Mike Turner replaced congressman Devin Nunes as the ranking member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). During this interview with CBS and Ed O’Keefe, Turner discusses his perspective on the DOJ/FBI raid on President Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago and the issue of publicly releasing the DOJ affidavit used to gain a search warrant. [Transcript Here]
Ed O’Keefe carries the baton of narrative engineering on behalf of the regime, using leading questions in an effort to indict President Trump in the court of public opinion, while Mike Turner plays the customary role of a high-minded republican who is aghast, shocked and horrified by the unprofessional conduct of the former president and the institutions targeting him based on political motive.
Toward the end of the interview, O’Keefe does the familiar partisan shift in asking what Turner would do as Chairman of the HPSCI if republicans take the House. Here Turner pledges to reverse the current committee use by Adam Schiff, vows not weaponize the committee for political purposes, and return the HPSCI back to the more important business of investigating Chinese espionage etc. WATCH:
[Transcript] – ED O’KEEFE: Welcome back to FACE THE NATION. I’m Ed O’Keefe in this morning for Margaret Brennan. We turn now to the FBI search at former President Trump’s Florida resort. Ohio Congressman Mike Turner is the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee and he joins us this morning from Dayton, Ohio. Congressman, great to have you with us.
ED O’KEEFE: This past week, a Florida federal judge asked the Justice Department to prepare a redacted version of the aff- of the affidavit that set off the FBI operation at the former president’s home, signaling he may be willing to release it as early as this coming week. But affidavits aren’t usually made public during an investigation so as to not impede the investigation. I’m curious what level of disclosure would satisfy the demand for the release of the affidavit, in your view?
REP. MIKE TURNER: Well, this is very revealing because the court has already made a ruling that they believe, and remember, the court knows what’s in the affidavit. The portions of the affidavit can be released to the public. Now, what’s important about this affidavit is it will give us the information to understand how did the FBI justify a raiding Mar-a-Lago and spending 9 hours in the president’s house when we know the former president’s home, they had other options besides just raiding the house. They could have gone in and asked for the subpoena to be enforced. And the mystery sort of here deepens, because we know Attorney General Garland himself has taken responsibility, said he approved it. And the American public want the attorney general focused on issues like human and drug smuggling at the border. They- Chinese espionage, out of control crime in our cities. But if it’s- if you’re going to turn to this, if you’re going to turn to the former president and Mar-a-Lago, they want to make certain that this is to the highest level, there’s an imminent national security threat. And this affidavit will tell us, did they even allege so? Because in their document, trying to keep the affidavit sealed, they didn’t even allege that there was a national security threat.
ED O’KEEFE: We should point out there’s a poll out this morning at another news organization that finds almost six in ten Americans actually support continuing this investigation. So while there may be other big issues, there’s certainly wide public interest in this one. You’re an attorney, though. Why would releasing any information in this affidavit make sense and assure the former president not only a fair investigation by the Justice Department, but potentially, if it gets to that, a fair trial?
REP. TURNER: Well, I think- and you’re- you’re citing polls and there are lots of polls out there, by the way. The polls also indicate that people want to make certain that- that if this is an imminent national security threat, that it’s pursued. But also, they want to make certain that you don’t have abuse of discretion here. And what our concern is from our committee is there’s an- an allegation of classified documents that falls within our jurisdiction. And show us what you found, because the affidavit is going to have them tell publicly now what they told the court they were going to go find. Show us what you found. It certainly won’t affect the investigation. We deal with classified documents and information all the time. Show us what it is that you went into the president’s residence, spent 9 hours at former President Trump’s residence. What is it that was at an imminent national security threat that you didn’t just go to court and ask the court to- to order that the documents be delivered to them? Why did they spend- I just think of the resources of 30 agents that spent 9 hours in the preparation for that when we have real imminent national security threats like Chinese espionage, the border, issues that- things that are going on in Ukraine. To take these resources and apply them here, certainly the American public wants to make certain this is not an abuse of discretion.
ED O’KEEFE: Well, I’m- I’m curious, since you’re a member of the Intelligence Committee, what use could a former president have for classified or top secret information once he’s left office? Why- why bring it home with him to Florida?
