Rachel Maddow highlights as passage in the transcript of Ukraine envoy Bill Taylor's testimony to the Trump impeachment committees in which he explains that meetings over aid being withheld from Ukraine were delayed because the NSC was distracted by Donald Trump's interest in purchasing Greenland. Aired on 11/06/19.
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Trump Greenland Dalliance Distracted NSC From Ukraine Crisis | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
stop calling it quid pro quo – it is BRIBERY
Your proof???
No. It is extortion.
@Cush proooooooooove it!
Blackmail. Do or die..literally
@Renee Vejbirk your proof?????
This is the trouble with having one person running the country
@David M – You still on that? Desperate stuff. Did you copy and paste that comment from 2012? lol Pathetic.
@Jonny SeventThat’s why people are so ignorant and brainwashed today, because they have people like you telling them to forget the past. I wouldn’t doubt you’re are foreign troll trying to silence talk about Hillary and Obama’s crimes against this country, so you can just save it.
@David M – When did I tell people to forget the past? That’s right, I didn’t. So THAT was a strawman argument you made. Look it up if you don’t know what that is.
We simply don’t have time to waste by pointlessly investigating every single conspiracy theory that you believe in. However, produce some proper evidence and you will definitely be listened to.
But I do understand that your position is so incredibly weak that you have no choice but to keep spewing lies and unfounded rumors. That’s all you’ve got. Pretending you know the ‘real’ truth. Makes you look quite pathetic.
GOP Republicans trying to confuse the people of the words ”quid pro quo” as their defense now. In simple terms, it is bribery or extortion. Trump dangled the military aid for getting dirt on the Bidens and blame the 2016 election hacking to Ukraine. No matter how they twist the words around, it is still a crime!!
Yeah yeah you just know it all ….your proof???
@You You Better read the transcripts or better yet, watch the live hearings next week. There’s your proof!
@joy bernardo no donut bumper that is not proof of anything.
“Quid pro quo” = “this for that” = bribery, extortion. “You say toMAYto, I say toMAHto” “I say impeach him. You say impeach him.”
@Trevor McKenna-Williams Spare me with more of your fake news. Save it for your other brainwashed liberal idiots.
@judd442009 Based on the State, 1st cousins can marry, things like age can effect it. 2nd cousins, it’s legal in every State in the Country.
@David M You’re a fool that just won’t stop, they can’t even come up with a legitimate defense.
Trump has filed bankruptcy like 6 times. He has driven our deficit to record highs and still wanted to buy Greenland. I think we know what his tax returns look like. He is broke as a joke.
Raging Monk how about answering my question
If Trump is broke, I’d like to be as ‘broke” as he is…….and so would you.
Costas…. R Monk DID answer your idiotic question kid, you just didn’t like the answer 🤦🏽♀️
Great reporting Rachel…..trump disgusts me beyond words, I hate trump. To play with actual peoples lives and freedom for his own political agenda is unconscionable…..Impeach Indict Jail trump, the sooner the better! SAVE OUR COUNTRY AND THE REST OF THE WORLD FROM trump and the cowardly gop thugs! God help us all!
More Maddow BS & MSNBC Trash as usual! Hey, it’s about the high crimes and misdemeanors of Biden & son too, both in Ukraine & China. And also Hillary’s crimes of hiring Fusion GPS to get dirt on Trump, plus the crime of ‘bleach-bit’ deleting her emails she was required to present to FBI investigators. They are not above the law either! And who said Biden was cleared of quid pro quo, Adam Schiff? Ha, that’s a joke! — All this biased news coverage must stop!
Pam Timmins : See how you’ve triggered the russian trolls. You have done a great job when they come out to attack you. These scum buckets couldn’t hold a candle next to you or Rachel Maddow.
@Italiano Brandini Please take your meds.
You sucking the turds out of your tampons pammy?
@D. D. LOL!! I don’t need meds.
Putin obviously didn’t want those javelin missiles going to Ukraine,so he manipulated Trump into asking for the quid pro quo BS to stymie it for as long as possible.They need to investigate a secret backchannel between the Kremlin and White House.
Marc stick with licking bus windows..you are great at that.
@You You Wnkr.I’ll let you choose the vowels.[handy tip:don’t use Cyrillic ones]
@Marc Milton-Talbot HOTO PUTA!
It was a win win, extort Ukraine and do Putin’s bidding.
WOW GO BLUE PEOPLE 🌊🌊💙💙
“National Registered Voter Turnout in Federal Elections” it’s a website. 2016 was the lowest it’s been in 20 years and Republican lost by just under 3 Million, 2018 set new Mid-term records. The highest Mid-term number in history, the highest Mid-term % in over 100 years. 114 Million Citizens of the United States of America voted, and Republicans lost by over 10 Million, it’s already happening. What just happened in our 2019 elections is more proof of it, Nov 3rd 2020, they are getting their @$$’$ kicked, HARD!!!
After all this??
Are you out of your mind???
