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You are here: Home / Politics / Domestic Politics / Schiff warned them…

Schiff warned them…

by Betty Cracker|  February 13, 20204:52 pm| 50 Comments

This post is in: Domestic Politics, Open Threads, Politics, Republican Stupidity

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Remember when Adam Schiff told senators that if they let Trump get away with flagrantly abusing power to extort a foreign government for election assistance, there would be nothing to stop him from playing demented games with politicians here at home for profit and personal amusement?

Tweet from Trump that reads: I’m seeing Governor Cuomo today at The White House. He must understand that National Security far exceeds politics. New York must stop all of its unnecessary lawsuits & harrassment, start cleaning itself up, and lowering taxes. Build relationships, but don’t bring Fredo!

Trump has been bellowing like a herniated warthog about multiple ongoing lawsuits in New York. He changed his legal residence to Florida in a fit of pique (as if we weren’t already at maximum asshole capacity) and ranted about it on Twitter.

Trump’s ban on New York’s participation in programs like Global Entry sure seems like blatant political retribution, and now he’s publicly telling Cuomo to knuckle under or else because why the hell not? Thanks, Senate Republicans!

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  1. 1.

    oatler.

    February 13, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    He sounds like he’s one tantrum away from a stroke.

  2. 2.

    The Moar You Know

    February 13, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    Remember when Adam Schiff told senators that if they let Trump get away with flagrantly abusing power to extort a foreign government for election assistance, there would be nothing to stop him from playing demented games with politicians here at home for profit and personal amusement?

    And the Senators said “well, that means Democrats, we already sold our dignity to the Great Orange Pustule, so that’s fine” and went home and slept on a mattress made of hundred dollar bills.

  3. 3.

    Mary G

    February 13, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    I thought I saw a tweet from Tish James, NY state Attorney General, saying that Cuomo doesn’t have the power to negotiate this, only she does, and the president can fuck right off. (Not in those exact terms.) Now I can’t find it.

  4. 4.

    Baud

    February 13, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    @Mary G:

    People don’t like Cuomo, but he’s not stupid.

  5. 5.

    JMG

    February 13, 2020 at 5:05 pm

    @Mary G: This is correct. AG of New York, like most states, is an independent elected official.

  6. 6.

    catclub

    February 13, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    @oatler.: dinna hold your breath. Trump has outlasted at least 4 years of predictions of his imminent demise.

    Mine included!

  7. 7.

    dmsilev

    February 13, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    I’m confused. Why would Cuomo bring along Don Jr. or Eric?

  8. 8.

    LarrytheRed

    February 13, 2020 at 5:11 pm

    What the hell is Cuomo doing at the WH, anyway?

  9. 9.

    Redshift

    February 13, 2020 at 5:12 pm

    It’s not as if Republicans going after areas of the country that don’t vote for them is a thing that just started with Trump. He’s just saying the quiet parts out loud.

    The one lesson politicians of any stripe should take from the impeachment is not to knuckle under to Trump unless you want to keep doing it forever. Giving him what he wants doesn’t get you any credit, it just means he doesn’t go after you right then.

  10. 10.

    jonas

    February 13, 2020 at 5:13 pm

    @catclub: Supposedly Hope Hicks is coming back to the WH to help handle Trump’s deteriorating mental state. We’ll see.

  11. 11.

    pamelabrown53

    February 13, 2020 at 5:13 pm

    @dmsilev:

    LOL…Good one!

  12. 12.

    Wapiti

    February 13, 2020 at 5:14 pm

    @jonas: I like that rumor.

  13. 13.

    Bill Arnold

    February 13, 2020 at 5:14 pm

    The Republicans already fucked with NY State with the capping of the SALT deduction. Many middle class homeowners saw their Federal income taxes go up a few K, myself included.  This was a direct transfer of wealth from middle class homeowners to rich people in low tax (R, mostly) states. (Approximately. :-)

  14. 14.

    Redshift

    February 13, 2020 at 5:15 pm

    I’m about to head to an Elizabeth Warren town hall! Let me know if you have any good suggestions for what to talk about in the selfie line (or in the town hall, if I’m that lucky.) I always draw a complete blank when meeting big-name people.

