Can you say bribery?
Courtesy of WaPo:
President Trump, partial to gold and marble elegance, never took a shine to rustic Camp David. So acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney pitched to him an unusual idea at the start of the House impeachment inquiry: Use the secluded mountainous presidential retreat to woo House Republicans.
Since then, Mulvaney and top White House officials have hosted weekend getaways for Republicans at the historic lodge, seeking to butter up Republicans before the big impeachment vote. The casual itinerary includes making s’mores over the campfire, going hiking, shooting clay pigeons and schmoozing with Trump officials, some of whom stay overnight with lawmakers.
During dinners, Trump has called in to compliment members personally.
“I’ve worked with a number of Republican presidents over various administrations . . . and I’ve never, ever been invited to Camp David,” said Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.). “It was amazing to go for the short weekend. So historic.”
The Camp David excursions are one prong of a broad White House charm offensive, meant to hold House and Senate Republicans in line through a House impeachment vote and a trial in the Senate that appears all but inevitable.
The White House has made sure that a small clutch of Republican lawmakers have accompanied Trump to a trio of recent sporting events, whether at the Ultimate Fighting Championship in New York, the World Series in Washington or at the football game in Tuscaloosa, Ala., between the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University.
Some GOP lawmakers are also invited to have lunch with Trump every Thursday but they swear that they are not being pressured to defend him.
Yeah, right.
You know I have long bragged that I am simply not for sale, at any price.
However let me just state for the record that if my integrity were for sale it would certainly cost substantially more than an overnight stay in some musty presidential retreat or tickets to an MMA fight.
I would think that some of Trump’s lawyers would be freaking out about these revelations as they could be seen as applying undue influence on the jury that will decide whether Trump is removed from office or not.
In other words. Bribery. Or (future) jury tampering.
And we are surprised WHY? We aren’t.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=737Lr2pW750
Dogs of War.
This is the End.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyIC-_eHSS0
Fact: Orson Wells wanted to do Heart of Darkness but all the studios said no and fell on plan which was Citizen Kane so imagine had he made Heart of Darkness
“Ride the $nake to the ancient lake…
The We$t i$ be$t…
Come on baby…take a chance with U$…
It starts with little things. Dinners, golf, Camp David. Then he’s asking them to go to Ukraine in place of Rudy.
I’m beginning to think republicans are the biggest yokels and most certainly authoritarians.
But Trump is stuck with them and they are his useful idiots as he is Putins. Of course he would prefer to hang with Chuck and Nancy who wouldn’t be bought by Camp David.
The Republicans who have chosen to leave congress realized that this administration was untenable and Trump is a
major league grifter. But I believe he will be re-elected because as much as I love this country–we have become a country of
know nothings and have no idea how close we are to fascism.
Well said.
Yes, ma’am. I have been sometimes been in trouble here for saying the same darned thing.
VOTE as if your life depends on it, because it does, and watch.
tinydjt tweets>Too bad we didn’t have the G-7 here. I offered to pick up the entire cost, would have saved at least $35,000,000 for the USA. Best location. Very stupid people thought I would gain. Wrong! Looking at Camp David. Will announce soon.
Polls have now turned very strongly against Impeachment, especially in swing states. 75% to 25%. Thank you!
Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, AOC and the rest of the Democrats are not getting important legislation done, hence, the Do Nothing Democrats. USMCA, National Defense Authorization Act, Gun Safety, Prescription Drug Prices, & Infrastructure are dead in the water because of the Dems!
LMAO. He is so effing stupid. Anyone and their dog knows how Congress is structured.
“I love the poorly educated!” Of course he does.
More like they are getting tons of work done, sending it to the Senate only to die because Moscow Mitch won’t let it come to a vote.
Try again, Sergei.
No. He did not offer to pick up the entire cost.
The cost of the G7 will not be 35 MILLION dollars.
Trump is a liar. Get a clue.
And no, polls have not turned strongly against impeachment. They are pretty stagnant and voters are entrenched.
