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

hey guys what'd I miss

Initial Fox News response:

Martha McCallum: “there’s quite a bit here.”
Bill Hemmer: “yes there is.”
...
Brett Baier: “This statement was very detailed. ... on its face, this is very damaging to some of the arguments the GOP has been making.”

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) November 20, 2019

Trump better not get pushed out before he comes to London a week before our general election, is all I'm saying

LOL, yeah, you need that special Trump touch to sink your own Trump.

https://images.app.goo.gl/TGgmMLh5muJAtiWQ7

Nunes going straight to the Chalupa defense and Hillary Clinton, doesn't seem like a strong strategy.

oof this is embarrassing

Can we just get the QAnon guys on the stand?

meanwhile Adam Serwer and Greenwald going at it is a thing of beauty:

So you're saying it's time for the Congress to install Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office? That's the only logical conclusion of this argument, right? https://t.co/7DRZE0WbS5

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 20, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJ1DNKAXUAceSFo?format=png&name=large

Nunes needed a little break to figure out wtf their strategy is gonna be now.

same as always, just make shit up for 45 minutes and never address the actual crimes committed

lol "2+2=4 games"

Did Sondland just give Nunes an eyeroll?

I finally figured out who Sondland looks like, its Jeff Ross

wow what do you know yet another witness who is completely unaware of all these made up conspiracy theories

This is a great deal bigger than any scandal thus far.

It won't lead to his removal, and he still won't fall below his floor, and we might deal with a hollering dog for a bit, but this is the opposite of the Mueller memo. Donors turning on Trump = even he knows which way the wind is blowing.

Could help swing the Senate and the White House in 2020 as long as we don't nominate a simpering buffoon.

Good lord, Nunes’ bullshit is such a waste of everyone’s time

what is he talking about

Cows

He'll self-destruct in five minutes, his programming is confused

good lord he had all week to prepare for this

Sondland will be played by a younger Wallace Shawn in the movie. Dem counsel will be played by that skinny dude from the Office and Silicon Valley, or Ken Cosgrove from Mad Men.

Sondland was very clearly struggling to follow where Nunes was going with all of that. It's pretty striking how jovial and talkative he was with Schiff and Goldman by contrast.

yea its been pointed several times that unless you watch Hannity every night you will have no clue what Nunes is talking about

the Chalupa defense: The 21st Century "Twinkie Defense" invoked when Trump finally shoots someone on 5th Avenue.

I finally figured out who Sondland looks like, its Jeff Ross

― frogbs, Wednesday, November 20, 2019 10:27 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

Someone else made that observation to me.

sorry but I can only see Jeffrey Ross pic.twitter.com/80YKX6clKZ

— Jonathan Baude (@jbaude) November 20, 2019

lmao this guy spent one million dollars to end up here

always a great investment that DJT

Is the GOP counsel any better than Nunes. Blooming hope this is as obviously wrong to everyone.
Or is this just Sondland being made the fall guy

Sondland probably also stuck with a garage full of Trump steaks

Castor is trying to show there was no explicit quid pro quo, but Sondland is clear that common sense says otherwise.

Castor: President said go talk to Rudy, but he didn't mean go talk to Rudy, right? He just meant, like, I'm busy, go away

castor's line of questioning is awfully weak. he's pushing the idea that you can't draw a conclusion from obvious evidence.

Sondland probably also stuck with a garage full of Trump steaks

And an attic full of Trump U. diplomas.

yessss

President Trump - wait for it - hardly knows the guy (Sondland): “I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy though.”

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 20, 2019

Backtracking a touch but I will cherish these ten seconds.

YOU GUYS HIS FACE AFTER THEY ADJOURN FOR A BREAK. *chef kiss* pic.twitter.com/lemUGKvJOv

— Ann (@neverfindapen) November 20, 2019

the michael scott comparisons are too easy, but also too good

Maggie HabermanWhite House Correspondent
He is, Michael. He’s been told, after his attack on Yovanovitch, to be quieter.

When the president spoke to reporters just now, without taking questions, he read from hand-written notes.

Treating the metaphorical Drug Deal like an actual DRUG DEAL.

the democratic WITCH DEAL has become a total DRUG HUNT

brb registering WITCH DEAL DRUG HUNT as my next band name

# pic.twitter.com/0dVAb3Lb8w

— Mama Bear 5 (@MamaBea60049450) November 20, 2019

Song lyrics

Napolitano can sit back and relax knowing he's not the most hated legal go-to guy on Fox now.

Ken Starr: "There will be articles of impeachment, I think we've known that ... It's over ... This is his position, we now know that the president, in fact, committed the crime of bribery ... Articles of impeachment are being drawn up if they haven't already been drawn up." pic.twitter.com/82NOwczpej

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 20, 2019

yeah but due process!

"everyone's hair was on fire"!

this is otm:

Michael D. ShearCongressional Correspondent

One thing that has struck me during each of the sessions by the Republican lawyer – it’s just unclear what the strategy is to the questioning. What is the goal? What narrative are they trying to tell? The Democrats are much more focused, and you can see the story they want to assemble.

12:01 PM ET

"everyone's hair was on fire"!=December Title

I was just thinking that they have given him nothing to work with so he's just trying to stay afloat. (the GOP lawyer).

Castor was very desperately begging him to say this was all speculation and Sondland didn't bite.

MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Mike Pompeo Planning to Resign https://t.co/UJ6W7buKwD

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 20, 2019