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Ex-GOP majority leader: Republicans must protect Mueller [RINO Frist]
The Hill ^ | July 7, 2018 | John Bowden

Posted on 07/07/2018 1:43:23 PM PDT by jazusamo

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) warned Republicans against continuing their "assault" against Robert Mueller, writing in an op-ed Friday that the GOP must let Mueller continue his investigation.

In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, the former Tennessee Republican urged Republicans to fight for the "rule of law," even if it meant going up against the Trump administration.

"I am also a Republican because I believe in the rule of law. Republicans must fight for that principle today — even if it means pushing back against a Republican administration," Frist wrote.

"It isn’t easy to tell a president of your own party that he is wrong. But the assault on Mueller’s investigation does not help the president or his party," he added. "[But] the president must remember that only Mueller’s exoneration can lift the cloud hanging over the White House."

Frist went on to argue that claims of "runaway legal authority," such as those made by former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort in an attempt to have the charges against him dismissed, do not hold up when compared to Mueller's record.

"I have worried over the years about runaway legal authority, and I’ve battled against activist judges. I don’t worry about Robert Mueller," he said.

"And his investigation is getting results: By any objective standard, he has moved swiftly, obtaining 23 indictments and five guilty pleas in just more than a year."

Trump has frequently characterized Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt," and has accused the special counsel of going beyond the original scope of the investigation to pursue charges not related to alleged Russian election interference.

Republicans have frequently pointed to text messages sent by former members of Mueller's probe as evidence of pervasive anti-Trump bias that they say tainted the investigation from the start.


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To: Dapper 26

It was a real Frist f**k of America


81 posted on 07/07/2018 3:44:24 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: jazusamo

Frist is complicit in an attempted coup.

No more mincing words.

5.56mm


82 posted on 07/07/2018 3:46:40 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: jazusamo

Swamp People = RINOs and Dems...Frist, thank you for your opinions, but did we ask for it? I know I didn’t...


83 posted on 07/07/2018 3:49:49 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: M Kehoe

You’re absolutely right, an attempted coup by both RINOs and RATs.


84 posted on 07/07/2018 3:50:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: DoughtyOne
One heck of a typo.....

:-)

Spiel cheque is you fiend.

85 posted on 07/07/2018 3:52:40 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: Nextrush
Frist isn't worried about Mule, the corrupt FBI agents, corrupt DOJ officials, Hillary's crimes or all the crimes of the obama regime. The only thing he is worried about is the fake allegations against president Trump. Maybe this pos Frist has some skeletons in his closet that he's afraid might come out.
86 posted on 07/07/2018 3:57:46 PM PDT by Peeps47 (Democrats are as corrupt as they are incompetent)
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To: LeoWindhorse

“They are totally and intentionally blind to what is as clear and obvious as the sky.”

They are certainly not blind in any capacity. Frist was approached and reminded of certain things and told to speak out.


87 posted on 07/07/2018 3:59:50 PM PDT by odawg
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To: jazusamo

RINO CHANT:

Protect Mueller And Save The Deep State!


88 posted on 07/07/2018 4:01:24 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: jazusamo
1. Lying to the FBI, Oct. 5, 2017: GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS

2. Lying to the FBI Dec. 1, 2017: MICHAEL FLYNN

3. Using stolen identities to set up bank accounts, Feb 16, 2018: RICHARD PINEDO (The U.S. government acknowledged that Pinedo did not know that he was dealing with Russians.)

4. Lying to FBI , Feb 20, 2018: ALEX VAN DER ZWAAN (The charge does not involve election meddling or relate to the Trump campaign's operations.)

5. Lying to FBI, conspiracy Feb 23, 2018: RICHARD GATES

89 posted on 07/07/2018 4:11:05 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: datricker
Why do these people feel so compelled to come out and tear down president Trump? Bill Frist?! Seriously nobody cares what he has thought in over a decade.

Frist is a member of the Uniparty - the Leftist professional government.

Civil War (condensed version) - Daniel Greenfield [January 26, 2018]

https://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2018/01/this-civil-war-my- south-carolina-tea.html

How do civil wars happen?

Two or more sides disagree on who runs the country. And they can’t settle the question through elections because they don’t even agree that elections are how you decide who’s in charge. That’s the basic issue here. Who decides who runs the country? When you hate each other but accept the election results, you have a country. When you stop accepting election results, you have a countdown to a civil war.

The Mueller investigation is about removing President Trump from office and overturning the results of an election. We all know that. But it’s not the first time they’ve done this. The first time a Republican president was elected this century, they said he didn’t really win. The Supreme Court gave him the election. There’s a pattern here.

What do sure odds of the Democrats rejecting the next Republican president really mean? It means they don’t accept the results of any election that they don’t win. It means they don’t believe that transfers of power in this country are determined by elections.

That’s a civil war.

There’s no shooting. At least not unless you count the attempt to kill a bunch of Republicans at a charity baseball game practice. But the Democrats have rejected our system of government.

This isn’t dissent. It’s not disagreement. You can hate the other party. You can think they’re the worst thing that ever happened to the country. But then you work harder to win the next election. When you consistently reject the results of elections that you don’t win, what you want is a dictatorship.

Your very own dictatorship.