. It’s their actions, not their title. Dems are a joke at this point. Let’s refresh the memories incessant screaming, safe space seeking , crying, protesting after they lost the election, sensitive little bullies taking a tantrum, wanting free everything. Btw, they never did know what they were protesting about, either. Failed Mueller Report, and they make themselves look ridiculous trying to revive it, and now the disappearing whistle blower…. Come on….
Easy to figure who’s the idiots here, people who trust Dems or people who see Dems as idiots.
I think I’ll galvanize my voter card and register as Republican now.
@Ellie MM NO IM NOT BUT APPARENTLY YOU ARE EAT MY 💩
@Maedora Smith Truth hurts.
Try not to cry.
This statement is as true today as it was in the 1950’s. In 1950, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine) took on Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy, a member of her own party, in a speech she called a “Declaration of Conscience.” While Chase didn’t mention McCarthy by name, she urged her fellow Republicans to stand up for the basic American values being trampled by McCarthyism:
It is high time that we stop thinking politically as Republicans and Democrats about elections and started thinking patriotically as Americans about national security based on individual freedom. I don’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the four horsemen of calumny: fear, ignorance, bigotry, smear.
@Prodigy 1098 No no, he is providing a crucial service to America. He is reminding Americans that since William F Buckley and the Southern Strategy days, the Republican party aren’t Americans. They see themselves as a nation within our nation, and our kind aren’t welcome. What to call that kind of nation within a nation? What word best describes that kind of… _confederacy_ ??
I hope he brings statistics on how many Ukrainians died during that delay period.
The Hague is probably buzzing with excitement…
@ Mind Freshener From where I ‘m sitting I got a different view …. how weird from me to remember I still have my sanity, hey ? Yeah water pistols ….https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17
Anyone know where all the Republicans went? They used to be all over these videos throwing shade and yelling “Trump 2020!” and now.. Nothing but crickets.
Sorry skippy we did not hear you with the smegma covered buttplug in your mouth.
Wendy Patriot No! I’m very informed regarding the truth! This whole scam was perpetuated before Trump was even sworn in, this whole process against the president is a coup and they planned this whole sham 3 years ago, before he was president! Get the true facts brainiac, you are a loser like the rest of the morons in this country, believing lie after lie, perpetrated by the lying media and the disgusting democrats! Before you cast judgement on my intelligence, you need to look in your out backyard!
Reg U HAHAHAHA! What a comic you are! Great response!
Just to be clear – Trump caused people in Ukraine to die at the hands of the Russians… by holding up the funding they were promised. He may not have shot anyone on 5th ave, but he’s caused the death of plenty of people around the world (Syria?)
Now he did do that! Hope people understand it was terrible what happen, altho they were not up close. Those were children, babies, women civilians. Hope people are able to live with themselves, that all this happened over greed and ignorance.
@You You Do you have to be in a war zone? Have you ever seen one? Maybe you need to go visit one. Join the service. People that’s never fought a day in there life. Don’t know a dam thing about war. Bet it would change your tune. That’s what’s wrong with Trump. Maybe he paid to stay out of service (bone spurs).
@Wonder Wonderful what was your MO fake Stolen Valor?
Trump, I have come to see as many have is very petty and childish. Lets get him impeached, removed and move on.
Sure thing skippy.
I like it when they call it what it is and was extortion
@hellsgate09 on the flip side. do you honestly believe a Ukrainian oil company hired the son of our Vice President for $600k+ per year by coincidence? Do you seriously not see that as blatant corruption? Is there any possibility this is a coincidence? Is there any possibility that the $600k was not a corrupt state purchasing influence in the US at the highest level?? Is there any possibility that this is not what was happening here?? I like to say liberalism is the art of not seeing what is right in front of your face. Its amazing really how easy it is to manipulate people.
@Kevin NYC coming from people who watch fox and friends of trump absolutely
Your proof????
the less people know, the more stubborn they are about knowing it.
It’s okay! It will eventually seep in. Some people are a little slow about wanting to accept the truth…that they have been conned. It’s embarrassing and shameful. I know it was easy for me to buy what Donald was selling, altho he didn’t get my vote.
But then, of course, who knows how much those who don’t know, don’t know.
@Shirley Hill Now that was funny. You have a way with words;)))
If that was an attempt at a pro Trump troll, you owe Russia some rubles.
“I can’t come to the phone right now. Too busy buying Greenland.”
The ‘emotional’ response in his testimony about this pro-west young demographic NATION desperately trying to fight for a life as our friends and allies – being CORRUPTED and BLACKMAILED by the President and his bullies for some petty minor bit of political dirt! And Lindsey thinks that’s A-Ok…. I’m more angered and sickened than ever now.
Using the emotions and reactions of “purchasing” an ally to put a hold on helping another ally….no wonder our allies are loosing hope in us being continuing to be strong with them? The pull out in Syria was the same using of a friend….my God.
Trading a ramen for an extra long tie is now call an “Epstein”
I’m filing a ad sense violation. Lesbians like her offend me and the news is fake I’m filing!
The Phenomenon Seekers you would turn in your own mother !!! Traitors of the world !!!