US Politics, November 2019: These people are truly sick.

He's throwing the State dept. under the bus first.

i would too lol

Oh shiiiiit, he's going all in on Trump and Giuliani

Fleet of buses.

How could it have been wrong when it felt so good?

Kabam.

there is is

When you've lost a dude who gifted you more money than some people will see in a lifetime...

ahahahahahah this is the guy who Trump was saying exonerated him

I assume he doesn't know what that word means.

The thing is, sure they did this at the direct request of the president, but that's just hearsay. How do we know if the president's orders were really an accurate depiction of what he truly wanted in his heart of hearts and not just a funny gag he was playing on the three amigos? The reality is that Trump said "just kidding" and let the aid go with no enforced public statement, so no harm no foul.

Direct contradiction of Volker's weak ass "talk with Rudy" explanation.

sheesh this guy just torpedoed every single GOP talking point

'Kay well if Trump didn't have a cardiac event the other day that's definitely not going to be the explanation for his return to the hospital today.

aka "Phase Two" of his physical.

Is it just me or is Sondland having way too much fun throwing Trump and team under the bus?

Who knows what will come of this, but Sondland seems to really understand the concept of having "fuck you" money.

ha from wiki right now.

Gordon David Sondland (born July 16, 1957)[1][2] is the United States Ambassador to the European Union.[3] He is also the founder and former chairman of Provenance Hotels and co-founder of the merchant bank Aspen Capital. He was a major donor to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and testified to Congress in the Trump–Ukraine scandal. On 20th November 2019, he metaphorically threw Donald Trump and Rudolph Giuliani- the Russian puppets- under the bus, set it on fire and lobbed a grenade inside for good measure.

I can’t wait to find out how Sondland is now a deep state lying secret Democrat

first time "A$AP Rocky" has entered the congressional record.

was just typing that in

not enough popcorn in the world

this is a bloodbath

i hear everyone was in the loop. did you know everyone was in the loop?

should be put in jail for having someone print out your emails.

fake Trump gonna have a heart attack too

He's even using John Dean's dry-as-sawdust delivery.

I would love to send Ambassador Sondland, a really good man and great American, to testify, but unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court, where Republican’s rights have been taken away, and true facts are not allowed out for the public....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2019

....to see. Importantly, Ambassador Sondland’s tweet, which few report, stated, “I believe you are incorrect about President Trump’s intentions. The President has been crystal clear: no quid pro quo’s of any kind.” That says it ALL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2019

LOL LOL LOL

what a hapless rich doof. question is why didn't he say all this in the closed door testimony

He thought he could get away with lying

Easy -- probably figured there was a 'let's all cough and not say anything' approach. But after he got specifically named too many times, even his initial 'revision' wasn't enough; the multiple Kiev cafe conversation confirmations had his number in the end. Better to do this now and be done with it.

I assume "John Dean moment" is trending on places where that happens.

Trump watching Sondland testimony, WH official says.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 20, 2019

have the ambulance on standby

Trump probably watching just to learn what he did.

"The president and I often communicate in four-letter words. And three-letter words."

sondland, re: "zelensky loves your ass"

"that's how [Trump] and i communicate - a lot of four letter words"

also calls "he loves your ass" "trumpspeak"

This guy really underscores the difference between career foreign service and political appointee.

lol, yep

career employee would know not to add those little details

Trump is probably Redd Foxxing right now

Louie Gohmert is probably going to ride a live horse into the chamber to force a recess

lmao even A$AP Rocky making an appearance here

and Trump's ass

maybe Gohmert will ride into the chambers on an ass

A$AP Rocky being a weird side note to this is amazing

The best thing about all of this is Sondland's cheery demeanor.

is jim jordan going to refer to Sondland as the "star witness", now? he may feel bad about blowing that on the very first witness

11/20/19 trump tweet bingo

free center square: trump says he didn't even know sondland, barely talked to him

yea Sondland is a scumbag but he makes for good TV

This is also giving a good glimpse into the challenges of working with this particularly challenged president. Short of quitting, what are you gonna do? He's a stupid, corrupt crook, you do the best you can, right? (Basically the Stupid Nuremberg Defense to this mess's Stupid Watergate.)

I just hope that when this is all done, and the dust has settled, we finally get to the bottom of what happened in 2016.