r/PoursTea • u/Longjumping-Tell1774 • 16h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Republicans this morning

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u/Longjumping-Tell1774 16h ago

I meant the representatives. None have gone on the record yet. But word is they’re furious

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u/Candid-Mycologist539 16h ago

Furious enough to do something -- anything -- to curtail presidential power crimes???

If not, then they aren't nearly furious enough yet. Clutching pearls is not an effective leadership style in any era. They are enablers who are benefiting from the status quo and have no reason to rock the boat.

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u/Arubesh2048 15h ago

They can’t be that furious, they enabled this whole thing. They passed the legislation which empowered Trump to unilaterally ignore congressionally passed sanctions. This was why many Democrats voted against the Lindsay Graham bill.

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u/Status-Secret-4292 15h ago

Only for show.

They all know the price for Putins "help" in the elections this cycle is much higher because their chances of winning is so much lower.

Putin has them all where he wants them and they are all willing to pay the inflated price. To not win means a chance at life in jail for some, they're all willing to sacrifice everything that isn't them for that not to happen.

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u/GravitasFailures 15h ago

Performative, they know their constituents are crippled by generational inbreeding and wouldn’t understand it anyway.

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u/OliLevasseurLaBuse 15h ago

They don't give a shit

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u/starbuck_234 15h ago

What happened?

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u/ItsMetheDeepState 15h ago

Trump signed an executive order exempting Russia from the new sanctions Congress wrote into law. Additionally Trump/Putin announced a joint data center project.

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u/Arubesh2048 15h ago

Mind you, that same law that created the sanctions also gave Trump the power to do this in the first place. It’s why a lot of Democrats voted against it.

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u/starbuck_234 10h ago

Y.I.K.E.S Thanks for explaining and not flaming me for not knowing.

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u/foo_fight3r 14h ago

They're always furious, allegedly. But they're cowards, they never do anything.

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u/Longjumping-Tell1774 14h ago

I actually really want to hear a Republican defend this one. Because there is nothing. Absolutely f all that benefits the U.S. in this.

Not even Trump benefits

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u/onlyhere4gonewild 12h ago

They are not. Stop lying to yourself. This is how they ended up in this situation.

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u/Original-Rush139 8h ago

You mean the people who said he learned his lesson when he was impeached for extorting Ukraine to the benefit of Russia? 

I’ll believe it when republicans file articles of impeachment and get them through the house. 

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u/SSSaltShake 16h ago

What I'm saying is it would be like if Republicans made a meme that said "Progressives finally figure out the Obama family kills their political enemies" ... Progressives would just think it was retarded.

That's how Republicans would read this meme. They wouldn't be blown away by the wit, or think they'd been PWN'ed, .. they'd just think it was stupid.

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 16h ago

I've seen dumb takes from new accounts before but this is the dumbest take from the newest account I've ever seen.

Way to put the dogwhistle right up front at least?

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u/Ok-Possibility-1206 16h ago

Are you referring to OP or the comment to which you're responding?

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u/ModernCGIFloatinHead 15h ago

OP is naive in that they think people will suddenly realize something that's been known since the 80s. 

Pretty obvious that's not the dumbest take I've ever seen. Extrapolate from there. 

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u/SSSaltShake 16h ago

I literally have no idea what you're even talking about.