REP. TURNER: Well, I don’t know. I mean, you have to ask him. But certainly, we all know that every former president has access to their documents. It’s how they write their memoirs. They don’t have, you know, great recall of everything that’s occurred in their administration. And we don’t know that they were classified. We know, according to the FBI documents, that they were- they were identified as marked classified. You have, of course, the former president saying that he declassified them himself. But I think what’s important here about this abuse of discretion, we have evidence of the FBI abusing that discretion and of misconduct on behalf of the FBI. The FBI, you know, we had an attorney for the FBI that actually was convicted of doctoring an email to obtain a warrant against- against Trump. There’s Trump’s organization- you have the- the FBI using the Russia dossier, which has been proven to be debunked as evidence under a warrant that they submitted. Both- all of which CBS has reported, and I have them up on my website, your own stories of these abuses of discretion. And the other question that we have is- is just recently there was a raid on Project Veritas, which is a news organization, to supposedly retrieve President Biden’s daughter’s diary. Now, that’s not certainly an imminent national security threat. It might be embarrassing to the president, but it’s not something you’d see them do for an ordinary citizens. There are real questions as to what is the FBI doing here? It’s the- it’s you know, the rank and file FBI agents, everybody agrees, you know, we support them. We have great faith in them. But the leadership of the FBI, when they undertake a raid against the current president’s political rival, you have to ask these questions.
ED O’KEEFE: Real quick, are you aware of any standing order from President Trump that he might have had, a standing order, to declassify documents he took from the Oval Office to the White House residence while he was in office?
REP. TURNER: I have never served in the White House. I would never have any knowledge of anything that occurred.
ED O’KEEFE: Okay. So the Intelligence Committee wouldn’t know whether the president had a standing order?
REP. TURNER: Whether Biden does, whether anybody does- what is there to declassify. In fact, we weren’t even notified when President Biden declassified all the information concerning the hunt for Zawahiri. And I was very surprised the detail that they made public there. Very concerning as to how it might inform al Qaeda and the future people that we’re trying to target.
ED O’KEEFE: Two quick—
REP. TURNER: I had no, no advance knowledge or notice when they did that.
ED O’KEEFE: Okay, two quick questions for you on the future. You want to be the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee next year?
REP. TURNER: Well, I think that certainly my work on the Intelligence Committee is about national security and focusing on national security, and that’s going to continue to be my focus.
ED O’KEEFE: Give us a sense, then, of what you would investigate if you were head of the Intelligence Committee and Republicans take control of the House.
REP. TURNER: Well, you know, as I said from the beginning, is what I think we want Attorney General Garland to be focusing on instead of Mar-a-Lago, is Chinese espionage certainly furthering? How do we assist Ukraine in fighting Russia aggression? Looking at ways that we look at what’s going on at the border with human and drug smuggling and how it’s affecting our families. And, of course, there’s always the issue of the spiraling crime that’s occurring in- in our cities. And how can we impact that? How can we ensure that we have the right tools and information about any foreign influence that might be impacting that?
ED O’KEEFE: And as a Republican in Ohio, what does J.D. Vance, who in some polls is trailing right now, have to do to win that Senate race and hold the seat for Republicans?
REP. TURNER: Yeah, he has to make the case and I think he’s doing that. He’s campaigning very hard. And, you know, you- you should have him on.
ED O’KEEFE: We’d love to. In fact, we’ve asked and so far we haven’t heard back. But if he’s listening, J.D. Vance, we’d love to have you. Mike Turner, we loved having you. We’ll see you soon here in Washington. And we’ll be back in a moment. [LINK]
“ Turner pledges to reverse the current committee use by Adam Schiff, vows not weaponize the committee for political purposes, and return the HPSCI back to the more important business of investigating Chinese espionage etc”
This is why Republicans LOOSE. They don’t have a fight in them…just the right wing of the Democrat Party.
WALK ALL OF THEM TO THE POTOMAC.
Investigating Adam Schiff IS investigating Chinese Espionage.
And pool parties at Ed Buck’s.
Sorry, there is nothing else the man can say. While some folks here think it is political gold to adopt a slash-and-burn mentality, it does not play well with part of the GOP and large blocks of independents who will decide the 2022 mid-term elections. Even candidate Trump REFUSED to say he would go after Hillary, a position he reiterated on 60 Minutes AFTER he won. He knew he had to govern. Turner has to get a majority elected.
Damn, we need some thinkers at the Treehouse and not just be left with flame-throwers.
Battered conservative. That’s you.
Trump said the obvious enough times which didn’t make him popular with the delicate refined sensitivities of country club republicans.
Screw them.
“Lock her up!” “She should be in jail!”
You are sadly out of touch with regular folks who are damn sick and tired of weak elected representatives.