Nice try, Igor.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/trump-hunkering-down-in-white-house-residence-bunker-as-impeachment-hearings-overwhelm-administration/
“President Donald Trump is increasingly morphing the White House residence into a second Oval. It’s become the place where Trump feels most productive, where he avoids meddling by his staff and where he speed-dials his network of confidantes, GOP lawmakers and TV pundits,” the report states adding that the White House residence was where the president also made his infamous Ukraine phonecall that led to the impeachment proceedings.”
“Maintaining a sanctuary to work and THINK has taken on greater importance for the president as he increasingly feels under siege by the Democratic impeachment inquiry,”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/adam-schiff-trumps-death-penalty-threat-was-one-reason-we-didnt-have-whistleblower-testify?ref=home
Adam Schiff: Trump’s ‘Death Penalty’ Threat Was One Reason We Didn’t Have Whistleblower Testify
“The president said the whistleblower and others should be treated as a traitor and a spy and we ought to use the penalty and that’s the death penalty,”
https://www.lancastercourier.com/2019/11/23/former-federal-prosecutor-says-devin-nunes-is-facing-federal-charges-for-seeking-dirt-on-biden/?fbclid=IwAR2oofpXABJPwSWijGW5BuTuKTSECbohprxHS2P1R1WRXvPYsM89Ap2Q6vA
https://www.newsweek.com/devin-nunes-spent-57000-flights-europe-allegedly-investigate-bidens-1473765
“Rep. Nunes allegedly met foreign officials on an overseas Congressional delegation using taxpayer funds which appears to be related to obtaining materials solely for the purposes of domestic politics,” the letter said.
“Studies have found that Native Americans — particularly women — face disproportionate levels of violence. And federal databases have inadequately tracked missing persons.
A national plan aims to address the crisis of murdered and missing Native Americans.”
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/22/782107603/barr-announces-plan-to-address-crisis-of-missing-and-murdered-native-americans
“American Indian and Alaska Native people suffer from unacceptable and disproportionately high levels of violence, which can have lasting impacts on families and communities, Barr said in a statement. “Native American women face particularly high rates of violence, with at least half suffering sexual or intimate-partner violence in their lifetime. Too many of these families have experienced the loss of loved ones who went missing or were murdered.”
Those stupid, stupid Republican Senators. I’ll bet Trump has every room at Camp David, tapped with hidden cameras in order to get dirt on some of his Republican “colleagues”. Actually, the Secret Service may keep constant surveillance anyways. And who is paying the bill for this Republican folly?
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/23/20979143/giuliani-lev-parnas-devin-nunes-biden-investigation-impeachment-inquiry
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/11/23/20979123/thomas-mann-exra-klein-impeachment-explained-republican-party-polarization
https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/22/how-republicans-won-phase-one-of-impeachment/#.XdgDSxCPZ0x.twitter
“By massive margins, Independents say that the impeachment issue is ‘more important to politicians than it is to me’ (62% to 22%) and ‘more important to the media than it is to me’ (61% to 23%).”
He is using Camp David as his own bribery resort at taxpayers expense, which just makes it more disgusting .
he doesn’t own Camp David, just like he doesn’t own the WH, why doesn’t he do his dirty dealings on his own property.
it also says a lot about how unethical the republicans are. which is really no surprise.
Just imagine that you are so far off in the head, “I’m being invited to Camp David! I are speshul!”
Like you’re having a personal audience with the Pope. Gasping for breath, “whatever you say, Mr. President!”
At least 17 said, “I can’t do this shit any more” and resigned.
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/24/trump-g7.html
LPGA Payout today>
$1.5 Million to the winner.
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/24/kamala-harris-trump-impeachment.html
He put his personal interests in front of national security.
A weekend of free pussy at camp David?
I guess since Trump isn’t in attendance, he thinks he can skate this being called bribery or at the very least, influencing the “jury” who is going to decide his fate at his upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate.