Veteran GOP strategist Mike Murphy says it's time to force Republicans in Congress to take a hard vote on whether or not they stand by Donald Trump by forcing them to vote on impeachment. Mike Murphy and John Heilemann join The Last Word to discuss the political calculations in both parties happening right now. Aired on 09/25/19.
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GOP Strategist: Force Republicans To Take A Hard Vote On Impeachment | The Last Word | MSNBC
So republicans are cowards, what’s new?
@Richard Darlington ; a preponderance of evidence? needs to be easily provable evidence, otherwise Trump with skate away from this.
@cc Devil ; dems freaking out at every turn of the screw on Trump? Looks like it could be, but then they don’t have a real candidate or message going forward yet and it appears to be A REAL BIG YET.
@Dan Zan
Try harder, Gomer.
@cc Devil surprised the president doesn’t enjoy them more if they have so much in common.
The GOP must decide to be Trump Lemmings and follow him over the cliff or just quit politics before they get sucked into a big vortex of political corruption and scandal. GOP, time to mutiny your crazy skipper or jump ship altogether. Trump is giving the Dems truck loads of political ammunition for them to defeat GOP candidates everytime he or Rudy open their mouths! #GOPTrumpLemmings
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@Jenn smith ; pretty close to the truth, but then one never knows for sure. They think being NOT EXONERATED means he’s guilty of something not yet verified or disclosed.
@Daniel Ingram ; Trump’s presidency the biggest failure? half the country doesn’t think so. Try to convince them otherwise. Rots of Ruck.
@Sandy Mihal ; AG serves at the pleasure of the president, the American people come second; that’s why Barr didn’t stop Trump who always goes his own way.
will followers rise up against the sociopath
Probably not
I have been hearing a lot of ‘patriots’ calling my dem party ” the enemy” for 3+ years now.Now we find out their leader has tried to destroy a fair election in favor of the republicans. I believe my life and the lives of my people are in clear danger. When does the GOP outlaw my existence…?
Well he won! 😎
No, they are either too dumb or equally corrupt.
Unfortunately no
I thought there were men in the Republicans Senate, but what these Nancy’s need secret votes to turn on trump, if you don’t have the spines to tell trump to his face that he cannot destroy our constitution, then you have no business in the people’s Government
@Miles North it is simple so I’ll keep it simple, we either have a democracy or a monarchy, maybe you don’t respect the men and woman who gave their lives defending our constitution but I do…simple!!!!
@frank salo the Democrats don’t want to control anybody and they don’t want your guns, but we do want common sense laws to stop people without any sense from killing innocent people…Trump’s acting like he’s a king, he has no respect for our laws, open your eyes.
@Miles North classy, you must be a republican or related to trump..
@irish “lady” – Get out of the echo chamber of the msm bubble and get some original thought, “monarchy.” Also, educate yourself: we’re a constitutional republic, €unt.
You speak as if politicians had morals or spines lmao
Pretty sad that all the Republicans are terrified to stand up to the big bad trump.
@T Electronix The disloyal Amaricans!!!!
@PianoMan 2018 If you look at thier beliefs they have a good govermental concept; the problem is; if one got in… would they adhere to the difinition of the parties ways?!! beliefs???°°
Aaron E Yes, if they could do everything they say WITHOUT growing the government and WITHOUT robbing the successful, then, yes, they have a few good ideas. 💡
D L Yes, DON’T TREAD ON ME.
@D L No.
Unless you were suggesting an extreme right-wing party that would only appeal to existing Rep voters then a hypothetical third/indep party would draw from undecideds or middle-ground voters (both of which are groups that the Dem party needs to win next year).
Or even, if this third option was squarely in ‘Democrat territory’ taking voters who would otherwise actually vote for a Dem candidate.
And aaalllll of those possible options with the exception of ‘extreme right’ mean less chance of a Dem win…..and more chance of a Rep candidate win.
This not a game.
Looks like it’s time for the RNC to rethink its decision to cancel Republican primaries!😆
@Marilyn Simmons
It’s not uncommon when there is no real opposition to an incumbent President. Some primaries were cancelled on the Democrat side during the 2012 election cycle. However, the cancellation of THESE primaries when there are 3, viable competitors for the nomination IS a bit dictatorial.
Bob leroy
And let the democrats destroy this country ? No thanks. I support Trump.
@tar baby ; alternate reality is one way.
Just cancel the Republican party. Next Democratic president needs to round em all up and send to Gitmo
They are corrupt and gutless fools!
@john doe It IS TREASONOUS to solicit favor and conspire with a foreign country against an AMERICAN. Period. YOUR DENIAL and SUPPORT for that behavior is equally Un-American…That is FACT.
And still winning 😎
@john doe Hey Doe! You obviously represent a big part of the problem in Our America! This abuse of power will not be allowed to continue.
@john doe Yeah, ’cause the Midterms went SO well for you, didn’t they?