They play soft and nice and then NEVER get hard when we elect them. Stop being a sucker.
To be fair, being a sucker could just be a side effect of the fourth booster
LOL.
Aren’t they up to 10 boosters? Or are they on to MonkeyPox “vaccines” now.
I wouldn’t know as I never got any of them, nor ever will.
I did get the full strength “DonkeyPox” vaccine years ago and so have natural immunity to their BS.
If Trump had gone after Hillary and all her connections at the DOJ, FBI and CIA he might still be president today
He might be dead too.
Also true.
What does that say about the country in which we live?
It says that the U.S. has become a contemporary version of ancient Babylon….. complete with rampant harlotry, sexual perversion, idolatry including Satan worship and blood sacrifice, rampant corruption among leaders, and excessive shedding of innocent blood that has completely defiled the entire land.
Yet there persists a minority of the population who remain faithful to Christ and respect God’s commandments.
True
Isn’t Trump doing that now — going after Hillary and all her intel connections, via the RICO lawsuit he filed? (And isn’t that why they raided his Mar A Lago home?)
Trump’s VP and COS likely discouraged that.
What if the thinkers have decided it’s time for some flame throwing?
Sundance is certainly a thinker, and it seems clear to me that sand in the gears, as he has advocated for, is a variation of flame throwing.
We’re at the point where, if things aren’t stripped down to the studs and rebuilt, we’ve lost the republic.
There are ways and means to build a federal representative democratic republic with technology that didn’t exist in 1787. This technology, employed properly, could greatly help to minimize corruption through carefully designed checks and balances, just as our founders did, but going even further due to the nature of modern technology and instant communication. A proper renewal of America could get it on course to go another 250 years. That’s what I’m here for. No band-aids, no pothole filling. It’s a risk, certainly, that the elites will end up with further control at the end of the process. But that risk exists in much the same way if we do nothing. So we cannot do nothing. We must try to save America.
You may think that I am speaking hyperbole, but sadly I’m not. People who don’t care about the country have sold us out so extensively that there’s no real way to come back. Certainly not with voting. President Trump proved that putting an America-first POTUS in place doesn’t change too much, given the Senate control over confirmation.
Very likely true… the legions running our govt have sold out our country so extensively that it’s unlikely that we can come back from this… even through voting.
Very little has been fixed in preparation for the 2022 election.
McConnell is already saying that the Dems are likely to retain the Senate… even though it’s extremely close now.
On the other hand … Trump repeatedly says: “The best is yet to come.” Why does he keep saying that? He must believe that it will be true.
If you want to see flame throwing, read SD’s twitter page for yesterday.
:0) :0) :0) Totally agree MaineCoon. SD’s twitter page was “delightful”…
Yes!! Quite!!
Twitter? Still?
SMH
SD still slays there.
Glorious stuff!
For those not on Twitter, I finally conquered the latchkey…
https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=thelastrefug&src=typed_query
Read his tweets on nitter.net.
Oh, even tonight!
Live body cameras for all Representatives and Senators, voice activated.
But if all the Senators and Representatives had voice activated live body cams, Eric Swalwell would not be able to boink FangFang on his way to a HPSCI meeting.
I’m afraid that the studs are riddled with termites and the foundation is crumbling. Time to cometely tear down all federal bureaus to the sub-foundation.
Otherwise, the federal beast will consume its host and begin rotting as it dies, taking our constitutional republic with it into the abyss.
Can you reconcile these 2:
“ So we cannot do nothing. We must try to save America.”
and
“People who don’t care about the country have sold us out so extensively that there’s no real way to come back. Certainly not with voting. “
What then do you propose?
You’re joking; right?
I wondered how long it would be before talk of the independents would surface.
RINO’s and Never-Trumpers like to suggest they are high-minded and independent in their thinking. Like to see both sides, you know.
It is that kind of thinking that has given us Romney, Murkowski, et. al.
The FBI raided a former President’s home. If some independent can see both sides of that issue as well as everything else that has happened since 2016, then perhaps they should stay home.
Obama is also a former President.
Thankfully.
Do you believe there is anyone in Congress/DOJ/FBI/Anyone that would sign off on raiding his house?
One other point about what plays well to some RINO or open-minded independent…
Contrast this toad with Adam Schiff and what he has said and done for the past 6 years.
The left has been on a slash-and-literal burn of this country for many years, yet every election, we hear about meek Republicans worried about how some comment or action by them might not play well with voters.
