Republican Hypocrisy category archive

Dick Polman reminds us that Ben Sasse (like many other Republicans who claim to be skeptical of Donald Trump) are as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal, signifying nothing.

Addendum:

Werner Herzog’s Bear has more.

Via Job’s Anger.

Oh, my.

My elected representative incongruously assembled gets called out for his skulduggery.

A judge ordered independent congressional candidate Shaun Brown’s name removed from the Nov. 6 ballot, ruling Wednesday that her petitions contained numerous forged voter signatures and involved “out-and-out fraud.”

Just before announcing his ruling, Richmond Circuit Judge Gregory Rupe told Democratic Party lawyers he agreed that Brown’s name should be removed because members of U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor’s campaign staff collected fraudulent signatures to assist Brown and many petitions may have been illegally notarized before being sent to the state Department of Elections.

Emphasis added.

Details at the link.

I could go on, but I will limit myself to two comments.

The judge got it right.

The judge got it right.

Dana Milbank marvels at the legal scholarship of Donald Trump. A snippet:

The common thread to Trumpian law: Stuff he and his allies do is legal, even if previously outlawed; stuff his critics do is illegal, even if previously kosher.

Follow the link for the context.

Also, too.

My local rag digs into a story about a signature accomplishment.

At The Guardian, two Amherst professors imagine how today’s Republicans would respond if Donald Trump did, indeed, shoot someone (say, maybe, just for instance, Michael Cohen) on Fifth Avenue in plain view of passers-by. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the rest:

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders:

Associated Press: “Ms Sanders, did the president shoot his former lawyer in an effort to stop him from testifying against the president?”

Sarah Sanders: “No, he did not.”

AP: “Are you saying that the shooting was not motivated by Mr Cohen’s recent plea deal, or rather that the president did not shoot him?”

SHS: “You’ve got my answer, Jim. No, no, no.”

AP: “Ms Sanders, I’m still not clear what –”

SHS: “The answer is no. No as in no. N. O. It’s these kinds of questions that have turned the American people against the press.”

Via Juanita Jean.

Field describes a match made in Manhattan.

Steven M. argues that, for the right-wing, truth is not a thing. A snippet:

After Watergate, Republicans conceded the guilt of Nixon and his associates. Modern Republicans will never acknowledge any wrongdoing on the part of Trump and his circle, and will never talk of the Russia investigation as anything other than an act of raw politics.

Follow the link to see the evidence he adduces for that statement.

Mike considers the recently revealed remarks by Dennis Nunes regarding protecting Donald Trump. His remarks about Republicans who are retiring at about the five minute mark are spot on. (Warning: language).

Field points out that there’s no there there.

My Congress critter is affronted that local media had the unmitigated gall to talk about real stuff that actually happened, so he’s taking his football and going home.

David Treadwell asks a question:

Let me toss in another question, more food for thought: “Why is it unpatriotic for NFL players to take a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and patriotic for an American president to bend over for a Russian dictator?”

More at the link.