'Targeting Epstein's 'sweetheart' deal, Senate Republican forgets who was president in 2008'

[sop]

"It’s been a little weird to see just how many Republicans have, in recent years, forgotten who was president in 2020 — a problem that Joe Biden’s critics make with surprising frequency. Last week, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner went even further, suggesting that the former Democratic president was also in the White House in 2018. (He wasn’t.)"

"The problem, however, isn’t limited to GOP officials and Biden...Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin tried to rope Barack Obama into Donald Trump's Jeffrey Epstein scandal. It went horribly awry."

"Mullin: 'In 2009 there was sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration with Epstein.'..'Remember, there was a plea deal that was struck in 2009, way before I was in office, way before Trump was even considering to be in office, way before Pam Bondi was in office, way before Kash Patel was director — 2009, there was a sweetheart plea deal that was made underneath the Obama administration with Epstein. And that sweetheart [deal] has not been exposed.' "

"Tapper: 'No, that's not right. It was 2008. The U.S. Attorney at the time was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee He went on to become President Trump's Secretary of Labor.' "

"Confronted with reality, Mullin nevertheless again said Obama was president when Epstein got his plea deal, indifferent to the fact that he was obviously and demonstrably wrong."

More at link:

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/targeting-epsteins-sweetheart-deal-senate-republican-forgets-was-presi-rcna221432

[exboyfil]

1. Between him and Ryan Walters

Oklahoma sure isn't electing its best and brightest.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Okie Republicans ought to make responsible parents sweat

With BS like this spouting from Oklahoma politicians, responsible parents, especially those who can’t afford private-school tuition, ought to worry whether their kids are getting a good education.

I know that some Oklahoman educators are resisting the trend towards dumbing-down and flat-out lying, but it seems like the tides are flowing against them.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. He didn't forget

It was DELIBERATE.

He knows what he's doing.

[LiberalArkie]

4. Because the soundbites are really all that matters any more. Our 10 second attention span is killing us.

Too many with ADHD?

[JustAnotherGen]

5. I seriously HAVE

ADHD - never medicated. My mom and dad didn't want me to lose my ability to HYPER Focus.

So now, I'm HYPER FOCUSED on the Epstein Files and any and all shenanigans related to this -


And these people are ALL paedos.

I offer my services and abilities to you LiberalArkie for the greater good of crushing the magapub's souls.

[LiberalArkie]

6. Yes they are. The only thing we currently know are the "poor" people who had to hitch a ride on Epstein's plane,

What about all those who had their own Citations and Gulfstreams? The real important ones.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. That's a good point

It's in the files!

[LiberalArkie]

8. I think that if they are, they are locked away. These are the richest people in the world probably. Probably just

need to run down the list of the top inaugural and library donors as to who has been having to pay for their privacy.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. n/s

[Skittles]

10. repukes talk this shit because they know their idiot base will believe ANYTHING

well, at least that has always worked in the past

[Karasu]

11. "Forgets?" No, they're just fucking idiots, and everyone knows it. Stop giving them the benefit of the doubt.

This is what happens when a country normalizes stupidity and any dumbfuck can hold office.