  15. 15.

    ziggy

    February 13, 2020 at 5:15 pm

    Barr just verbally spanked Trump for his tweets, it will be interesting to see how that plays out!

  16. 16.

    JPL

    February 13, 2020 at 5:19 pm

    @ziggy: Wanna bet that he gave trump a heads up and said he really, really didn’t mean it, but had to stop dozens more from walking out.

  17. 17.

    la caterina

    February 13, 2020 at 5:21 pm

    @Redshift: Tell her your favorite blog is inhabited by tons of pro-Warren Juicers who are with her til the convention!

  18. 18.

    Bill Arnold

    February 13, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    cuomo should wear a wire and offer to shut down any ny ag investigations into trump or his company in exchange for letting ny back into the program https://t.co/Wpku4mUzXv— John Cook (@johnjcook) February 12, 2020

    I laughed. At any rate, the NY AG position is independent of the Governor. (It’s an elected position.)

  19. 19.

    Mike R

    February 13, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    @JPL: This seems very likely.  Barr is as sleazy as they come.

  20. 20.

    Geoboy

    February 13, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    @Mary G: I like those exact terms!

  21. 21.

    Mary G

    February 13, 2020 at 5:24 pm

    Somebody has begun to mine the rich vein that is Mike Bloomberg’s oppo research:

    mike bloomberg wanted to fingerprint more than 600,000 nyc public housing residents to, according to him, prove they actually lived there pic.twitter.com/YpoDSyQheZ— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) February 13, 2020

  22. 22.

    pamelabrown53

    February 13, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    @Redshift:

    Just give her the warm welcome of a supporter and address any concerns you have about the bigger picture in the dem. primary.

    If you have none then enjoy your selfie.!

    Oh. Please check back and apprise us your experience.

    I love first-hand accounts!

  23. 23.

    MJS

    February 13, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    @JPL: I believe he gave him a heads-up and told him he didn’t mean it, but Trump’s response to a warning that dozens of DOJ attorneys were going to quit would be, “Good, let them.”

  24. 24.

    ziggy

    February 13, 2020 at 5:27 pm

    @JPL:

    Yes, it is a message to quell insurrection in his department. But Trump doesn’t handle criticism very well at all. Especially on TV. I can’t imagine him leaving it alone.

  25. 25.

    Cacti

    February 13, 2020 at 5:32 pm

    AFAIK, State Attorneys General are elected officials, and do not serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

  26. 26.

    chopper

    February 13, 2020 at 5:33 pm

    love how trump demands cuomo ‘build a relationship’, and in the same sentence attacks cuomo’s brother for no reason.

  27. 27.

    Cacti

    February 13, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    @ziggy: What Barr just did is what professional wrestlers refer to as kayfabe.

    In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KEI-feib; IPA: ) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or work. Referring to events as kayfabe means that they are worked events, and/or part of a wrestling storyline.

  28. 28.

    Martin

    February 13, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    @Mary G: None of it will matter. The god-botherers looked at the Access Hollywood video and still pulled the lever for Trump because they hated Hillary that much.

    That’s where Democrats are now.

  29. 29.

    ziggy

    February 13, 2020 at 5:37 pm

    @chopper:

    His idea of a “relationship” is nothing like what you or I would think of. Completely transactional, and he’s not even good at that.

  30. 30.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 13, 2020 at 5:38 pm

    Trump has been bellowing like a herniated warthog about multiple ongoing lawsuits in New York.

    What horrible things to say about warthogs.

  31. 31.

    Bill Arnold

    February 13, 2020 at 5:39 pm

    Stories about William Barr in High School:

    He was like this in high school pic.twitter.com/fUl9cAnkhB— Adam Tebrugge (@adamtebrugge) February 13, 2020

    (An image of an old newspaper piece.)

  32. 32.

    Elizabelle

    February 13, 2020 at 5:43 pm

    @la caterina:   What La Caterina said!  Tell her she’s a blog fave.  We have her back.

  33. 33.

    jl

    February 13, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    @Redshift:  Have fun at the Warren event.

    I’d tell her you really want to hear her more at the debates, and you love when she cheerfully calls horsepucky on all the horsepucky that goes on in business as usual in national politics, including the horsepucky dog and pony shows they call debates.

