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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 1:57:09 GMT
To the average American, unless something affects them personally, they could care less what happens outside their tiny little world. Until it’s too late.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 2, 2019 1:59:47 GMT
I don't underestimate Russia.... dt and crew do not underestimate Russia, they are following Putin's directions!
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Post by dewryce on Jul 2, 2019 2:17:26 GMT
And people of color, the poor, and Muslims.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 2, 2019 2:41:41 GMT
And now Carlson is apparently an unpaid and unvetted advisor to the president, just like Sean Hannity. It's like we live in bizzaro land. Nothing makes sense, and everything you thought you knew, just isn't anymore. “On the other hand, you've got to be honest about what it means to lead a country. It means killing people," Carlson continued. "Not on the scale the North Koreans do, but a lot of countries commit atrocities, including a number that we are closely allied with."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 3:04:40 GMT
The best thing that could happen is everyone stay home.
Huff Post..
“RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump’s Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration”
“What had been a nonpolitical, nonpartisan celebration on the National Mall will now likely be a multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-financed political rally, critics worry.”
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has hijacked what for decades had been a nonpolitical Independence Day celebration on the National Mall, packing his ticketed-event speech with political appointees and Republican donors.
The Republican National Committee has been offering major donors tickets to Trump’s speech, as have political appointees at the White House and executive branch agencies
He’s going to have tanks out there. It’s going to be cool,” joked one RNC fundraiser on condition of anonymity. He said he received an offer for the free tickets on Friday but did not request any. “He wants to have a parade like they have in Moscow or China or North Korea.”
Trump has been enamored of public displays of military might since he attended the Bastille Day festivities in Paris in 2017. His plan for a massive military parade last year was canceled after a Defense Department estimate became public showing that it would cost $92 million and damage the city’s roads because of the weight of tanks and other equipment.
The current plans for Thursday do not include a parade, but Trump is still pushing for tanks or other military vehicles to be displayed on the National Mall, The Washington Post reported, even though their weight is liable to damage the grass and roads. Flyovers by military planes ― including Air Force One and the Navy’s Blue Angels squadron ― are also planned.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University history professor and expert on fascism, said Trump’s need to display military hardware is a feature of authoritarians throughout history. “He needs to colonize our lives. He needs to colonize our public spaces,” she said, adding that it was “dismaying” that the Pentagon this year failed to thwart Trump’s impulses. “The military has been domesticated. I think the will to resist him has evaporated.”
Groups that advocate for government transparency and ethics, meanwhile, railed against the RNC’s involvement.
“This partisan appropriation of a public event is consistent with the record of an administration that has no regard for lines between personal or partisan interests and its public obligations,” said Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.
Jordan Libowitz, of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), said that the event could create legal problems if the federal government is involved in staging what, in essence, becomes a political event benefiting Trump.
“This sounds less and less like a government event and more and more like a campaign rally. Since it doesn’t look like the RNC is picking up the bill, this could lead to some serious legal issues,” Libowitz said.
One senior White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Trump’s planned speech will not be partisan. “This speech will not be political. It will be about celebrating our nation’s independence, our flag and our great military,” the official said.
But if past is prologue, Trump is almost certain to mention his reelection effort and attack Democrats. He did both at an “official” visit, as opposed to a campaign event, with the Faith and Freedom Coalition last week. He has attacked Democrats at official visits to military installations, including during his trip to Iraq last year and, most recently, at Osan Air Base in South Korea on Sunday.
“This is not a political speech,” Trump said at Osan, and then he claimed Democrats did not want to give troops new equipment. “They weren’t going to give it to you, folks. They weren’t going to. They want open borders and the hell with the military. That’s not good.”
Another White House aide, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said there is not much his staff can do if Trump chooses to ignore a prepared speech and inject campaign-style remarks. “We can only do what we can do,” the aide said.
The White House would not say exactly how many tickets were being distributed and by which groups for Trump’s planned remarks at the Lincoln Memorial early Thursday evening. However, the area eastward from the Lincoln Memorial to about halfway down the reflecting pool will be cordoned off with access regulated by the Secret Service. Such an area constitutes a dozen acres and could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
In past years, presidents have not taken part in Fourth of July celebrations, and the events have been nonpolitical. The only place that required tickets was the west portico of the Capitol overlooking the Mall and a stage for musical performers, and those were distributed by both Republican and Democratic members of Congress.
That has not happened in the case of Trump’s planned speech. The Democratic National Committee, for example, was not given any tickets to give away, according to a spokesperson. An RNC official, meanwhile, said on condition of anonymity that its distribution of tickets to the Fourth of July celebration is no different from that of other presidential events. “For context, we receive an allotment for other events like White House Christmas Open Houses, Garden Tours in spring and fall, etc.,” the official said.
Those events, however, take place at the White House, the president’s residence, not at a public park like the National Mall.
Trump’s injection of himself into the celebration is inappropriate, said Ben-Ghiat. “The whole point is nonpartisan. It’s a national holiday. And he can’t let that stand. He has to make it about him,” she said.
CREW, which is suing Trump for violating the Constitution by accepting money from foreign governments through his hotels, said the invitations to donors by a campaign committee he controls will also generate cash for himself.
“Look for the big donors to make appearances alongside major Trump administration figures at the Trump Hotel,” Libowitz said. “It’s already sold out for the 3rd and 4th despite charging double what the other luxury hotels are charging around the holiday.”
Trump continues to own and profit from a hotel blocks from the White House, despite his promise during the campaign to separate himself from his family business. The hotel has taken in millions from the RNC, Trump’s reelection campaign, foreign governments and U.S. taxpayers in the last two years.
This article has been updated with confirmation from the Democratic National Committee that it had not been given tickets to distribute.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 3:07:56 GMT
Walter Shaub...
”So to recap this insane day: —WH coopted military for authoritarian-style event —WH using our taxes for RNC fundraising —Trump wants to violate Const. by delaying census b/c he lost a case —conditions in CBP camps = horrific —CBP joked about detainee deaths & assaulting Cong Reps”
An average day in trump’s America...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 2, 2019 4:24:19 GMT
Here's more to show greatness............... ** During his interview with President Trump that aired on Monday night on Fox News, Tucker Carlson got the president to weigh in on a topic that he and other Fox News hosts have devoted copious amounts of airtime to lately—homelessness in largely Democratic-run cities and states. (LA, San Fransisco, NYC) And, according to Trump, the homeless problem is a rather recent phenomenon.Noting that they were in Japan during the president’s visit to the G20 summit, Carlson contrasted the cleanliness of their metro areas to large American cities, adding that “there is no graffiti” or people “going to the bathroom on the streets” in Japan. After the president mildly protested that only “some of our cities” are like that, the Fox News star said that New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles all “have a major problem with filth.” “Why is that?” Carlson wondered aloud. “It’s a phenomenon that started 2 years ago,” Trump declared. “It’s disgraceful. I'm going to maybe—I am looking at it very seriously.”After seemingly claiming homelessness in America only arose 24 months ago, the president went on to suggest that police officers are getting sick simply by walking near homeless people—likely referencing reports that some Los Angeles police officers have shown signs of typhoid fever. The officers all work in a precinct that was recently fined for unsanitary working conditions. ** While stating that mental illness is part of the reason for homelessness, Trump went on to blame the “liberal establishment” for exacerbating the problem before claiming he “ended it very quickly” in Washington, D.C. when he became president. Homelessness has been falling in D.C. steadily for the past three years.** news.yahoo.com/trump-tucker-homelessness-phenomenon-started-022758462.htmlHomelessness only a problem in the last 24 months.......... WELL who has been president for 30+ months?!?!?! And HE cleaned up DC?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 12:19:35 GMT
CBS News...
“Voters who watched the debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump judged Clinton to be the clear winner of all three match-ups, according to scientific surveys – but have her victories made an appreciable difference in the trajectory of the race?”
Delusional trump today...
“As most people are aware, according to the Polls, I won EVERY debate, including the three with Crooked Hillary Clinton, despite the fact that in the first debate, they modulated the sound on me, and got caught. This crew looks somewhat easier than Crooked, but you never know?”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 12:23:00 GMT
Walter Shaub...
”Hey Congress, you good with Trump letting the RNC hand out VIP tickets to a taxpayer-funded event as a reward for big campaign donors? Are we the country that lets a politician use the military as a fundraising prop for his reelection?”
