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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

GOP senator shrugs off Trump’s obstruction of justice — and calls it part of his ‘brash demeanor’

Author:     BRAD REED
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     22 APR 2019 AT 11:02 ET
Link: GOP senator shrugs off Trump’s obstruction of justice — and calls it part of his ‘brash demeanor’
Stephan:   I think it is important to observe closely how the Congressional Republicans are responding, or not responding, to the devastating Mueller Report. Here's an example. Joni Ernst is so cretinous and ethically bankrupt that you have to ask: Is there something wrong with the voters of Iowa? How could you elect someone like this, Iowa?

Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ernst

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday shrugged off special counsel Robert Mueller’s report that extensively chronicled President Donald Trump’s efforts to obstruct his investigation — and she said the report didn’t tell us anything about Trump that we didn’t already know before.

“I think we all know who the President is, he has a brash demeanor, that’s about all I can say,” Ernst said about the behavior revealed in Mueller’s report, according to CNN’s Manu Raju.

Ernst also dismissed calls to have Mueller testify before the Senate by saying Senate Republicans already had more important work to do.

“Really, the House seems all over this, I know that we will continue to work on judges as a primary concern in Judiciary,” Ernst said. “I don’t know that that’s necessary, we have the report so we can go from there.”

For far, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) has been the only GOP senator to explicitly condemn the actions taken by the president and his campaign as described in the Mueller report — and he […]

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