  34. 34.

    mad citizen

    February 13, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    I can’t imagine having to meet trump to ask him for anything.  If I could not get out of it (only reason I can think of is a gov needing disaster money), it would have to be a low point in one’s life.

    Was just thinking about what an absolute perfect storm of traits that make up this ridiculous adult human, and he is running the Executive branch.  There is no god.

  35. 35.

    Geminid

    February 13, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    @LarrytheRed:  his job.

  36. 36.

    Bill Arnold

    February 13, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    DJT:
    “New York must stop all of its unnecessary lawsuits & harrassment, start cleaning itself up, and lowering taxes.”
    You know, this is startlingly … imperious of DJT. The Empire State says no.
    And it’s “harassment”, you illiterate arrogant oaf.

  37. 37.

    randy khan

    February 13, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    @Mary G:

    Not to mention that the traditional relationship between the Governor and AG in New York is adversarial, not collegial.  She wants to be Governor herself, so she wouldn’t be likely to do something Cuomo asked unless she thought it was in her personal interest.  (Not that I think Cuomo would ask her to do anything Trump wanted; more likely he will just tell Trump that the AG doesn’t work for him.)

  38. 38.

    Van Buren

    February 13, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    @Bill Arnold: 7K in my case..which I call more than a few!

  39. 39.

    JPL

    February 13, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    @Bill Arnold: Thank you.  You should repost it upstairs on Cheryl’s post.

  40. 40.

    Bill Arnold

    February 13, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    @Van Buren:
    Several K for me, the low end of “several”. The funny thing is that the upper-middle class Republicans of my acquaintance are pissed too, though they mostly blame Democrats and New York State. I even got one to say that he was willing to take one for the team (a few K higher taxes). That was funny.

  41. 41.

    Just Chuck

    February 13, 2020 at 6:22 pm

    @Bill Arnold: You know that, and I know that …

  42. 42.

    Mallard Filmore

    February 13, 2020 at 6:38 pm

    @Redshift: If you are taking requests, ask her to speak out about the baby snatching and child abuse carried out by the Feds at our southern border.  This is beyond politics, taxes, and Russia.

  43. 43.

    Miss Bianca

    February 13, 2020 at 6:44 pm

    I’m sorry, I know it’s a serious topic and we are living in dark times, etc etc, but “bellowing like a herniated warthog” made me honest to God LOL. Oh, Betty C, never change!

  44. 44.

    PJ

    February 13, 2020 at 6:51 pm

    @Redshift: Tell her she needs to talk more about (in order of importance):

    1) How awful Trump is and how she can beat him; and

    2) How her victory is more likely to get us Senate and House seats than other candidates; and

    3) How her victory is going to end the culture of corruption and depravity the Republicans have aided and abetted.

    I think these are the messages Democrats need to hear to vote for her.

  45. 45.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 13, 2020 at 6:55 pm

    @Miss Bianca: T’was an affront to warthogs! 😁

  46. 46.

    Mary G

    February 13, 2020 at 7:08 pm

    When you stop violating the rights and liberties of all New Yorkers, we will stand down. Until then, we have a duty and responsibility to defend the Constitution and the rule of law. BTW, I file the lawsuits, not the Governor. https://t.co/tsOLeEgiQp— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) February 13, 2020

  47. 47.

    Mary Ellen Sandahl

    February 13, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    @Redshift:
    Wish I could be there! Ask her about restoring the federal agencies and departments that Trump has been despoiling with political lackeys, defunding, etc.

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    February 13, 2020 at 7:36 pm

    @Mary G: Separation of powers!  How quaint.

  49. 49.

    tam1MI

    February 13, 2020 at 8:54 pm

    @Mary G:Somebody has begun to mine the rich vein that is Mike Bloomberg’s oppo research:

    Too bad they refuse to do the same for the even richer vein of Bernie Sanders oppo research.  (Until after we’re stuck with him as our nominee, that is).

  50. 50.

    Jinchi

    February 14, 2020 at 10:26 am

    Schiff warned them…

    In their defense, the Republicans really just didn’t give a damn. Burn the country to the ground DJT, as long as Republicans get to lord over the ruins.

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