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Thank You, Devin Nunes
Fine article in the Spectator USA reminding us of the critical role that Rep. Nunes played in publicly undermining the Russia collusion narrative.
Nunes knew all along that the claims were bogus and he stood up for the truth in the face of withering attacks from Democrats, from the media, which daily took vicious shots at his character and integrity, and from skeptics and unsupportive leaders in his own party. Recall that then-Speaker Paul Ryan forced Nunes to temporarily remove himself from the investigation at the insistence of Democrats like Rep Adam Schiff. Schiff, you should know, is so attached to the Russia hoax that he is still claiming that he knows the collusion was real. Sure, Adam, so was the UFO that stopped you outside of Bakersfield.
Were it not for Rep. Nunes we would not know that Susan Rice, Obama’s National Security Adviser, spied on members of the Trump campaign before the election and then unmasked their names with the likely knowledge that they would be leaked – which they were. We would not have details about the plot in the FBI and DOJ to use the phony dossier paid for by the Clinton campaign, created by Democratic party-aligned opposition research firm FusionGPS, and circulated by an associate of Republican senator John McCain. We would not know about Page and Strzok. We would not know about the meeting that occurred in the FBI in which they conspired against President Trump and rested sure that at least they had the dossier as an ‘insurance policy.’ And we would not know about the flagrant abuse of the FISA courts. The FBI and DOJ lied to the FISA court three separate times in order to illegally obtain warrants to spy on Trump associates. Who signed those fraudulent documents? Andrew McCabe, James Comey, former assistant attorney general Sally Yates and current assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein is currently disgraced and McCabe is under criminal investigation.
And he took political risks in doing so:
And what did Nunes get for this? In the last election, he got nearly $10 million of negative ads dumped on him. In his rural district, $10 million of negative ads meant that television, radio, print, and mail were saturated. The Democrats could not buy more airtime to smear his good name.
Routinely smeared as a liar by the media, Democrats, and Bill Kristol’s gang at the now-defunct Weekly Standard, it turned out that once the underlying documents were released, he was the most Reliable Source about the investigation.
As to his opponent, Rep Adam Schiff, who continually accused Nunes of lying while propagating his own series of lies, the best that can be said of him is to paraphrase Mary McCarthy’s characterization of Lillian Hellmann; “Every word he says is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the.'”
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I concur ….. Devin Nunes withstood unrelenting attack and ridicule and stood his ground for all the right reasons and deserves thanks and praise for his determination and courage.
And Schiff never gets challenged regarding his biggest repetitive lie – that he had access to evidence that confirmed Trump campaign working with the Russians to affect the election – and Schiff never reveals that evidence.
The media could help correct itself by cornering him on this issue. They won’t, though.
I did a post on Nunes some time back, and I’m glad you’ve put him into the spotlight again! He’s a very good man and a model for the Republican party. Take notes, folks! He’s your man.
That, I think, will be the tell – how will the media question the politicians? I’m actually, for the moment, holding out a little hope that some A-list establishment media … looking for a pejorative word I can get past the mods … buttalker? sphincterspeaker? no, forget it … will really do what you suggest and put Rabbit Schiff to the question. Allow me this moment of weakness; I’m sure it will pass.
Devin Nunes has been a real hero in this story. But his only airtime or articles are on Conservative sites.
Devin Nunes – One of the few remaining reasons to keep California in the Union.
Adam Schiff couldn’t find his —- in the dark with both hand and a flashlight. He’s got nuttin’.
All the more reason to call him on it, and all the more reason the MSM won’t.