…and as usual, those spouting such nonsense follow up with insulting voters who are fed up with such spinelessness.
Oh, and the term used to be bomb-throwers.
Thomas Aquinas the shining start after Albertus Magnus would say: On the contrary….
Sorry my ass….Albertas…Politics is a game for politicians, we are the one suffering for THEIR gamesmanship. The RNC & DNC are PRIVATE corporations, unaccountable to citizens yet THEY dictate who we get to vote for. One can be a high minded civic duty lemming and go along to get along, however reality is Republicans are the right wing of the UniParty, and if I can be so bold as to say should we continue playing the GOP game THEY’LL destroy us along with the country.
By not going after Hillary, he got his home raided by the FBI. They will now proceed to throw him in the J6 gulag using a DC jury. Trump got elected by telling Hillary he was going to lock her up to her face in a debate.
Turner is a reliable Swamp Rino. Voted for gun control bill, and earlier voted to raise age when guns could be purchased. Ukraine, increased immigration doubling H-2B Visas, Trump Ukraine phone call not OK, and so forth and so on.
Belongs to Republican House Governance Group, which is hardest core of Rino complicity with swamp — other members Meijer, Upton, Valadao, Miller-Meeks, Herrera Beutler, Katko, Joyce, etc. The core of the Jan6 committee authorizing voters
Takes a while to see who are the worst who need to go, but Turner is certainly one. Represents the Dayton based OH district.
Oh, but that shows he’s independent in his thinking….
Right?
They don’t view it as losing if you lose. He’s getting well paid to protect the Democrats from us.
So true. All need to go, every last one of these bozos
He looks the sort of slimy lawyer to whom one would have to pay up front money just to get in the door for a consultation.
And so it will go…wash, rinse, repeat, over and over, as RINOs attempt to bring Mr Trump down by innuendo and suggestion.
They still think we plebs can’t see them.
When Trump becomes President again, he needs to call out each and every Rino daily.
If he runs and if he wins, I suspect there will be fewer of them. His record of wins with his endorsements is extremely encouraging.
209-17, I believe. Wonder if I could get President Trump to pass me the winning lotto numbers. 😂
Thanks, Jeanine…I knew it was over 200 to only low double digits. Hope you’ll share your winnings😉
I absolutely abhor the Republican party
They are so “abhorrible”.
The Abhorables versus The Deplorables!
So that’s the new number eight in the gang.
Great article by Sundance.
Another interesting point from the article is a comment by Representative Turner: “… In fact, we weren’t even notified when President Biden declassified all the information concerning the hunt for Zawahiri.”
The real questions to be asked ….
Does JoeBama’s gang even bother to consult the Gang of 8??
Does JoeBama’s gang only talk to the democrat half of the Gang of 8??
During the regime of Comrade Obama, there were strong indications that the ODNI did NOT provide briefings with the same content, on some topics, to members of the Gang 8. Information was either ommitted or altered.
They’ve all gone rogue in the Bidan Regime, and not that it really matters anymore; except for Nunes, it’s now just one big incestuous crime family
He said they weren’t notified after, but I wonder if they were consulted before….
How can one be consulted and then say they were not notified??
They are liars. WTF.
Turner is another stuffed suit saying what McCarthy and Turtle told him to say.
Ok. So… primary him too? Or is he the next DeSantis who needs to be scrutinized into oblivion?
If he is a decepticon, then yes toss him out.
he appears to be part of the Gof8 so as a qualification to be ALLOWED into that capacity he HAS to be a Decepticon
You people are the first to complain when the then current “Mitt Romney republican” stabs us in the back on yet another 49-51 or 50-50 vote. You get duped time and again by the idiotic “big tent” nonsense that allows republican leadership to select candidates to balance things to leave them in complete control. Wake up and realize there’s really just one party and everyone there is playing a role to make you believe its fair they and their friends get what they want, and you dont.
There’s a reason Trump is hated so intensely and it has nothing to do with mean tweets. When you consider Trump (albeit imperfectly) *represents* you, you might think about that.
Good point.
I think it’s safe to say that virtually every leadership position on every committee is a hardcore RINO. Uniparty in action.
I won’t give clicks to Disgrace the Nation, but, I did skim the transcript (thanks for providing).