The only legitimate exercise of power in this country, according to Democrats, is its own. Whenever Republicans exercise power, it’s inherently illegitimate. The Democrats lost Congress. They lost the White House. So what did they do? They began trying to run the country through Federal judges and bureaucrats. Every time that a Federal judge issues an order saying that the President of the United States can’t scratch his own back without his say so, that’s the civil war.

Our system of government is based on the constitution, but that’s not the system that runs this country. The Democrat’s system is that any part of government that it runs gets total and unlimited power over the country.

If the Democrats are in the White House, then the president can do anything. And I mean anything. He can have his own amnesty for illegal aliens. He can fine you for not having health insurance. His power is unlimited. He’s a dictator.

But when Republicans get into the White House, suddenly the President can’t do anything. He isn’t even allowed to undo the illegal alien amnesty that his predecessor illegally invented. A Democrat in the White House has ‘discretion’ to completely decide every aspect of immigration policy. A Republican doesn’t even have the ‘discretion’ to reverse him. That’s how the game is played. That’s how our country is run. Sad but
true, although the left hasn’t yet won that particular fight.

When a Democrat is in the White House, states aren’t even allowed to enforce immigration law. But when a Republican is in the White House, states can create their own immigration laws. Under Obama, a state wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom without asking permission. But under Trump, Jerry Brown can go around saying that California is an independent republic and sign treaties with other countries.

The Constitution has something to say about that.

Whether it’s Federal or State, Executive, Legislative or Judiciary, the left moves power around to run the country. If it controls an institution, then that institution is suddenly the supreme power in the land. This is what I call a moving dictatorship.

Donald Trump has caused the Shadow Government to come out of hiding: Professional government is a guild. Like medieval guilds, you can’t serve in it if you’re not a member. If you haven’t been indoctrinated into its arcane rituals. If you aren’t in the club. And Trump isn’t in the club. He brought in a bunch of people who aren’t in the club with him.

Now we’re seeing what the pros do when amateurs try to walk in on them. They spy on them, they investigate them, and they send them to jail. They use the tools of power to bring them down.

That’s not a free country.

It’s not a free country when FBI agents who support Hillary take out an ‘insurance policy’ against Trump winning the election. It’s not a free country when Obama officials engage in massive unmasking of the opposition. It’s not a free country when the media responds to the other guy winning by trying to ban the conservative media that supported him from social media. It’s not a free country when all of the above collude together to overturn an election because the guy who wasn’t supposed to win did.

Have no doubt, we’re in a civil war between conservative volunteer government and a leftist Democrat professional government

90 posted on 07/07/2018 4:15:32 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: jazusamo

Cheap Labor Express strikes back

They absolutely do not want the borders and laws enforced.
They will do anything to stop him from helping US keep our country.
We weren’t supposed to be able to elect a President who would stop the illegal alien inundation.
They had a stranglehold on the GOP.
They still do.


91 posted on 07/07/2018 4:23:33 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

Bill Frist, you have no credibility! You left your wife and children for another of the horsey set DC vultures! Go away! We don’t want you and your low morals around anymore!!


92 posted on 07/07/2018 4:33:07 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: Peeps47

Yep, a long term marriage and then an affair that destroyed it!


93 posted on 07/07/2018 4:34:18 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: jazusamo

One of Trump’s great accomplishments among the now numerous is exposing the GOP establishment scumbags. The GOP in the post Trump era will never be the same. A candidate will either be a Trumpian nationalist/patriot or an establishment/ globalist scum. Trump will be the yardstick that Reagan used to be.


94 posted on 07/07/2018 4:39:21 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: originalbuckeye

Interesting from The Kaiser Foundation website, Frist is a board member of this organization

Quite telling, does not jive with the polls I have seen

https://www.kff.org/health-reform/press-release/poll-two-thirds-of-americans-dont-want-the-supreme-court-to-overturn-roe-v-wade/


95 posted on 07/07/2018 4:44:28 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Lagmeister

“Doesn’t this even go back to when Manafort still had ties to the Podesta group?”

I thought it did. This narrative that it’s a loan while Trump was a candidate just came out 2 or 3 days ago. Maybe there’s a couple of cases against him.

And as for the banker wanting to be in Trump’s administration, I seriously doubt that’s why Manafort got the loan. Course it won’t stop Mueller from using it to tie in Trump... unfortunately damn it!


96 posted on 07/07/2018 4:50:24 PM PDT by Cats1
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To: jazusamo

Useful idiot.


97 posted on 07/07/2018 4:53:05 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: jazusamo

An unethical prosecutor exceeding his mandate and abusing his prosecutorial discretion to extort confessions and “cooperation” is not “the rule of law.” It is the law of the Star Chamber.


98 posted on 07/07/2018 4:55:25 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: jazusamo

Right now we are just fighting for the Rule of Authorship. We want to know who actually wrote each construct within every law. Once we get past that point, we will once again begin to build respect for the law.


99 posted on 07/07/2018 4:56:13 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Cats1

Mueller can, and does, say what he wants. But if there is no payoff, there is no tie to Trump. Besides, trying to smear Trump does not work. They may think they are energizing their base... but who cares.


100 posted on 07/07/2018 4:58:05 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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