hope she runs for office.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

"Jeff sessions is being held up for strictly political reasons"

It's almost like... he's being confirmed... for office...

You know... a political position...

 

[Evolved1]

"Betrayed"

Insidious language.

 

[Goose_Se7en]

This is crazy. Trump is not fucking around and he just won major, major brownie points with his base.

 

[BlackJet]

God bless you Yates. Your actions should be what we aspire to do in these dark times.

 

[Syncytia]

He literally just made the story way bigger by firing her. What an idiot LOL.

Good job Yates. You did the right thing for the right reasons. Donald Trump can go fuck himself.

He loves this though. It puts something else in the news cycle, it puts the attention on him.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Yep, she did the right thing. The hasty statement sounds deranged and tinpot. Trump was forced to show his hand further and sooner.

Every republican who stays silent from here on out is an accomplice to treason and coup.

 

[tiredheadcrab]

We are all going to die arent we?

 

[greatgeek]

A lot of hyperbole in this thread. It's the President's right to replace subordinates that won't carry out his directives. But kudos to her for going out in a blaze of righteous glory.

Be upset when Trump relieves the State dissenters.

 

[BackLogJoe]

I hope all this stress hes feeling really comes to a head in some kind of medical incident.

 

[Jeremy]

I can only hope you guys are right in thinking his base will see it as crazy. I think they're enjoying watching this stuff but don't necessarily understand the ramifications.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

What would be better is for countless people in the Justice Department to stage a walkout, all resigning in protest of what Trump just did. That would be awesome.

 

[Deadbeat]

He could've just let her go tomorrow with Sessions being confirmed and nothing would've happened

But nope, he had to tweet about it like a shitlord, appoint someone for a day, and have Bannon write him that fucking drivel

But it doesnt matter. Two weeks ago we had the hooker piss thing and look at where we are now. Its all moving so fast that none of this matters.

 

[base_two]

Calamity Bannon is at it again.

 

[Jacob]

Trump has done a ton of worrying and dangerous things but this is not one of them. Cabinet-level officials (and several ranks below them too) being replaced by an incoming President is the norm. An acting Cabinet official from the previous administration who refuses to cooperate with the new one (no matter how admirable or principled I may find that decision) is obviously not going to be kept on. Not that she would have been in that position for more than a few days anyway since her replacement will be confirmed by the Senate soon.