Republican Senator Joni Ernst broke with President Trump to defend the Ukraine whistleblower. Ethics Public Policy Center Senior Fellow Peter Wehner, New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens, and American Prospect and Demos Senior Fellow Bob Kuttner join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss when and if other Republicans will follow. Aired on 10/4/19.
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Where Are Republicans On President Donald Trump’s Behavior? | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC
They haven’t received permission from party headquarters to speak up
Republicans would sell their daughters to pimps if the party told them to.
How sad to be not only an adult, but a powerful adult, and yet not be able to say or do anything without explicit marching orders. Pathetic.
Republicans are committing the greatest political suicide in US history. May they never return from the dead.
#BringBackTheBullMoose
Big Dickhead
You’ve got it backwards .
The behavior of the corrupt treasonous left has guaranteed Trump’s reelection in 2020 !!!
GAWD…that was a lame defense of Trump, Joni. You say the president will say what he says. WTF?? Pathetic.
Voters see this, Joni. They see you as a weak person.
kb – agreed, she could, and should be paying for this about a year from now
@Michael Hoerig what did u mean?
“laws need to be enforced” Yeah, that’s kinda your job Joni…
@C&B Jones back at ya
@trainwreck told ya tRump University Juris Doctorate
@Frank North… save your breath Joni… we don’t need anymore gutless political spin from you or your spineless party
Can Mitch “stay in the turtle shell”? Love it!
Lol that line was hilarious
sick burn !!!
👍😂
You know Moscow Mich don’t care Moscow Mitch McConnell
He looks more like a Scallop to me.
Stephanie Ruhle (2:53): “Can Mitch McConnell stay in the turtle shell?” 🤣🤣🤣
The not-so teenage not-so ninja but definitely a mutant turtle
Drag him sis!
🤡🤡🤡
I am an “American Person” and the only thing that exhausts me is this disgusting creature in the White House.
Rich James This pr#ck is illegitimate. He is not the president.
@Maharajji NKB Hey shouldn’t those initials be k.g.b.you phony troll.
Dump Donny 2020. U.S.A.
@Rich James STFU
Republicans aren’t away looking for answers, they’re concocting more ways to twist the truth..
@dave m tell me what crime Trump committed to justify impeachment? I’ll wait
@54markl the tax cut generated more income for the federal government with increased income and jobs created. Look it up yourself
@hdtvcamera1 Impeachable offenses. Soliciting the help from a foreign country for the purpose of benefiting himself is expressly forbidden in the Constitution. Making veiled threats to a whistleblower and calling him a spy is also impeachable
@dave m Asking for the investigation into self admitted corruption of Joe Biden is not a crime. It’s an obligation. There is no shield from investigating someone who admitted to a crime just because they are running for president.
Trump didn’t threaten the whistle-blower, 2nd hand information, liar. It was a partisan spy mission carried out by Adam Schiff. Schiff has already been confirmed as lying repeatedly about this investigation. He didn’t coordinate the lies with his staff. You lunatics would impeach Trump for using the wrong fork. The impeachment is going no faster than the house of representatives. Nancy Pelosi got pushed into it. There has been no vote for a very good reason. Democrats in purple districts don’t want to commit suicide in their careers.
@dave m are you unaware of the number of times the democrats solicited help from foreign governments in the UK, Russia, Australia and the Ukraine for dirt on Trump?
I’m joining the crowd of people who will never again vote republican for any office for as long as I live.
The Democrat party will never be forgiven for their treachery.
Who cares?
I’m sorry I have the same feeling about democrats. I will not vote for Democrats again.
Dems need to grow a spine though. It took them far too long to start the impeachment inquiry. It’s also time to get 2-4 viable additional parties in the election process. Though there is, their influence is non-existent. Blue and Red states have gone on far too long.
The word negligence does come to mind…
Let’s call it what it is, dereliction of constitutional duty.
The entire Republican party is responsible.
This entire hoax is a scam. A set up by Schiff and Empress Pelosi and whoever else is involved. The left are the real traitors to America, they are the communist socialist marxists who are in alignment with the Agenda 2030 plan which in simple terms means they line up perfect with globalist luciferian satanists.
