Remember how Republicans treated Obama and the Clintons? Many of them don’t care what Trump does as long as he appoints conservative judges.
This confirms what u hear out in the country — many Republicans think Trump is lying but they don’t hold it against him. https://t.co/jMQR0AMO8h
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) December 15, 2018
I have an observation to make—it’s a disgrace that Mitch McConnell is not concerned that Trump was implicated in crimes. https://t.co/UtZxpsa4iQ
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 12, 2018
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 15, 2018
I’ll believe what Hatch said the first time – he has done nothing about Trump’s horrible behavior:
“Sen. Orrin Hatch, issued a statement on Friday expressing regret for telling CNN ‘I don't care’ when asked about President Donald Trump being implicated in crimes by Michael Cohen.” Good reporting from @mkraju https://t.co/TB8sCIMZFR
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) December 14, 2018
“Stop.”
“I wasn’t there.”
“I don’t know anything about that.”
“Oh, I don’t do interviews on any of that stuff.”
See Republican senators dodge and dismiss @seungminkim’s questions about Trump and his legal woeshttps://t.co/GwudI7Dmio— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 15, 2018
Devin Nunes on Cohen-Trump hush-money scheme to silence Trump affairs right before election: “Even if what Cohen said happened, people do this all the time. They do settlements out of court. It happens. I don't know what the big deal is,” he said on Fox
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 14, 2018
We can just quit pretending that R’s who went after Bill Clinton and now defend Trump are being guided by anything other than power. It’s not even situational ethics because it’s not remotely related to ethics. It’s acquisition and exercise of power. Let’s just be honest. https://t.co/nS9Fzcn9Kl
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) December 15, 2018
This gets at why House Rs also can’t come to terms w why they lost their majority. McCarthy deflecting bc about 80% of remaining caucus is more vulnerable to primaries than gen election defeat. https://t.co/sN9pTGK3Pu
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) December 13, 2018
Actually prosecutors would need to prove that the payment was designed to *primarily* benefit the campaign. That is what both Cohen and the company that owns the National Enquirer admitted, and prosecutors had additional evidence sufficient to convince Cohen to plead guilty. https://t.co/qkRmVxJSGr
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 13, 2018
I did watch. But we all know if this was President Obama paying off a porn star and if he had five kids by three wives, there would not only be calls for impeachment but grave lamentations on the degradation of traditional values served with a hearty side dish of racism. https://t.co/Ujly0X4ByQ
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) December 15, 2018
As shown above, Hatch later regretted the comments below.
Orrin Hatch, who voted to impeach Clinton, says “I don’t care” about evidence that Trump broke the law. His comments make clear that the GOP commitment to the rule of law is situational: The law, in their view, only applies to their opponents. My latest: https://t.co/r1lj31eKtH
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) December 11, 2018
"OK, but I don't care, all I can say is he's doing a good job as President." — Orrin Hatchhttps://t.co/VFliiRdTFf
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 11, 2018
Orrin Hatch 2018: I don't care if the President's own DOJ has implicated him in felonies. What is a "crime" anyway?
Orrin Hatch 1999: "crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice go to the heart of qualification for public office" pic.twitter.com/8K8NVZSntj
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 10, 2018
Sad! 