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Post by Merge on Jul 2, 2019 12:50:54 GMT
Here's more to show greatness............... ** During his interview with President Trump that aired on Monday night on Fox News, Tucker Carlson got the president to weigh in on a topic that he and other Fox News hosts have devoted copious amounts of airtime to lately—homelessness in largely Democratic-run cities and states. (LA, San Fransisco, NYC) And, according to Trump, the homeless problem is a rather recent phenomenon.Noting that they were in Japan during the president’s visit to the G20 summit, Carlson contrasted the cleanliness of their metro areas to large American cities, adding that “there is no graffiti” or people “going to the bathroom on the streets” in Japan. After the president mildly protested that only “some of our cities” are like that, the Fox News star said that New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles all “have a major problem with filth.” “Why is that?” Carlson wondered aloud. “It’s a phenomenon that started 2 years ago,” Trump declared. “It’s disgraceful. I'm going to maybe—I am looking at it very seriously.”After seemingly claiming homelessness in America only arose 24 months ago, the president went on to suggest that police officers are getting sick simply by walking near homeless people—likely referencing reports that some Los Angeles police officers have shown signs of typhoid fever. The officers all work in a precinct that was recently fined for unsanitary working conditions. ** While stating that mental illness is part of the reason for homelessness, Trump went on to blame the “liberal establishment” for exacerbating the problem before claiming he “ended it very quickly” in Washington, D.C. when he became president. Homelessness has been falling in D.C. steadily for the past three years.** news.yahoo.com/trump-tucker-homelessness-phenomenon-started-022758462.htmlHomelessness only a problem in the last 24 months.......... WELL who has been president for 30+ months?!?!?! And HE cleaned up DC? My god he’s a moron. Here’s an article on homelessness in Japan. It definitely exists. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/02/national/social-issues/no-one-wants-homeless-glimpse-life-streets-tokyo/#.XRtSDrpOmaMI do notice that cities overseas are often cleaner than cities here in the US, but personally attribute that to higher tax rates that allow for personnel to clean things up. If Trump wants to undo his tax cuts for the rich and allocate federal money for cleanup of major cities and housing for the homeless initiatives, I’m all in. tradingeconomics.com/japan/personal-income-tax-rate
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2019 13:17:02 GMT
The Atlantic...
”The first Trump-Kim summit was about North Korea committing to giving up nuclear weapons. The second was about defining what that meant. This time, nuclear weapons didn't even come up, @urilf writes:”
Making progress I see..
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 2, 2019 14:15:46 GMT
The Atlantic... ”The first Trump-Kim summit was about North Korea committing to giving up nuclear weapons. The second was about defining what that meant. This time, nuclear weapons didn't even come up, @urilf writes:” Making progress I see.. Apparently that’s how you MAGA. Ugh.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 2, 2019 14:39:55 GMT
Responsibility for trump’s behaviors and dismantling of America, the making of America a fascist, authoritarian, Republican socialist state fall solely on the hands of the republicans. They did this. They will be the assholes who are most shocked and surprised and crying when they find that he really fucked everyone over.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 2, 2019 14:42:40 GMT
Here's more to show greatness............... ** During his interview with President Trump that aired on Monday night on Fox News, Tucker Carlson got the president to weigh in on a topic that he and other Fox News hosts have devoted copious amounts of airtime to lately—homelessness in largely Democratic-run cities and states. (LA, San Fransisco, NYC) And, according to Trump, the homeless problem is a rather recent phenomenon.Noting that they were in Japan during the president’s visit to the G20 summit, Carlson contrasted the cleanliness of their metro areas to large American cities, adding that “there is no graffiti” or people “going to the bathroom on the streets” in Japan. After the president mildly protested that only “some of our cities” are like that, the Fox News star said that New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles all “have a major problem with filth.” “Why is that?” Carlson wondered aloud. “It’s a phenomenon that started 2 years ago,” Trump declared. “It’s disgraceful. I'm going to maybe—I am looking at it very seriously.”After seemingly claiming homelessness in America only arose 24 months ago, the president went on to suggest that police officers are getting sick simply by walking near homeless people—likely referencing reports that some Los Angeles police officers have shown signs of typhoid fever. The officers all work in a precinct that was recently fined for unsanitary working conditions. ** While stating that mental illness is part of the reason for homelessness, Trump went on to blame the “liberal establishment” for exacerbating the problem before claiming he “ended it very quickly” in Washington, D.C. when he became president. Homelessness has been falling in D.C. steadily for the past three years.** news.yahoo.com/trump-tucker-homelessness-phenomenon-started-022758462.htmlHomelessness only a problem in the last 24 months.......... WELL who has been president for 30+ months?!?!?! And HE cleaned up DC? Gee...maybe those “big tax breaks” really didn’t help the poor, lower, moderate classes after all. Fucking moron.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 2, 2019 14:45:41 GMT
