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Richard W. Painter
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Richard W. Painter
@RWPUSA
Law Professor. Former chief White House ethics lawyer 2005-07. Independent.
@RWPMinnesota
Minnesota, USA
Joined November 2014
- Millions of us in the Republican Party miss you. And that is an understatement."No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."
- This Tweet alone is grounds for removal from office under the 25th Amendment. This man should not have nukes.North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!
- The Governor of Michigan had better get her phone calls returned and the federal aid had better arrive in Michigan within 24 hours or the House within 48 hours should impeach both @realDonaldTrump and @VP. We've had enough of this extortion racket.
- A president who threatens civil war if the political process does not support him cannot be allowed to command the United States military. He should be removed from office immediately.
- I am a political independent who left the Republican Party. Tomorrow I will not vote for a single Republican. I will vote for their Democratic opponents. Many Americans will join me. On Wednesday morning the Republican Party can blame two men: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
- Franken asked the right questions. Sessions lied. Franken then called out Sessions on his lies. Sessions then recused. Without Franken, Mueller probably wouldn’t be doing what he is doing today. Good senators make a difference. abcn.ws/2M0awqW
- The United States will go down in human history as a country that impeached a president for lying about a fully consensual affair with an intern but would not impeach a president who, in two separate elections, colluded with a foreign power against a political opponent. Pathetic.
- College admissions officers take note. Any high school student with this three day suspension on the record should get special consideration and some extra college credits for public service. cnn.it/2ofNrng
- BREAKING NEWS: @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell has scheduled a full impeachment trial, with witnesses, to take place immediately after the confirmation hearing for Judge Merrick Garland.
- No US president before has called the press the enemy of the people. Dictators have said that, but no US president.
- This is disgusting. Never once did I hear President Bush refer to a Member of Congress with such offensive language in private, much less in public. Decent people simply don't behave this way.Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!
- "Made in America" theme week at the White House? Are they kidding? Their own election wasn't even made in America.
- Justice Alito says he doesn't see a woman's right to choose in the Constitution. I do. What I don't see in the Constitution is the number nine....