“…is Chinese espionage certainly furthering? How do we assist Ukraine in fighting Russia aggression? Looking at ways that we look at what’s going on at the border with human and drug smuggling and how it’s affecting our families. And, of course, there’s always the issue of the spiraling crime that’s occurring in- in our cities. And how can we impact that? How can we ensure that we have the right tools and information about any foreign influence that might be impacting that?”
The answers to his “questions” have been obvious for decades. Yet, instead of legislating effectively for solutions, this guy pretends not to know things.
This guy is a loser.
P.S. Congress have never voted on providing military or other funding to Ukraine and has provided zero accountability for where the funding goes.
Definitely not Devin Nunes caliber.
They can spin all they want. We will back Trmp as our President until he passes the MAGA baton to whom he chooses as his successor.
Acquiescing to DeSantis for President at this time is accepting the 2020 election as legitimate.
Excellent observation.
I hope President Trump passes the MAGA baton to Donald Trump Jr. for the beginning of a Trump dynasty.
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/09/01/exclusive-excerpt-donald-trump-jr-liberal-privilege-joe-biden-and-the-democrats-defense-of-the-indefensible/
Done with dynasties.
Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, almost Clinton, Obama’s 3rd term.
McCain, Cheney, Murkoswki, on and on.
If Trump Jr. can make it on his own, he needs to run a state for a while to show he can manage a huge government organization.
Indeed!
Dynasties belong to china
Why, PDJT had no political office, when he won the presidency. He did a very good job in making America number one. He knew how to be a business man. How to run multiple million dollar enterprises.
The Trump children can also run multiple million dollar enterprises.
Controlled opposition. Have to keep up the fight to rid ourselves of the RINOs and replace with true MAGA people. Settle in for a long, long, fight.
I still don’t understand why Devin Nunes left.
I think his district was gerrymandered….
Did I miss something? He seemed reasonable and upfront to me. No DT bashing.
He will not lie to you. He will simply tell you just what you want to hear.
Exactly. I did not hear him criticize or question Trump’s behavior
I loathe these people. Done voting lesser of two evils.
C BS and their left wing shill at Disgrace the Nation tried their best to mislead their viewers, but Rep. Turner was ready for them and used his facts to counter their bullshit.
Based on this clip this guy sounds like a total wimp. What he should be doing is investigating the coup against President Trump and seeing that people actually get arrested and jailed for it. He could’ve use this time to condemn the FBI and DOJ for what they’ve been doing the last six years he talks as if nothing ever happened. A big disappointment so far.
This RINO party, and RINOs are the majority, havent earned the right to be in the majority.
Both parties need to go; none can be trusted to use the funds wisely.
Thank you, Sundance.
You all might consider this: stop calling them lawmakers. We citizens have enough laws to govern the US, and we don’t need any more. What we need is enforcement.
I hope Trump and team have backed-up all the documents that were taken. If not then that is quite foolish.
We know how the DOJ, FBI , CIA and dRATS operate. They collude together to save each others skin.
Recall the FBI-DOJ raid of the Uranian One, whitleblower, Nathan Cain? All his records were taken. The courts refused to unseal the documents as to why the raid was made.
Grassley also sent a stern letter to Chrissy Ray asking for an explination for the raid. Do you think ol Chuck ever got an answer?
We continue to play these games and think the GOPe will actually do something and hold these corrupt agencies accountable. Just going through the motions until the story gets buried and taken over by the next big thing. Every GOPe needs to be replace. Throw Kevs re-election in CA and demote China Mitch. Replace Rona McRomney, yesterday.
Federal Court Refused to Unseal Documents of FBI Raid on Clinton Whistleblower | Neon Nettle
Transcript error:
“It’s the- it’s you know, the rank and file FBI agents, everybody agrees, you know, we support them …”
Should read:” It’s the- it’s you know, the ‘wrank and vile’ FBI agents, everybody agrees, you know, we support them …”. As evidenced by Gof8 and Deep Staters action.
Attorney Robert Barnes’ rant about the raid.
The Barnes Brief: Sunday, August 21, 2022
Rant. As explicated in a reply elsewhere: A warrant that requests every document for a four year frame, leads to the seizure of passports, attorney-client and otherwise privileged records is the sina qua non of a warrant that lacks particularity. The warrant was not signed by a “federal judge” appointed Constitutionally through Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation, but rather a magistrate whose authority to issue such warrants should be in doubt. The claim the documents “were required to be turned over to the National Archives” is directly refuted by a Democratic judge in the Clinton case that made clear such authority to determine what is a Presidential Record remains the exclusive, non-reviewable, completely discretionary decision of the President. This law was intended to govern federal employees, not the President.