Walter Shaub... ”Hey Congress, you good with Trump letting the RNC hand out VIP tickets to a taxpayer-funded event as a reward for big campaign donors? Are we the country that lets a politician use the military as a fundraising prop for his reelection?” No one is there or will hold trump and the GOO accountable. They favor only those who give them money, hard core lobbying. Trump and the GOP have made it crystal clear that if you give them $$$$ and follow them lockstep echo chamber style, they will reward you. With trump, the GOP, Republicans and conservatives—-AMERICA IS FOR SALE TO ANYONE WITH $$$$$
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 2, 2019 14:49:56 GMT
The Atlantic... ”The first Trump-Kim summit was about North Korea committing to giving up nuclear weapons. The second was about defining what that meant. This time, nuclear weapons didn't even come up, @urilf writes:” Making progress I see.. Apparently that’s how you MAGA. Ugh. Trump and this administration are not going to make NK, Russia, China...etc do anything to rock the boat on getting the fuckweasel re-elected he needs their interference, their money for his campaign.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 2, 2019 14:50:40 GMT
Responsibility for trump’s behaviors and dismantling of America, the making of America a fascist, authoritarian, Republican socialist state fall solely on the hands of the republicans. They did this. They will be the assholes who are most shocked and surprised and crying when they find that he really fucked everyone over. As I've said they will lose their guns. property. banks accounts, primarily their FREEDOM! Although a few 'special' people will be at the top until they are not by way of death!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 2, 2019 22:30:11 GMT
The citizen question will NOT be on the census form! They are going to print now!
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 2, 2019 23:51:29 GMT
Here's more to show greatness............... ** During his interview with President Trump that aired on Monday night on Fox News, Tucker Carlson got the president to weigh in on a topic that he and other Fox News hosts have devoted copious amounts of airtime to lately—homelessness in largely Democratic-run cities and states. (LA, San Fransisco, NYC) And, according to Trump, the homeless problem is a rather recent phenomenon.Noting that they were in Japan during the president’s visit to the G20 summit, Carlson contrasted the cleanliness of their metro areas to large American cities, adding that “there is no graffiti” or people “going to the bathroom on the streets” in Japan. After the president mildly protested that only “some of our cities” are like that, the Fox News star said that New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles all “have a major problem with filth.” “Why is that?” Carlson wondered aloud. “It’s a phenomenon that started 2 years ago,” Trump declared. “It’s disgraceful. I'm going to maybe—I am looking at it very seriously.”After seemingly claiming homelessness in America only arose 24 months ago, the president went on to suggest that police officers are getting sick simply by walking near homeless people—likely referencing reports that some Los Angeles police officers have shown signs of typhoid fever. The officers all work in a precinct that was recently fined for unsanitary working conditions. ** While stating that mental illness is part of the reason for homelessness, Trump went on to blame the “liberal establishment” for exacerbating the problem before claiming he “ended it very quickly” in Washington, D.C. when he became president. Homelessness has been falling in D.C. steadily for the past three years.** news.yahoo.com/trump-tucker-homelessness-phenomenon-started-022758462.htmlHomelessness only a problem in the last 24 months.......... WELL who has been president for 30+ months?!?!?! And HE cleaned up DC? The homeless problem in California started when Reagan was governor and closed down all of the state supported mental institutions. He wiped out any help for those who needed help for mental problems.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 0:00:42 GMT
The homeless problem in California started when Reagan was governor and closed down all of the state supported mental institutions. He wiped out any help for those who needed help for mental problems. WE know that............ dt is the only one who does not, well now his base learned it from him. BTW: he has been in office for 30 months, should we ask him why he let this happen in the last 24 months?!?!?!?!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 13:06:46 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 13:23:06 GMT
Mueller only said that his 9 minute statement/report was his testimony, however he has NOT formally testified.
