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[RustyNails]

p o t e n t i a l l y

Man, this guy knows how to ask the questions

Of course. Sen Blumenthal served as the Attorney General of Connecticut.

 

[Afrikan]

Vice President Pence on the witness stand?

GOD DAMN I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT!

would be like some Movie you were looking forward to seeing.

 

[Muffin1611]

Rich earning my vote here

He acts so professional in comparison to all these Republicans before

 

[LegendofLex]

I almost forgot what it looks like to see an ?(ex-)official behave as professionally as Yates is during this hearing..

 

[Kard8p3]

lmao who just got up and ran off?

 

[RCSI]

Chairs are empty with those rare wide-shots from the camera.

 

[TestOfTide]

I'm calling it right now:

Franken will become the next Biden, and we will LOVE IT.

 

[ScribbleD]

You can actually hear Hirono's eyes rolling as she quotes Spicer.

 

[Mully]

Can I get a summary so far?

GOP grilled Yates about her decision on the Travel Ban.

Dems asked questions which both Yates and Clapper were not able to answer due to classified nature.

 

[everyday math]

Hawaii has been pretty boss the last few months.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

lmao who just got up and ran off?

If I had to guess another republican. lol

 

[Lord Frieza]

Can I get a summary so far?

"Miss Yates, why were you so mean to President Trump?" asked every GOP Senator

 

[Mully]

"Miss Yates, why were you so mean to President Trump?" asked every GOP Senator

Except Sasse. Sasse was an adult.

 

[everyday math]

Franken always amazes me in these.

Copying from a post on Reddit that sums it up well.

For those thinking that Franken didn't do well:
He was brilliant. He knew that Yates wasn't going to respond to anything juicy at all. He also knows that millions and millions of Americans are watching who don't necessarily know the same facts that many of us do.

So he spent his entire time summarizing and outlying many facts that those Americans may not know. He didn't say anything that was false. He didn't connect the dots per say but he displayed the notion that there are dots to be connected.
At the end, he asked a question to Yates in order to get ALL of it on public record. That's why Yates laughed at the end. She knows what he was doing.
God, that was master class.

 

[Advocatus Diaboli]

"According to Sean Spicer" is always a great way to begin a line of questioning.

But this senator, she's not really doing it right. You gotta ask questions - not editorialize like this and fall over yourself before saying "isn't that right?"

She's just reading a transcript. It's painful.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

"Miss Yates, why were you so mean to President Trump?" asked every GOP Senator

they really need to stop trying to save Trump, but they are too stupid to see that iceberg

 

[liquidtmd]

If I had to guess another republican. lol

Jokes on you, they've all long gone at this point beyond the one required to be there

 

[jack_package_200]

Oh boy Trump Tweets

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Jokes on you, they've all long gone at this point beyond the one required to be there

Hey it could have been an aid or something. I didn't say republican member of the panel. lol

 

[BrutishMrFish]

Shit, she's making things worse.

Pushing the idea that Trump was ignorant is not going to help.

 

[LiK]

Fucking tweets. Twitter will end the world.

 

[Socreges]

"I'm loathe to comment on the tweets"

Heh

 

[Herr Schwarz]

So basically, we have to wait for the FBI to finish up their investigation.

I really wish they would ask what the contingencies are for if Trump refused to get rid of Flynn.

Or the contingency for if they know for certainty Trump is a Russian agent etc

Or at least. what's the procedure if the President is Kompromised.

 

[Advocatus Diaboli]

Shit, she's making things worse.

Pushing the idea that Trump was ignorant is not going to help.

The way to do what she's trying to do is to be Al Franken. This ain't a good look.

 

[ReAxion]

Fucking tweets. Twitter will end the world.

if the president wants to step on his dick using tweets that strike down his own executive orders, the world lasts longer.

 

[PhoenixDawn]

She should probably stop now, her method of questioning isn't really working. I'm sure her heart is in the right place, but it isn't really a good look.

 

[NullPointer]

More relevant questions, less editorializing please.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Oh boy Trump Tweets

LOL yeah but those are fair game. Even more so than the unmasked talk.

people should hold Trump to everything he writes on Twitter

people get fired for twitting shit all the time why does POTUS get a pass?

 

[jstripes]

they really need to stop trying to save Trump, but they are too stupid to see that iceberg

Oh, they see that iceberg, but I'm certain that iceberg has a non-trivial number of GOP names on it too. When and if the FBI makes its move, we're all going to be in for a surprise.

 

[victreeb3l]

Graham actually asked a Russia question?

Whats going on

 

[Username1198]

Fuck graham is such a scumbag these fucking evil shits

 

[Tovarisc]

Graham actually asked a Russia question?

Whats going on

Don't worry, we back at surveillance and unmasking

 

[everyday math]

Ugggggg go away

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I see good old Lyndsey is trying to defend Trump and company again.

 

[victreeb3l]

Don't worry, we back at surveillance and unmasking

Ah fuck my stream is delayed

 

[cackhyena]

I see good old Lyndsey is trying to defend Trump and company again.

...not really seeing it that way atm.

 

[LiK]

Graham asking stupid questions.

 

[VendettaRed07]

Graham actually asked a Russia question?

Whats going on

He waited for the other republicans to leave first I guess

 

[timetokill]

"TELL US WHO THE LEAKERS ARE GRRRRRR"

 

[jack_package_200]

Uggh no one gives a fuck about the leaks

 

[everyday math]

Omg wow holy fucking shit this is terrifying at the cover up going on here.

The desire to attack someone. Even tho it uncovered something important.

 

[Vimes]

lol asking if Clapper or Yates leaked to the Post. The fuck you on about Graham.

 

[Username1198]

Graham asking stupid questions.

Seriously he's worried about who did the unmasking even though Yates has said sometimes the names are already unmasked

Lol and he keeps cutting Yates off

 

[Tovarisc]

Clapper and Yates getting fed up with this unmasking bs.

 

[LiK]

Holy shit, Graham you know they can't answer this publicly.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

"unmasking" lol, the dog and pony show continues


Lindsay Maverick Graham

 

[MIMIC]

So....what's up with that sign? lol

 

[dickroach]

this dude's name is Mr. Whitehouse?

 

[Jams775]

Graham asking stupid questions.

If you ever hear someone say, "There's no such thing as a stupid question" just link them this video.

 

[ReAxion]

he wants everyone to know that leaking about a crime is worse than doing the crime.