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[Prof. Bathtub]

Clapper doesn't quite believe that Rs are so idiotic at asking deflecting questions.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

The hell? Did Cruz leave?

I would too after that showing. He, the constitutional scholar got ethered.

 

[Nairume]

lol "all these ancillary issues"

 

[RedStep]

What did she say? Everyone here is going BOOM SCHOOLED OH YEAH etc. but I have no idea what she actually said.

Is everybody supposed to recap for people that can't be bothered to watch? I missed it as well, so I backed up the stream.

 

[LiK]

https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/861675005100388352

OMG SO GOOD

 

[Harmen]

Look at the Republican fuck heads try to bury Yates And get owned in the process.

It's pretty clear, any investigation involving republicans will lead nowhere. An independent investigation needs to happen.

Aren't there Democratic senators involved? Can't watch and am not familiar with the specifics of US politics, but surely a Senate hearing will include Democrats as well?

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Cruz had his feeling hurt and had to go cry with his buddy Corbyn.

 

[Jenov]

The hell? Did Cruz leave?

He had to get treatment for those burns

 

[SexyFish]

Clapper saying all that shit other than Russian interference is useless bullshit in this hearing basically.

 

[n00bsauce87]

It's sorta scary just how prepared she is for the questioning. I mean her answers and rebuttals are split second quick... well for the republicans at least

 

[Tovarisc]

Lol where's Corbyn and Cruz?

Burn ward

 

[everyday math]

Lol Sally destroyed Cruz so hard he left hahah

 

[BoogieWoogie]

THANK YOU

Lol fuck off Graham. "Oh yeah we're totally going to make Russia pay!"

 

[brau]

lol.. the drama...

'Until they pay a price..... *silence*'

 

[Brandon F]

Lol where's Corbyn and Cruz?

Bud Light awaits them on the Rose Garden!

 

[Protome]

Oh wow, Clapper going all in.
"I get why leaks and unmasking and these ancillary issues are important BUT MOTHERFUCKERS, RUSSIA FUCKED WITH THE ELECTION AND WILL DO IT AGAIN."

Spoiler

slightly paraphrased, but only slightly.

 

[jstripes]

I fully believe the bullshit began in earnest around the Reagan era. That's when the GOP decided to embrace and elect the religious loonies who justify all their actions with some God's soldiers bullshit. Why should they compromise with Democrats when Democrats love Satan and abortion?

From the New Deal era until the late '70s, you had some honestly moderate Republicans - the northeastern Rockefeller set - who wouldn't have stood for this bullshit. Now they're all gone because some assholes think God told them to run for Congress.

Late '60s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

 

[Billy_Pilgrim]

At times this has actually been pretty informative. It's given the best holistic view of where we stand with Russian interference.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Ben Sasse, first republican to actually ask about hacking

 

[The Last Wizard]

Clapper looks bored.

Well it's been one giant smokescreen that's obvious as all hell.

 

[PhoenixDawn]

It's sorta scary just how prepared she is for the questioning. I mean her answers and rebuttals are split second quick... well for the republicans at least

They have such one track minds in their strategy for trying to obstruct that it is pretty obvious what they are going to try because they've never strayed from it in any of these hearings yet. Props to Sally Yates for being so prepared for those questions though, her responses to the bullshit they have been spewing have been top notch.

 

[mjc]

It's sorta scary just how prepared she is for the questioning. I mean her answers and rebuttals are split second quick... well for the republicans at least

It's pretty easy for someone as educated as her to dismantle republican questioning, no doubt.

 

[Akuun]

https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/861675005100388352

Cruz tried to school her on a legal footnote. She then pulled out one of the subsections of that law and pointed to her justification/basis for not following the law.

essentially it boiled down to "have you ever heard of a situation where the OLC said an order was lawful, then the AG turned around and overrode them and said that it was unlawful?" and Yates was like "not off the top of my head, but I'm also not familiar with a situation where an EO was sent to the president without the AG being informed about it until after the fact." and Cruz was like "buh buh you're partisan"

Thanks, all.

 

[LiK]

Yates is awssome.

 

[MG310]

The hell? Did Cruz leave?

He usually has to pay 1.99 a minute for that kind of humiliation.

 

[The Last Wizard]

A wild republican appears!

 

[studyguy]

https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/861676628086329346

Tim Mak (@timkmak)
Cruz, after asking about travel ban and emails, leaves the Senate hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election

Deflection and walk away in shame.

https://twitter.com/sethmoulton/status/861675675446595590

Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton)
Timeline check: Yates repeatedly offered to let WH Counsel review evidence DOJ had on Flynn. They accepted and fired her on the same day.

More important conclusion to draw.

 

[Mesoian]

https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/861675005100388352

Her knocking back Cornyn as well.

She's doing well.

https://twitter.com/igorvolsky/status/861671387102154753

 

[DonShula]

Debate champ Cruz got tombstoned by Yates on a question of constitutional law.

If Cruz was a rapper he'd never perform live again.

 

[Joeku]

Why is Phil Spencer in this hearing?

 

[shadow_shogun]

Ben Sasse, first republican to actually ask about hacking

Yeah, the guy deserves some credit.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Footage of Cruz leaving the room

 

[Lord Frieza]

It's sorta scary just how prepared she is for the questioning. I mean her answers and rebuttals are split second quick... well for the republicans at least

She's a true nasty woman

 

[Vincent Alexander]

A wild republican appears!

This guy must not have gotten the memo. He's asking good questions. Outrage!!

 

[Vimes]

Pretty sure that Cruz is going to have a pre-existing condition after that one

👏

 

[Jenov]

Footage of Cruz leaving the room

lolol

 

[mjc]

Someone got footage of Cruz leaving the chamber

 

[Funkyhamster]

I'm glad Ben Sasse is actually talking about the issue at hand, but it was also kind of funny how blunt his first question was. It was a few shades away from "so, uh, what do the Russians have on me?"

 

[Mikef2000]

Footage of Cruz leaving the room

LMAO

 

[Maxim726X]

Oh mah Gawd a Republican asking about Russia??

 

[LiK]

Cruz left to cry.

 

[Blader]

Late '60s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

Southern strategy was driven by racism. The religious right formed in the mid-late 70s around abortion.

 

[Boke1879]

Footage of Cruz leaving the room

Can I take this and post it on twitter lol?

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Wow, a sane Republican. Who knew??

 

[wesleyshark]

Footage of Cruz leaving the room

Lmao

 

[Skyball Paint]

Ben Sasse, first republican to actually ask about hacking

it's a gawd damn miracle

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

What's all this about Russia? This is deflection from the official leaks conference.

 

[otake]

Man, Ted Cruz..... At this point I guess that's the result of abandoning all dignity.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Sasse just went in on Wikileaks, whoa.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Can we get someone to do the end of 8 Mile with Yates vs the Republicans