Now that I got that off my chest, there was something that occurred to me today for the first time, and I wonder if anyone else had considered it. Why did the officials in Georgia and Arizona take Trump’s calls? If Joe Biden called, would they have taken the call? If they took the call and ol’ Joe started quizzin…
Now that I got that off my chest, there was something that occurred to me today for the first time, and I wonder if anyone else had considered it. Why did the officials in Georgia and Arizona take Trump’s calls? If Joe Biden called, would they have taken the call? If they took the call and ol’ Joe started quizzing them about the vote count, wouldn’t they have told him they can’t discuss that official business, if not just hang up on him?
I know that a call from “the President” is a big deal, even if it was from a corrupt and grifting moron. We unfortunately have elevated the President, whoever it is, to the status of a civil demi-god, which is not a good thing for any democracy. But still, isn’t it a bit mind boggling that anyone would engage with Trump for over an hour while he’s clearly trying to subvert an election and draw you into a criminal conspiracy? Am I missing something? Am I expecting more fortitude than is reasonable? As it turns out, it was a good thing that these public servants let Trump incriminate himself so thoroughly. But that wasn’t the intent in sitting on the phone with him so long, right?
I’m not sure I have a point to this comment. But the very fact of the phone calls did strike me as strange, on reflection.
In both cases, they had taken calls before that weren't recorded, for which afterwards they might have said to themselves, "Nobody's going to believe that happened without a recording," and they suspected (rightly) that there would be another call - at which point they prepared (and also told their staff, like the investigator who recorded him telling her how famous she'd be for "finding the truth"). I think the two elected officials showed themselves today to be the kind of people who were disgusted by Lardo Lardass' behavior, to the point they'd be willing to document it.
That may be giving them more credit than due, but after listening to them today, I think they are that kind of people.
I wish Schiff had asked them why they had decided to record that call! Then maybe we could have testimony about those other calls and what they were like. It would have been enjoyable (for me) to have the explanation you offer above going into the record!
MAGA=traitor. ‘Nuf said.
Now that I got that off my chest, there was something that occurred to me today for the first time, and I wonder if anyone else had considered it. Why did the officials in Georgia and Arizona take Trump’s calls? If Joe Biden called, would they have taken the call? If they took the call and ol’ Joe started quizzing them about the vote count, wouldn’t they have told him they can’t discuss that official business, if not just hang up on him?
I know that a call from “the President” is a big deal, even if it was from a corrupt and grifting moron. We unfortunately have elevated the President, whoever it is, to the status of a civil demi-god, which is not a good thing for any democracy. But still, isn’t it a bit mind boggling that anyone would engage with Trump for over an hour while he’s clearly trying to subvert an election and draw you into a criminal conspiracy? Am I missing something? Am I expecting more fortitude than is reasonable? As it turns out, it was a good thing that these public servants let Trump incriminate himself so thoroughly. But that wasn’t the intent in sitting on the phone with him so long, right?
I’m not sure I have a point to this comment. But the very fact of the phone calls did strike me as strange, on reflection.
In both cases, they had taken calls before that weren't recorded, for which afterwards they might have said to themselves, "Nobody's going to believe that happened without a recording," and they suspected (rightly) that there would be another call - at which point they prepared (and also told their staff, like the investigator who recorded him telling her how famous she'd be for "finding the truth"). I think the two elected officials showed themselves today to be the kind of people who were disgusted by Lardo Lardass' behavior, to the point they'd be willing to document it.
That may be giving them more credit than due, but after listening to them today, I think they are that kind of people.
I wish Schiff had asked them why they had decided to record that call! Then maybe we could have testimony about those other calls and what they were like. It would have been enjoyable (for me) to have the explanation you offer above going into the record!
I missed that. Makes sense.