Do warrant supporters realize their support implicitly accuses every President since Nixon, including Carter, Clinton and Obama of massive crimes? None of the documents were classified, since Trump declassified them, as is his non-reviewable completely discretionary right, while President. The unelected don’t rule over the elected. Trump was, by law, entitled to be in possession of these documents, as he alone made the non-reviewable, completely discretionary decision as to their personal and non-classified status, as prior case-law specifically adjudicates. The search was anything but legal, and the seizure anything but Constitutional, as the partial return of documents seized already proves. Anyone claiming otherwise under the pretense of professorship of law confesses partisan prejudice, not learned scholarship.
We know all that – blah, blah, blah. It was illegal, and so the question remains: What do we do about it?
Ask Robert Barnes, Esq.
Ok 20 years in Congress from Ohio , age 62 , divorces first wife of 32 years in 2013 and marries hot looking DC lobbyist in 2015 and then acrimonious divorce in 2017, accusing her of “ fraudulent contract” (? Whatever that means ) – I guess my point is -the typical Congressional resume – fits perfectly into the GOP e cookie box -theses guys are interchangeable, they all “sing” from the same hymnal, as the saying goes .
Is this the same gooberment soy-boy that that took pictures of himself in a bathtub drinking champagne at a high-end resort all on the taxpayer’s dime?!
“while Mike Turner plays the customary role of a high-minded republican who is aghast, shocked and horrified by the unprofessional conduct of the former president and the institutions targeting him based on political motive.”
Sitting high on his fence looking down on the rubes who are outraged by what has happened.
The blue tie is a signal to the deep state that you are a friendly. So this never Trumper was promoted by RINO turncoat McCarthy?
These people just don’t get it – AT ALL.
What we want is the law to be served – equally.
What we want if is people deserve to be in prison for crimes committed – put’em in prison.
No need to make stuff up – like they do.
This is the uni-party at its worse!! Time to rid the party of these spineless jerks!!
OK, just my 2 cents, but Sounds to me like another “good ole boy” GOPe Republican squish reveling himself on another Sunday propaganda show. WTH do these idiots hope to gain? Do they think America First MAGA voters are clamoring to watch this 🤡💩?
Notice the “How do we assist Ukraine in fighting Russian aggression” line. 🤑 …I am not an “expert”, however,I even know the answer to that one “Congressman”. Get the USA’s nose out of something that is not our business and investigate where all this corrupt “laundered” taxpayer money is going while our own southern border is wide open and being invaded unabated. WTH, but I heard you say weare looking at that. Keep looking and do nothing while the invasion continues.🙄
Nevertheless, I though I was going to puke when he used the Sean Vannity, Mike Pence narrative that “It’s the- it’s you know, the rank and file FBI agents, everybody agrees, you know, we support them. We have great faith in them.” 🤮 I don’t think, but I could be wrong, that a majority of the MAGA supporters disagree with that statement.
O’Keefe “Welcome back to Deface the Nation…. Congressman…………………glad to have you with us.” 🤣 😜 …..I bet they were too.
I spent most of my adult life working construction, driving trucks and Serving my Country. If Mike Turner gets within 10 feet of me, he will really be shocked,aghast and horrified
My bets on you.
🙂👍
What a self-serving little man! Pretending he doesn’t really know. I am so disgusted with the Republican Party. They have no business catering to the left-wing, lying media, appearing on their shows.
Can’t wait for the uniparty crowd to start telling me how it’s not the rank n file crowd at the IRS.
Hey UNIPARTY!
Who investigates/creates crimes?
Who uses the courts for headlines?
Who raids lawyers offices?
Who raids a former PRESIDENT?
Who hides/erases phones,laptops and servers?
Where’s the awan laptop?
Where’s the carlos danger laptop?
Where’s hunters laptop?
Where’s those 33,000 Hillary emails?
Remember Epstein?
Larry nassir victims?
Gov wittless kidnapping?
Jan 6th set up?
Garland texas?
BUT, The rank n file….
WAKE UP!!!
It IS the WHOLE DAMN RANK N FILE!
RINO-Uniparty jackass.
