GOP lawyer rant misfires: A GOP Senator Tried, and Failed, to Quote Jesus in Def
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Over the weekend, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee defended Donald Trump the way so many conservatives do: by quoting Jesus.
She was responding to the whistleblower’s attorney, who had tweeted after a recent legal victory:
A 3-year, coordinated effort has been underway to remove @realDonaldTrump from office.
Jesus warned us — watch out for the lawyers. https://t.co/GqBBPOL9iw
— Marsha Blackburn (@VoteMarsha) November 10, 2019
Right… as Jesus said, “watch out for the lawyers.”
Except Jesus never said that. Shakespeare did. And he didn’t even mean it in the way Blackburn intended.
To top it off, the Shakespeare quote — from “Henry VI, Part 2” — is widely interpreted as a message about how lawyers are capable of protecting the rule of law from a corrupt leader out to grab power. As one Twitter wag asked Blackburn: “Sound like anyone you know?”
In the Shakespeare play, character Dick the Butcher listens to a cohort dreaming of becoming an all-powerful king. Dick pipes up: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”
Per usual, Twitter wasted no time in roasting Blackburn for her mistake:
Lawyers, like these?? pic.twitter.com/FLdO3SGxBZ
— Terry Dresbach (@draiochta14) November 11, 2019
And, the reason why lawyers have wanted to remove this president from office since the moment he took the oath, is that he has been violating the Constitution since then. Perhaps after you “brush up your Shakespeare”, you might read the emoluments clauses.
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) November 11, 2019
That was Shakespeare. I think it was Jesus who warned us about the Republicans.
— Lisa Glass (@LMplusG) November 11, 2019
Maybe if Blackburn ever read a Bible, instead of just trying to quote from it, she would know more about what Jesus said.
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What is so hard to understand about this?
What is black and brown and looks good on a lawyer?
A rottweiler.
It sickens me that people like Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and the like have lied to us for three years about irrefutable evidence of Trump collussion with Russia that THEY have seen but four different investigations came up with nothing.
Did Piece of Schiff and Swallowswell not tell us they had personally seen evidence?
Try presenting a fact rather than a vaguery about your feelings.
I like where my 401k has gone.
I like where the unemployment rates and the employment numbers have gone.
I like that a POTUS is finally standing up to China.
I like that a POTUS is engaging with NoKo rather than ignoring them.
Also Democrats, "Using plastic straw gets you jail time."
Democrat, "The world will end due to Climate Change in 12 years."
Also Democrats, " I am flying around the world in my private jet to warn the world of the oncoming disaster."
Democrats, "You get fined for not picking up your dog poop on the sidewalk."
Also Democrats, "It's not a crime to leave your own poop on the sidewalk."
Democrats, "Hey, Ukraine. Can you get me some dirt on Paul Manafort?"
Also Democrats, "No! We don't want any dirt on his partner in crime, Anthony Podesta."
Democrats, " Failing to cooperate with the Mueller investigation could adversely effect US aid."
Also Democrats, "Trump asked them to cooperate with the DOJ investigation of the origins of the hoax and corruption by US officials. He should be impeached!"
Democrats....
First off, @OldWhiteGuy, great username and very appropriate in this context.
You're not listening. The testimony yesterday came from two civil servants who have worked under multiple Democratic and Republican administrations. One of them graduated from West Point and served in Vietnam. The other is a Harvard grad who has an encyclopedic knowledge of Ukrainian diplomacy. There's overwhelming evidence that Trump abused his power to withhold taxpayer approved military aid in exchange for digging up dirt on the Bidens and to support a wild conspiracy theory about the 2016 elections. Ukrainians are being attacked by the Russians and dying in their own soil and the only thing Trump can think about is his himself and his reelection.
The hearings are not going to convince a ranting old fool like yourself and I guarantee Trump will not be convicted in the Senate. But the hearings are necessary because it gets the word out to a small number of independents who *do* listen. And the hearings are also necessary for the sake of history and our kids will study this sad period in detail someday.
There’s something about strip clubs that attracts this sort of ranting stupidity that @OldWhiteGuy illustrates. I think it’s another reason that I’ve gravitated to the sugaring scene.
@VH_Kicks: Particularly in this forum, attacking anyones morals is a bit hypocritical (even for a Democrat)
Now your stupid statements:
First, comparing anyone to Hitler disqualifies you from being a rational human being.
Second, second it's the Democrats that are putting party over country by wasting their time trying to bloody Trump in the run up to 2020 because they know none of their current candidates could beat him.
Third, if we hate America, why is it that Republicans defend American Exceptionalism and Democrats want to radically change our way of life? And, for the record, it was Obama who said, "Tell Vlad I'll have more flexibility after the election." and then reneged on providing the Missile Defense System to Poland.
Fourth, there's a saying that it is better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Fifth, the good news is that as this charade plays out the Democrats are vulcanizing the Trump voters. And again, to correct the record, the cages were built and used during the Obama Administration. The original pictures used by the lying press to attack Trump actually had the date 2014 on them.
Sixth, I used three separate posts to highlight three different ideas. You still haven't contradicted the facts. The Democrats can't handle a Republican that fights back. The utter lunacy of Democrat policy. You aren't very good at your job. You have provided ZERO facts just spewing shit and insults.
"Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3 so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. 4 They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger."
Try refuting any of the statements with a fact.
Hilliary had double digit lead over Trump in the polls. TRUE
Democrats like Bloomberg and Patrick are getting into the race because the people that run the Democrat Party know that it's just a matter of time before Biden implodes and Warren is unelectable. TRUE
The great Obama said, "Tell Vlad I'll have much more flexibility after the election." and then after the election withdrew our promise to provide Poland with the missile defense system. TRUE
The cages were built and used during the Obama Administration. TRUE
Intelligent Dems is an oxymoron. TRUE
Now spew some more demeaning swear words and show us how tough you are you cow cunt douchebag motherfucker!
I picked a liberal source because they explain so a 5 year old can understand it
Please, tell me one Democrat solution to any problem that doesn't involve giving more power to the government and less freedom to the American Citizens.
This isn't that forum.
I know that we're mostly people who don't know each other, but some basic respect wouldn't kill you.