Why not SHOOT YOURSELF?
There has barely been a Republican with a spine since John McCain died, they are a pathetic unpatriotic bunch, I don’t expect the cultists to change as they are too heavily invested in this orange piece of corruption…they will probably stay in denial until he passes away just as Hitler followers were then deny they ever supported him or were conned
The day the maverick died so did the Republican party.
@john doe Thus far…Yes!
@Dan Zan no Dems are corrupt too, we need all of our politicians to be honest and to work for the people, there are good and bad on both sides but trump is terrible
@irish lady ; hillary too?
The GOP are too late. This Independent csnt find one reason to vote GOP. They have abandoned party values, American values…
Thank you.
Agreed. But they can hold onto a shred of dignity by voting to impeach.
@Dy Dayton Too little too late, especially for those still trying to protect him.
This time in history is really dark times in American history, I can not believed we are witnessing this White House is conducting these crimes in full daylight.
Biden did the same thing only worse. For every attorney who says a crime was committed, there is another one saying not so. Go figure.
@Gerald Odom ; isn’t it interesting that no one has even said that “non exonerated” really means “guilty until proven innocent,” like the president has to prove his innocence of some crime that he hasn’t been charged with yet. With all the lawyers elected to congress, I would have thought someone would have mentioned this fact, where one is supposed to be considered “innocent until proven guilty.”
@Nunya Business I’m not a demorat and I’m not a trump supporter.
I’ve just seen how corrupt he really is, since the 1980’s.
Kinda proves your non-thinking minds theory wrong.
Then again it’s not even your own theory or words. You’re not showing yourself to be clever enough for that. You’re just repeating words of others.
@Emiliano Jimenez exactly
Wow. Reading this thread the level of idiocy is incredible
So what he’s saying is that they are not prepared to defend America against its enemies both foreign and domestic 🤬
EVERYTHING the Republican Party has said and done for the past two decades (starting with the shamelessly hypocritical impeachment of Clinton) has been perpetrated in BAD FAITH. They are not just after as much wealth and power as they can get away with, they want total IMPUNITY.
@john doe – LOL, a blatant sockpuppet tries to change the topic. Not this time, comrade.
@Lish Lash Look whose changing topics comrade. Is it not true that both parties recieve funds from private donors and lobby organizations? Is it not true that politicians on both sides have their pockets filled by Big Buisness. So from one Comrade to another, lets be real. 😏
Citizens United, which allowed unlimited political donations from big business & the ultra rich to drown out the donations of average people, was a right wing baby. So if you disagree with all the (bribe) money in political donations, you’ll know who backed the idea that unlimited donations is “free speach” & corporations are “people”. There is not an equivalence. The left was against these issues.
Everybody beware…these Trump lunatics are gonna have a fit the worse it gets for him…he already has blood on his hands
I never voted for or supported John McCain, but I wish he were still alive and in the Senate. At least he had the guts to stand up to Trump.
They probably killed him because they knew this.
Romney’s kind of a milquetoast by comparison.
Yeah all that treasonous behavior got him a lethal injection. Next?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15ALj4k6aWGJLjU9i-PCdYhdLgOkgbTHL/view?fbclid=IwAR1sHnq5alEMPhfgZIrGuQ5xMPVx-G0jN44BbJ7wX99VVMAXCy3jGBL_24w
I have to agree, stay focused on this event. Let the courts deal with more of his criminality when he is out of office.
Thing is, if republicans don’t vote TO impeach, then ALL of America will know that republicans do NOT stand for the truth, and they can never be trusted again
Didn’t the election and breathless defense of Trump these last 3 years already accomplish that?
That doesn’t matter ,they only vote party. If their party is in charge that is all that matters. The GOP knows how to spin the story, to make them believe, black is white.
Dems need to keep it simple so Republicans can follow along.
😂😂😂😂
1-3 Sylibals!!!
Impeach him for the one bad thing and indict him as a private person for all the other crimes.
@Dan Zan not for treason.
@Dan Zan happy days…..trump will fall under military law….treason!
@PianoMan 2018 I will sleep better!
@janet gilmore ; don’t be so negative Janet. Maybe things will change for the better, one this whole impeachment thing is over.
@janet gilmore ; I think military law only applies if we’re fighting a declared war by the congress. So far Trump can escape the charge of treason when everything is currently under civil law, not military law.
Susan Collins is wiping sweat off both her faces as we speak…
Republicans will be forced to decide , Is it Party before country? Or is it Country?
Obviously country. This would be why we are standing up and completely trolling these Democrats into oblivion. Making it way to easy.
Who is this “Dan Bongino”? And what does he know about “Cloud Strike”? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1PunoUi0AQ
@Jordan Xander The republican party as you see it today is a dieing breed. Whether trump wins in 2020 or not doesnt matter but he definately put the final hole in the boat. No diversity going into the future will sink them.They are seen ( true or not ) as just old grumpy , racist ,white guys.