By the left being in full alignment with Satan, anything goes, the lawlessness and level of corruption is unbound. This is what happens when you follow the father of lies. Sadly you the public get misinformation from the propaganda news media which lies all the time, twists the truth and uses information to fit their agenda which lines up with? You guessed it, if you have read this far.
L.J Ross Independant is largely Democrats who just want to seem above it all and so thoughtful.
@American Patriot , you are a fraud.
@L.J Ross I am not a fraud. Dislike this video I just put together, be the 1st, but I ask you listen to the entire thing first.
Age of Deception, The Advancing Armies of the Kingdom of Darkness
https://youtu.be/QrUCxBli5JM
SHE BASICALLY SIDE STEPPED AND DIDN’T ANSWER
That seems to be the republican strategy now.
“Can McConnell stay in the turtle shell?”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣burn🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m from Iowa and an embarrassed by Joni’s lack of integrity and back bone. She IS ENABLING the president to behave this way. What a shame…
“Can Mitch McConnell stay in the turtle shell?” Ahahaha haha that was hilarious
Oh beautiful Mitch, so rich and green, simmering in a hot tureen. Mitch of the Kremlin, Treasonous, Treasonous Mitch.
Silence is complicity.
This just doesn’t fly:
“Trump, whatcha gonna do? Amiright?”
– Joni Ernst (R) Iowa
Silence is complicity, you are right.
Did Pelosi go after GW Bush for lying the US into a war with Iraq that killed thousands of Iraqi people??
The democrats don’t have any legitimate charges for impeachment. If they did Nancy Pelosi would have taken a vote. Impeachment hasn’t officially begun because no crime was committed. Hating Trump isn’t a reason for a legitimate impeachment. Meanwhile CNN actually nailed it on Friday when they said Democrats are damned either way with impeachment.
@Jim Battersbee
Are you trying to prove an accusatory point with that question? I don’t remember mentioning that I supported Pelosi…
I don’t support party over Country or Constitution. I even believe Bush and many members of his administration to be war criminals.
My grandfather, my father, myself, and two brothers all served honorably and are as conservative as it gets. But right is right, and wrong is wrong, and if it’s Pelosi that brings justice to a dishonest President who willingly and repeatedly disrespects his oath of office, then so be it.
@hdtvcamera1
Nothing you wrote is based in fact. Literally, none of it.
@Civil Villain Since you are so informed please tell me what crime Trump committed that justifies impeachment? I’ll wait
“Is mitch McConnell going to stay in his turtle shell?” Lmao good sneak diss
Nicholas D. Thomas lol yeah saw what she did. Stephanie Rhules
@Nicholas D. Thomas
lol right
ikr.lmao
I saw a video recently of someone with this enormous white pimple on their back and when it was finally opened up by a doctor what came out reminded me so much of McConnell I had to take a step back. It was disgusting.
Stephanie was already hot but sneaky wit makes her even hotter.
“I can’t speak for him.”
*YES YOU CAN!*
He’s *your* President. *Your* party. *You’re* the ones who put him there!
Show some F#ng courage – even a modicum – stand up and say *”NO!”*
Silence is complicitness. Silence is cowardice. Silence is a betrayal of your oath to the Constitution. You are no longer representatives or senators, you are servile *Worms!*
KesselRunner606 correction friend Putin put him there, in a true Democracy first past the post,electoral college
needs to go.
Asking them to show courage is like asking a rock to run around the yard on a pair of legs. It’s an interesting idea, but it’s not going to happen.
@54markl There still a few real Republicans left. And we still need them. A one party system is doomed from the start. They will crawl out from their safe place and show themselves. The world is aware of what Trump is, and are waiting for the obvious conclusion. Let them join us… OK
I mean, she can’t speak for him, but she CAN speak for HERSELF. He silence defines HER, not him. Her cowardice defines HER, not him.
“Can Mitch McConnell stay in the turtle shell?” 💀💀💀
😂
Here’s his new turtle shell.⚰️
After her answer, I would have said “I guess I know who not to vote for”.