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Eric Schmitt (r) believes he’s a witness or something, apparently

20 Tuesday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, social media, US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, false equivalence, Fascist pig, Hunter Biden, missouri, right wingnut

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Today:

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
The reality is these charges don’t even scratch the surface of the alleged web of back door deals between Hunter Biden on behalf of Joe Biden & foreign actors. Transparency is critical & investigations into Hunter Biden must continue regardless of whatever “deal” was struck.
9:52 AM · Jun 20, 2023

Some of the responses:

Did you try this case?

You got NOTHING!!!!

They never would, because those charges are completely unrelated to any of the assertions (not evidence) presented by political hacks. But you knew that…

Like this case? Where Trump stole $500k from kids with cancer and also made a plea deal?
[….]

Now do Trump.

That’s because the 5-year investigation by a Trump appointed prosecutor couldn’t find anything else, Nimrod.

Meanwhile, Kushner gets $2 BILLION from the Saudis out in the open and @Eric_Schmitt is too much a partisan coward to say a word about it. Before you speculate on this nonsense, maybe comment on the overt bribery going on.

Instead of complaining on Twitter, you should contact your Missouri Senator and ask for more investigation, Er. Oh, wait…….?

Seriously, Eric – this is what you’re worried about? Not #Missouri? Not that our kids’ schools are being fully funded? Not that kids go hungry?

Kind of took the wind out of your sails, bro.

Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
Reminder. The US attorney overseeing the Hunter Biden criminal charges is a Trump appointee left in place by Biden. (And no, Trump would never do anything like that)
8:56 AM · Jun 20, 2023

This is NOT what Missourians elected you to do. We have so many issues in Missouri and this nonsense is what you tweet about?!

This was a settlement of charges with a REPUBLICAN US ATTORNEY APPOINTED BY TRUMP. If anything, it’s more harsh than a usual white-collar offender would get. And you don’t have a shred of evidence for your sham investigations.

Show your evidence. You really need to stop just making stuff up. The prosecutor was assigned by Trump. Joe Biden could have replaced him but chose not to. Integrity.

you would think a former AG would know the difference between what is alleged and what can be proven.

“Alleged” on tapes that may or may not exist in possession of a man no one has seen in 3 years and now is supposedly dead. This is the best evidence you fools have come up with. Indicative of your legal acumen.

Quit embarrassing Saint Louis University for giving you a law degree.

What are your thoughts on Trump and his criminal family, jackass?

The reality is that you’re talking out of your a$$ b/c you have zero knowledge of the investigation, zero evidence of any wrong-doing beyond what’s reported in the papers, and the @GOP has zero #Whistleblowers or #Tapes, despite their claims.

Defamation much?

Why didn’t you turn over that mountain of bribery evidence dawg? Because you have none maybe?

So you support the IRS going into Trump’s taxes and examining every deal he’s made, right? What about the money the Saudis gave Kushner? Or the patents Ivanka got?

Let’s face it folks. Hunter was smart enough to cut a deal with the DOJ. Trump could have done that too, but he’s not smart enough to let his narcissism go and admit guilt. Trump will pay for his stupidity, and republicans will defend him. You can’t fix this kind of stupid.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

When republicans get caught, everyone else does it, too

11 Friday Jun 2010

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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8th Congressional District, false equivalence, Jo Ann Emerson, Jon Rust, media criticism, meta, Southeast Missourian, teh gay, Tommy Sowers

It’s their world of false equivalence, the rest of us only get to live in it.

Jon Rust, the publisher of the Southeast Missourian, writes today in “Innuendo: Bad politics”:

…This week, people close to the Emerson campaign crossed the line in mudslinging too. In a paid election letter to this newspaper, a writer who once worked for Emerson’s husband called into question Sowers’ sexuality. The innuendo used was repugnant…

“Too?” Rust spends the first three paragraphs blaming Tommy Sowers’ (D) campaign for the tone of the 8th Congressional District campaign, without citing any examples, before he gets to condemning a paid political letter which appeared in his paper written by an individual associated with Jo Ann Emerson (r), the republican incumbent. The subject? You guessed it:

…The second point — the innuendo — is unfair and inappropriate. I will admit: I don’t see that sexual orientation has anything to do with whether a person is qualified for Congress…

You’d think the publisher of the paper would cite a specific example of a “distortion” by the subject of his first three paragraphs. You’d think. Nah, it’s just easier to wrap yourself in a false cloak of impartiality and dismiss one party’s egregious behavior with the condemnation and excuse that “everybody does it.” And then wring your hands.

I wonder if that letter by the Emerson supporter had anything to do with this?:

Jo Ann Emerson (r): wedge issues trump everything for republicans

Besides, what will all our seven year olds think? Uh, Ike, I think that cat is already out of the bag.

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