Has no one been CAREFULLY reading/understanding what has been printed on this site for the past few days/weeks/months/years?? The Republican/Democrat ‘parties’ are CORPORATIONS. Corporations answerable to an ‘elite’ group of ‘shareholders’, a group which DOESN’T include me or you. Think back over the years. Has ANY ‘party’ made LASTING changes that have benefited the country as a WHOLE? Not specific ‘interest’ groups, but the entire nation? What’s that old saying, something like ‘The government that ‘gives’ can just as easily take away’. We are ‘given’ some crumbs that make most happy, then a loaf is taken and boy, are we MAD!! Why we’ll just replace the bastards with another ‘corporate’ operative. Insanity–doing the same thing over and over and expecting DIFFERENT results. The present choice between the ‘reds’ and the ‘blues’ is akin to choosing between a slow acting terminal cancer and a catastrophic bleed out.
The answer IMHO, returning to a TRUE representative republic guided by what some call a Constitution. Is doing this too late…….probably. Not enough folks are willing to stick their necks out…..’mandate’ compliance anyone?? Other than that, I’ve got nothing.
Typical RINO uniparty shit.
Trump has been attacked so many times. We keep hearing “hope-porn” saying Trump will get them in the end. He is playing 3-D chess. I wish this were the case, but I can’t think of one case where he beat the government–DOJ and FBI. If he had documents showing corruption, I hope he had extra copies or electronic copies. It seems he can’t release any info because of “ongoing investigation.” How long has this been the case? Since the Mueller probe. Now the Durham probe– started in April 2019– over 3 years. And with no real results to hold anyone accountable. So Durham is the cover-up after the Mueller Special Counsel. And appointed by Bondo Barr. Will Trump ever get a win?
This fits right here: Babylon B on the FBI RAID of Mar-A-Lago!
Why is it that whenever the demorats do not play by the rules, cheat, burn, loot, incite violence, sell the country to the enemy-China-all the other side has to say-oh we plan to take the high road. There is no high road? We the citizens are being driven to hell and they claim moral high ground!
I am totally tired of weaklings claiming to be nice while the middle class is losing homes, cars and a way of life.
There’s no time for niceties. Any informed citizen knows we are WAY beyond any nice speech.
Anyone who claims “thinking”, “high moral ground” needs to change parties and vote with those he/she represents: the dead system of demorats. And go to hell with them.
I and my house will fight for freedom, truth, beauty, a peaceful way of life. Currently we cannot have peace except via servitude. THAT is not an option except for those who will do anything for a bowl of porridge.
Just more corporate speak and dissembling. Another empty suit.
Mike Turner….Another Lawyer, Oy Vey……
It’s nauseating trying to watch the filth spewing from these networks. It’s even more nauseating watching the posturing from the so called opposition party. This is nothing but propaganda for the suckers who bite.
I immersed myself in the Ukraine phone call hoax and I was glued to the Impeachment testimonies. Mike Turner gained my attention as a result of his participation in that little piece of kabuki theater.
Can’t imagine why, but I am reminded of Mike Turner’s participation in the kabuki theater that occurred in October 2021
October 1, 2021 – Sundance
Yesterday, congressman (R) Mike Turner of Ohio noted that no one in the entire system of intelligence and oversight had any idea what intelligence product Mark Milley was describing in his two days of testimony.
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Wednesday, in response to the claims of Milley, that no such intelligence product ever existed.
Congressman Turner, who sits on the House Intel Committee (HPSCI) and the House Armed Services Committee, confirmed the same.
Congressman Turner has demanded that General Milley turn over this mysterious, secret, oddly untraceable intelligence product that Milley alone has seen.
Mike Turner: “Now, you claim that you had information, and it’s all over that China was worried about an imminent attack. You did not tell the president, the vice president, the White House chief of staff, the national security adviser, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the director of national intelligence, either of the relevant committees in the House, including the big eight, which you know include Intel.
You didn’t tell the Intelligence Committee. You didn’t tell the Armed Services Committee. You report that after you took it upon yourself to have this phone conversation, that you told them of the conversation heard not that China believed that we were going to imminently attack them, which by the way, has never been true in my lifetime.”
“But you chose instead to handle it yourself with a phone call. So, General Milley, you offered all of the concerning intelligence, and I’m going to request that you provide it to us. I would like you to provide us the relevant intelligence information that you based your belief that China was going to — the belief that there was an imminent attack.
I also want your request for declassification of the approval that you release that information that China believed so, including your request for declassification of your conversation that you had with General Li and any approvals. I want a transcript of your call with General Li, and I also want any readouts, memorandums, notice of calls, or outcomes.”
Congressman Turner wants to see the magic intelligence that no one else has seen except General Milley.
Anybody, know how that turned out???
