In her 2015 confirmation hearing, Jeff Sessions demanded to know if Sally Yates would be confident enough to stand up to the president of the United States, especially about immigration.
Thank you for helping the cause on down the road, Jeff.
“Do you think the attorney general has the responsibility to just say no to the president if he asks for something that’s improper?”
Oh hell, yeah.
Today, Susan Q. Yates, an Obama administration holdover until Cheeto Jesus gets a new bigot attorney general confirmed, announced that the Justice Department would not defend the new Bannon Muslim Ban enacted last Friday. CJ promptly fired her, accusing her of “betraying” the administration. Yes. She certainly “betrayed” the administration by upholding her sworn duty to uphold the Constitution. Yates, a 27 year veteran of the Justice Department is well regarded in legal circles. So, obviously, she has to go from the worst presidential administration since Richard Nixon or Andrew Jackson. Your choice.
Steve Bannon – white supremacist, anti-Semite. Professional alt-right propagandist and liar. Permanent member of the National Security Council.
I’m so proud. Aren’t you?
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Here ya go —
Yeah, he wishes.
Republican Colorado Senator Cory Gardner has been getting a mess of phone calls.
Gardner said his office is getting so many calls and emails, his has staff assigned to do nothing except respond to them. In one night, his office received 3,000 voicemails. Many of them were from what Gardner calls paid protesters from other parts of the U.S.
Paid protestors? Yeah, whistle past that graveyard, Buddy.
I guess he meant to say “pissed off protestor” and it just came out “paid protestors.”
To their credit, the Denver teevee station adds this —
Editor’s Note: CBS4 has asked Sen. Cory Gardner’s office for evidence of out-of-state paid protesters calling the office, and CBS4 plans to follow up on the story this week.
Bless Cory’s heart, Hillary carried Colorado. So, you know, you might give him a call. His Denver office number is (303) 391-5777. You might let him know you’re not being paid.