This is not a criticism of Mueller.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 20:39:18 GMT
Census question is not settled according to dt! Trump insists effort to add citizenship question to census 'absolutely moving forward' By john parkinson, alexander mallin and katherine faulders Jul 3, 2019, 1:15 PM ET A day after the Justice Department announced that the 2020 census would be printed without the citizenship question President Donald Trump wanted, he insisted on Wednesday that the effort to add the question is “absolutely moving forward.” Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump
The News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE! We are absolutely moving forward, as we must, because of the importance of the answer to this question. 55.1K 11:06 AM - Jul 3, 2019abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-insists-effort-add-citizenship-question-census-absolutely/story?id=64113349
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Post by dewryce on Jul 3, 2019 20:42:37 GMT
Census question is not settled according to dt! Trump insists effort to add citizenship question to census 'absolutely moving forward' By john parkinson, alexander mallin and katherine faulders Jul 3, 2019, 1:15 PM ET A day after the Justice Department announced that the 2020 census would be printed without the citizenship question President Donald Trump wanted, he insisted on Wednesday that the effort to add the question is “absolutely moving forward.” Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump
The News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE! We are absolutely moving forward, as we must, because of the importance of the answer to this question. 55.1K 11:06 AM - Jul 3, 2019abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-insists-effort-add-citizenship-question-census-absolutely/story?id=64113349Can they legally do that? There is so much going on I’ve forgotten, but I thought the courts ruled they couldn’t use it? Not that his administration cares about the rule of law.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 20:54:28 GMT
The SCOTUS return it for clarification to Commerce etc............... Census forms are being printed........
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Post by lucyg on Jul 3, 2019 21:47:13 GMT
Breaking ... the DOJ has reversed itself and now they’re looking for a way to add the citizenship question to the census, even though yesterday they said it was over and they were going to press. ETA reason: because yesterday Trump said HELL NO and stated publicly that they weren’t giving in. To the law. To the Supreme Court. We. Are. Doomed.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 21:59:38 GMT
Breaking ... the DOJ has reversed itself and now they’re looking for a way to add the citizenship question to the census, even though yesterday they said it was over and they were going to press. ETA reason: because yesterday Trump said HELL NO and stated publicly that they weren’t giving in. To the law. To the Supreme Court. We. Are. Doomed. Was just going to post.. THERE IS NO LONGER ANY QUESTION THAT DT IS RUNNING THE SENATE AS WELL AS THE DOJ! Unless there are more changes... It will have to go through the courts all the way to the SCOTUS.......
They can delay the census, although it will cause problems, but who cares ...................?
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Post by lucyg on Jul 3, 2019 22:01:56 GMT
Breaking ... the DOJ has reversed itself and now they’re looking for a way to add the citizenship question to the census, even though yesterday they said it was over and they were going to press. ETA reason: because yesterday Trump said HELL NO and stated publicly that they weren’t giving in. To the law. To the Supreme Court. We. Are. Doomed. Was just going to post.. THERE IS NO LONGER ANY QUESTION THAT DT IS RUNNING THE SENATE AS WELL AS THE DOJ! They can delay the census, although it will cause problems, but who cares ...................?
He only cares about “winning.” Couldn’t care less about who gets hurt.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 3, 2019 23:00:42 GMT
Duncan Hunter again.......... A former congressional staffer alleged Wednesday that Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) groped her at a party in 2014, according to CNN.Rory Riley-Topping, who was previously a subcommittee staff director for the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, told the network that Hunter approached her at a bar after a National Republican Congressional Committee dinner. "Duncan Hunter had told me that he wanted to talk to me about Agent Orange, which is an issue the committee was dealing with at the time. I politely said, 'Great. I'll get in touch with your staff.' And he kind of leaned in and said, 'No, I want to talk to you about it,' and had reached over and pulled himself in very close with his hand on my behind," Riley-Topping told CNN. Riley-Topping said she told then-Rep. Jon Runyan (R-N.J.) "This is gross. This is what happened: Duncan Hunter just grabbed my ass. I don't want to be here anymore," according to CNN. Two former colleagues, as well as her then-fiancé, told CNN she also told them about the alleged incident soon after. Riley-Topping told the network she did not report the incident to her supervisors because such behavior was commonplace on Capitol Hill at the time. ** thehill.com/homenews/house/450566-former-staffer-accuses-duncan-hunter-of-groping-her-at-2014-party*** The LA Times editorial board is calling on Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) to resign immediately, amid a lawsuit alleging the congressman misused $250,000 in campaign cash over six years including on extramarital affairs with congressional staffers and lobbyists. The editorial, published Wednesday, says the lawmakers should step down "so he can spend more time with his lawyers. He’s really going to need it." ** thehill.com/homenews/house/451591-la-times-editorial-board-calls-on-duncan-hunter-to-resign-immediatelyt
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Post by lucyg on Jul 3, 2019 23:04:40 GMT
Duncan Hunter is a special kind of awful. I am really shocked he got re-elected. Also kind of shocked his wife hasn’t just killed him and got it over with.
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