Two-Face the nation guest, Rep. Turner, sounds like he is pumped and ready to send a ‘strongly worded’ letter to AG Garland…but not too strongly as he doesn’t want to be meany.
The idiot further reveals just how much further we have to go in ridding society of these types of politicians…. it’s a long way to Tipperary!
vows not to weaponize the committee for political purposes, meaning not looking at one thing the Dems have done or any corruption because the Dems will say your weaponizing, it all smells like a rotten fish.
We all know that any affidavit release will be just black boxed page one after the another. Also, only between the doj/fbi/magistrate. Also, will be weeks. I would like to see Sundance “float” a dozen or so yes/no questions so that there’s no ability for redactions.
One would be “Does the affidavit stipulate all of the interactions between the doj/fbi/ and DJTs legal team over the year leading up to the raid?”
Another: “Are the reports true that AG Garland took 2-3 weeks to decide to raid or not to raid?”
Please Treepers chime in with similar yes/no questions…the goal would have FNC (at least…I know, I know! but Waters, Tucker, and to some extent GG are discussing this on their shows) start “demanding” that this format be utilized by the DOJ/FBI). They’d have no excuse to not have yes/no answers.
I’ve been saying for years now that the GOP cannot be allowed to survive. It must be destroyed so that a true opposition party can rise. People like this in DC are the enemy, and we need to stop pretending otherwise.
The way to destroy them is to wipe out so many seats that they can’t function, and you do that by wiping out “safe” districts that do not have Certified MAGA representatives.
Trust me, millions of voters would LOVE to do to their GOP rep what WY, AZ, and other voters did to the likes of Liz Cheney.
The only reason we haven’t is people are afraid. The great lesson of these primaries is that the GOP candidates CAN be destroyed. And that we have to do a good job keeping out the nuts.
Going after the GOP traitors who voted to impeach was a good step. But people like Turner also need to be thrown out.
We’re going to have to start cutting down to the bone.
… one day, many years ago, it struck me: Geeze! The Republicans are completetely useless!
“Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord”…..thank goodness because we will never get any from this bunch of losers!
Mike Turner is a super NEO Con who represents a district home of the Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. He loves foreign wars and money flowing into Wright Patt.
Be skeptical. He’s all for the proxy war in Ukraine.
Hmmm…J.D Vance promotion?
We need action, and soon, to save the Republic! I really hate to think about trying to re-organize after some civil war nightmare. We better do something now and we gotta start with legal remedies first and voting is probably the least effective due to the cheat. So something(s) else is required and fast.
Please don’t dismantle me if you disagree but, I have supported the Convention of States organization, COS, for several years. Is that not the Constitutional fix we need, where the states Legislatures withdraw their consent from the federal govt, have a convention and enforce and adopt the Constitution to where it WILL stand and then have new federal govt office elections? (that is my take on it). COS seems to be making progress in signing up States through the state legislatures. 19 or 20 states, of the 34 needed, so far. Of course, we would have to be vigilant to not get hi-jacked along the way but that is doable and we gotta try. I do not agree with anyone 100% of the time but the gentlemen heading the COS organization seem like patriots and not RINO plants. Like I said, I do not agree with anyone 100% of the time. What am I missing? Thanks.
And if Sundance has commented on the matter already, then I missed it. Please excuse me.
As you are well aware having become involved in the “Convention” issue, there are significant hurdles to overcome to our ability to actually convene another one.
If ‘push’ were to ever come to ‘shove’ so to speak, I would suggest you look into the alternative concept of “Secession.”
There is an organized on-going effort in the state of Texas exploring this idea, and Montana wrote such a provision into their state Constitution when they joined the Union.
So what if we change the rules? Say any person running for office had to meet a minimum of 500,000 which could be matched by the US government dollar for dollar and that is the most money you could spend on an election. No RNC no DNC no political contributions from individuals or groups. Period. No party affiliation is required for any position. Equal airtime for all candidates was required by the FCC at no cost on all major networks including cable. Debates were mandatory. And of course one day paper ballot voting with no mail in except for disabled and military on election day which is also a holiday. No machines. No outside money. Issue oriented. Open debate. I’m sick of the racket. Decent Americans need to start insisting on logical processes. Enough already.
You now understand.
Regarding campaign money I would prefer that all money spent on a campaign must come from within the district and only from registered voters. No money from any business or interest groups. And set a limit per person of $1000.
It’s time for candidates to get back to door to door campaigning.