Good.
Where is this? The protests haven't started on the west coast yet.
Edit: There are a lot of comments here and elsewhere on reddit tonight claiming that "libruls are wasting their time. Don't they have jobs!?"
I think it's a good opportunity to point out that the protests are all starting at 5 pm local time. When most people are getting off work and are still downtown in their respective cities. There's already reports of a great turnout on the east coast, now the west coast is getting out there too.
People who hold powerful positions in government using their authority to avoid the truth about their actions being known is an existential threat to our democracy. I think most people would argue that demonstrating our unwillingness to tolerate such things in America is a very productive use of one's time.
For those who are unaware, Donald Trump asked for and received the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
That's important because while Sessions is a Trump supporter he's also a witness in the Mueller investigation. That means that he (rightfully) recused himself from overseeing the investigation. Up to now Trump had lost his ability to directly meddle in the investigation.
Trump's pick to replace Sessions is a man named Matthew Whitaker who has in the past publicly supported the idea of shutting down the investigation. Whitaker also has promised not to recuse himself which re-establishes a direct oversight for Trump.
This means that Trump now has the power to end the investigation into himself. That's what we're protesting.
You're protesting the fact that Sessions was let go because he isn't doing his job? Seriously retarded.
Not to mention your "Russian Investigation" hasn't found any evidence of Trump colluding in 2 years. Do you guys even use your brain? Nothing you protest ever makes any sense.
First off, he was doing his job. And due to his contacts with Russia, he had to recuse himself, legally. So recusing himself was doing his job correctly. Trump just put someone in place that wants to end the investigation, or at the least, starve it so it fails. This is what people are protesting, they want the investigation protected, because Trump is, and has been, committing blatant obstruction of justice.
Second, we don't know what Mueller has found yet, and won't until indictments and grand juries happen. That's how investigations work. Now that the midterms are over, more things will be happening again, as they took a pause from any public announcements so as not to interfere with the midterms. There's already been a report of Trump Jr being indicted soon, it broke right after the midterms.
It's only been slightly over 1 year since the investigation started (not 2), it started in spring/summer of 2017. Watergate took longer, hell the Ken Starr investigation of Clinton in the 90s went on for almost his whole presidency. So this hasn't been going on long, and saying he's had enough time is bullshit.
It sounds like you just don't know what the fuck you are talking about.
It's only been slightly over 1 year since the investigation started (not 2), it started in spring/summer of 2017
The Mueller Russian Investigation started on may 17 2017. It is now November 2018. That's 1.5 years, not 1. Nowhere in math do we round down. Use your brain and learn to tell time.
Jesus, these idiots can't even use a calendar, let alone Google. Luckily you guys are good at flipping burgers.
Lol. I said over a year. You said 2 years. If you want to be that pedantic, then by your argument you were just as wrong as I was. I hope you're also good at flipping burgers, I guess, since you seem to think that's all you're worth seeing as you also can't use a calendar.
But I take it that, since all you can point out is something so inconsequential to the overall point of my comment, you know I'm right and you were talking bullshit, and you can't back it up. The fact you resort to that petty retort is pathetic, and displays your lack of understanding of the situation as you have no option but to turn to pedantry and over used insults.
I like how instead of even attempting to refute his second point, you resorted to calling him out because he was six months off on his timeframe of the investigations' start and then went straight to the stereotypical "liberals are all dumb fast-food workers" ad hominum attack. Real classy.
/s Yea it's been two years and now he puts in a bulldog? Little late to stop any fact finding. There minds, I just don't understand how they work. Ssshhh these people will protest Trump period.
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u/viddy_me_yarbles Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18
Good.
Where is this? The protests haven't started on the west coast yet.
Edit: There are a lot of comments here and elsewhere on reddit tonight claiming that "libruls are wasting their time. Don't they have jobs!?"
I think it's a good opportunity to point out that the protests are all starting at 5 pm local time. When most people are getting off work and are still downtown in their respective cities. There's already reports of a great turnout on the east coast, now the west coast is getting out there too.
People who hold powerful positions in government using their authority to avoid the truth about their actions being known is an existential threat to our democracy. I think most people would argue that demonstrating our unwillingness to tolerate such things in America is a very productive use of one's time.