Robert Reich: "This morning I phoned my old friend, a Republican former member of Congress...."

[babylonsister]

This is from October 11th. He knew...


https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/posts/1729852823693973


Robert Reich: "This morning I phoned my old friend, a Republican former member of Congress...."

[enough]

1. If they're so worried, why do they keep doing exactly what he wants?

This reads like pure bullshit. Surprised Reich is devoting any time to it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I don't think they're doing it for tRump...

I think they're doing it for their donors, to keep the money flowing in so they can get re-elected.

[MythosMaster]

4. they are blackmailed

the rot is real.

[Nevernose]

6. Wimps

Every last one of them. Gutless.

[FakeNoose]

5. Well if Robert Reich wrote it

... it's not bullshit. He's not naming his friend, but I can believe the things he said.
The Republicans (the few who are still sane) are really scared shitless.
They're probably hoping the Dems know what to do about Cheeto, because they don't.

[babylonsister]

7. They're not that scared when they are filling their pockets. nt

[FakeNoose]

11. Not talking about them

I mean the sensible sane ones, who can see where this is going. People who are in Congress right now don't have that perspective, but this guy that Robert Reich is talking about, is already retired. Even the Bush-era repubs are talking about how crazy evil Trump is. And THAT's saying a lot.

[milestogo]

2. Well they seem to be cool, calm and collected about screwing over the poor to benefit themselves.

[jalan48]

8. I think it's an example of the old strategy of 'cut and run'.

The Republican's will be getting their kickbacks and set nicely for life (probably their kids and grand kids as well). Once the shit hits the fan they will run to obscurity leaving the rest of us holding the bag. It's the same philosophy big resource extraction companies use-exploit as much as you can and leave the citizens to clean up the toxic mess.

[Orrex]

9. I'm so fucking sick of his anonymous friend

He probably has a really hot girlfriend in Canada who we can't meet, too.

[C_U_L8R]

10. We're all in shit up to our eyeballs with this guy

But Republicans are too busy stuffing their pockets to save the country. Fuckers.

[calimary]

12. Indeed. If they refuse to do anything about him, then I don't care how "in shit up to our eyeballs"

they are. They CAN do something about it if they really hate this. THEY have both houses of Congress, and subpoena power, and the ability to set the agenda. Otherwise, talk is cheap.

[dchill]

15. They want to gather billions of nuts before the nuclear winter...

of our discontinuity.

[elmac]

13. repugs only worry about

their bank accounts, stocks and the cushy lobbying job they will have when they get the boot.

[benld74]

14. GOP know something

It’s why they hurried taxscam thru
To get it done B4 year end
Anyone know?
I sure the heck don’t

[jg10003]

16. I'm a huge Robert Reich fan, but I've always wondered

If his republican friend is real or just a literary device. It doesn't really matter, I'm just curious.

[GusBob]

21. He always pulls this "I talked to a (nameless) GOP friend" act

I think it is a device of wishful thinking

[Whiskeytide]

17. Trump is a piece of shit ...

... but the tax plan is not Trump. Its the Republican congress paying its debt to its donors. They aren’t doing this because Trump wants them to. He’s merely the train wreck that distracts everyone from the bank heist. He creates so much chaos they can get away with just about anything.

[SergeStorms]

20. It's what Trump campaigned on.

Sure, he lied and said the tax cuts were going to be for the "little guys", but if you paid attention to what he was doing behind the scenes, and what he was telling those on Wall Street (remember, his cabinet was stacked with ex-Goldman-Sachs money grabbers) you'll notice he never had any intention of cutting the "little guys" taxes. The entire scam was designed to make the already wealthy, obscenely wealthy, and he's gotten congratulations all around from every wealthy asshole, foreign and domestic. This was Trump's idea from jump-street, and the Republicans finally had a point man to take the initial heat from voters. Of course there's the 30% of Trumptards who absolutely love the tax cuts. Not because they're going to get much - if anything - from the tax cuts, but because it pisses Liberal off so much. They'd gladly destroy the country's economy just to piss Liberals off. Really. That's how fucked up these people are.

[C Moon]

18. I'd always found country pride corny, I guess because the GOP hijacked Old Glory for selfishness.

But since this whole Trump /GOP traitor thing, I'm a VERY proud of our country.
When I think about all the lives/limbs/sanity that has/have been lost to keep our country alive, I am as proud as hell of the U.S.—and I feel what the GOP /Trump /Putin are doing is a disgrace to our constitution and every single life that was lost to protect it.
The GOP has finally lost their allegiance to the U.S. by praising Putin.

[L. Coyote]

19. The perfect distraction to steal 1.5 TRILLION $$$$, and Trump gets a BILLION $$$$ bonus.

I wonder how little the script writers earn!

[CrispyQ]

22. If this 'friend' really cared for the country he would speak out. -nt