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Senate Republicans tested on Trump support after Mueller
The Hill ^ | 04/21/19 06:03 AM EDT | ALEXANDER BOLTON

Posted on 04/21/2019 8:24:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Special counsel Robert Mueller's report poses a test for vulnerable Senate Republicans running for reelection, forcing them to decide how far to distance themselves from President Trump heading into 2020.

Mueller declined to pursue charges of conspiracy, illegal coordination or obstruction of justice, but much of his report reflects poorly on the president and reveals there are several more federal investigations that have yet to wrap up.

While House Democrats will need to decide how hard to go to attack Trump in the wake of the report and whether to pursue a politically charged impeachment process, Senate Republicans have to figure out how far to go to defend the president.

“I think Republicans should avoid doing a victory lap. The main thing here was, were the Russians involved in the Trump campaign? Beyond that, the president’s got to defend his own conduct,” said Vin Weber, a GOP strategist. “Republicans should be talking about other things like the economy.”

ADVERTISEMENT Asked what Republicans should do if they're asked directly about Trump’s conduct, Weber said, “That’s a tough one.”

“I would probably deflect a little bit by saying this: We’ve all gotten used to this being a different kind of president from a different kind of background who conducts himself differently than previous presidents, and beyond that it’s his problem, not mine,” he added.

Some expect Republicans to wait to see how the highly anticipated report plays with their constituents back home over the two-week holiday recess.

“Are Republicans privately unhappy with some of Trump’s actions in the report? Yes, of course. But the majority of Republicans are not going to go after the president on this because he has not been charged with a crime,” said another Republican strategist who requested anonymity.

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KEYWORDS: fakenews; gopestablishment; mueller; muelleroped; muellerreport; rinos; wasteofpaper; witchhunt
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Mass psychosis.
1 posted on 04/21/2019 8:24:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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Vin Weber, a GOP strategist.
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Bush League Republican and Cheap Labor Express stooge.

Bush League Republicans MUST become extinct before the Republic does.

Bush League Republicans want to help the Democrats get a permanent majority through amnesty. Graham is working on the next attempt right now.

For 2020, the ones up are, Flimsey Grahamnesty, Thom Tillis, Gardner, McSally, Daines, Collins, Cornyn, Capito, Enzi, Rounds, Sasse, Hyde-Smith, McConnell.
They all should have primary challengers.

It does US no good to have a bunch of people wearing R jerseys that still want to pass amnesty and give away our country.


2 posted on 04/21/2019 8:26:27 AM 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: E. Pluribus Unum

We all know where Queasy Mitt stands.


3 posted on 04/21/2019 8:26:51 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: All

DJT has broken the political order and for that I’m forever grateful.


4 posted on 04/21/2019 8:28:52 AM PDT by JonPreston ( The GOPe is on board with the North American Union and the European Union.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If indeed the dems gets people to testify that Trump asked them to stop the investigation then dems will go for an impeachment based on obstruction.

and there’s enough weak kneed Rs in the senate to put it through

not psychosis at all.


5 posted on 04/21/2019 8:29:12 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Holding the senate with these nevertrumpers running will be a monumental task. Collins, Rubio, McSally, Portman, Gardner, not much to be enthusiastic about with this crew.


6 posted on 04/21/2019 8:30:55 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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He was not charged with a crime because no crime existed for which to be charged with. Any republican running against the president puts himself at a massive disadvantage and the only logical reason for them to act thusly is most likely because they are receiving money from open borders lobbyists.


7 posted on 04/21/2019 8:31:23 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
So wait a minute? If Senate Republicans up for re-election shy away from Trump and call for further investigations, they'll win bigly?

ROFL

8 posted on 04/21/2019 8:31:37 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!!)
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To: dp0622

Not “weak-kneed”; treasonous.


9 posted on 04/21/2019 8:39:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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An obvious attempt to push weak knee Republicans into enemy territory. With reelection looming soon, I suspect RATs will wait until after Trump wins again to actually impeach. Assuming they hold the House which is a big if. I predict they lose the House because of their leftward shift .
10 posted on 04/21/2019 8:42:36 AM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What do you mean “tested”?

After all the extensive investigation, they could not find any “Russian influence”

Republicans and everyone else should rally to his support.


11 posted on 04/21/2019 8:42:58 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Democrat Media Death Star never misses a trick, or a chance to do an attack run on President Trump...


12 posted on 04/21/2019 8:45:00 AM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LoL

The Hill wants just 1 more investigation.. who runs them now? Maddow?


13 posted on 04/21/2019 8:45:23 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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Senate Republicans = Major POS!

Here are those up for re-election next year, is there a one of them that you would actually, left to your own devices vote for?

Jim Inhofe
Pat Roberts (not running again)
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Lamar Alexander (not running again)
Mitch McConnell
Jim Risch
Mike Enzi
David Perdue
Susan Collins
John Cornyn
Shelley Moore Capito
Mike Rounds
Lindsay Graham
Thom Tillis ( perhaps the biggest turd in the punchbowl)
Bill Cassidy
Steve Daines
Dan Sullivan
Joni Earnst
Ben Sasse
Cory Gardner
Tom Cotton

And yet, in most cases, circumstances will demand that we support their candidacies.

Again, in 2022 we have more of the same “flavor of $hit” on the menu.

Chuck Grassley (he’s already 83 so maybe he will quit or die)
Richard Shelby ( he’s already 82 so maybe he will quit or die)
Johnny Isakson
John Kennedy
John Boozeman
Roy Blunt
Mike Crappo
Jerry Moran
Rob Portman
Richard Burr ( the second biggest turd in the punchbowl)
Ron Johnson
John Hoeven
Lisa Murkowski
Martha McSally
John Thune
Pat Toomey
Rand Paul
Tim Scott
James Lankford
Todd Young
Marco Rubio
Mike Lee

Just think of what the Trump Presidency could have been with all of these “paid off obstructionists” replaced with decent folks who thought more of helping their constituents, than their own wallets?


14 posted on 04/21/2019 8:46:11 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: kenmcg

Trump is like an illegal alien doing the work these imposters refuse to do. This cheap labor thing with AI here and robots there that argument doesn’t hold water. At of all of them we don’t have one leader.


15 posted on 04/21/2019 8:46:50 AM PDT by magua (Because itÂ’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

the president’s got to defend his own conduct,” said Vin Weber, a GOP strategist....

And what conduct might that be?

Losing advice from a loser who gets paid by suckers to advise losing campaigns.

I expect DJT to not defend anything but to go on the attack against the rats, the media, and gopos’s like willard.


16 posted on 04/21/2019 8:47:03 AM PDT by Ceebass (The only thing Orwell got wrong was the date)
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To: AmericanCheeseFood

Remember, the gop idiots went along with unqualified nobama being allowed to run for President. Treason on both sides of the aisle. How pathetic are many of our “leaders”?


17 posted on 04/21/2019 8:47:17 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

So sick of them being called leaders. People in public office are either there to serve to the best of their ability or there to leech.


18 posted on 04/21/2019 8:49:56 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Same goes for McCain. Ooops, I forgot he is dead now.


19 posted on 04/21/2019 8:53:44 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: escapefromboston

I sat primary any RINO that isn’t proud of this president.


20 posted on 04/21/2019 8:54:46 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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