As DOJ reveals Trump concealing national security documents, GOP response is ... pathetic

Mark Sumner

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday August 31, 2022 · 6:30 AM PDT

2022/08/31 · 06:30

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 23: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks during a hearing before House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis at Rayburn House Office Building June 23, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing to examine the Trump Administrationâ€™s handling in the nationâ€™s coronavirus response. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) — I can only see one thing in this picture.

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Not every picture is worth 1,000 words, but the image included in the latest Department of Justice filing, showing highly classified documents scattered over the floor at Mar-a-Lago, should be good for for at least 10 to 20 at Leavenworth. Of course, not everyone sees it that way. Viewed through the secret MAGA filter available only to those who have replaced their love of country, family, and justice with an icon of Trump on his golden throne, all signs of Trump-related crime are invisible.

How else to explain this?

That TIME Magazine cover was huge threat to national security. 🙄 https://t.co/yy0AOmxMEh
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) August 31, 2022

The head of the Republican House Judiciary would be Jim Jordan. Which seems to beg the question: Did he employee this ability to ignore the things he didn’t want to see back at Ohio State?

Wednesday, Aug 31, 2022 · 2:48:17 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner

I can’t even decide what way I want to insult you. There’s so many options to choose from.
— Olivia Julianna 🗳 (@0liviajulianna) August 31, 2022

It’s hard to tell exactly what tune the Republicans are whistling past the graveyard, and it’s hard to hear it in any case, considering all the laughter directed at this tweet.

[Crime scene photos of Ed Gein’s house]

House Judiciary GOP: “Oh sure, like we don’t all have a kitschy mid-century lampshade? 🙄” https://t.co/23uZvYJKpg
— Santa Claus, CEO (@SantaInc) August 31, 2022

“Check out these cool tanks” - The House Judiciary Committee https://t.co/WdWjlano9v pic.twitter.com/SqrPgf3sxC
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) August 31, 2022

And then there was this related reply, which seems even more hilarious than all the rest.

Not a parody. Evidence of guilt, and of a highly disordered personality. pic.twitter.com/sB6587nTTh
— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) August 31, 2022

This seems like the point where sensible people are quiet. Where they start backing away. Where they check the nearest closet to see if maybe, just perhaps, they have a 20-foot-pole that they’ve forgotten to deploy in the past. But then, the people here are Jim Jordan and Donald Trump. So “sensible” isn’t a factor.

It’s hard to say which of these tweets is more ridiculous or more pathetic. What’s clear is that the Republican Party has followed Donald Trump over a cliff. And they’re going to keep denying it, all the way to the ground.

Wednesday, Aug 31, 2022 · 1:42:56 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner

Meanwhile, here's a U.S. Governor taking the position that maybe the FBI planted the classified documents (which Trump himself says are real and his but that he secretly declassified) and those documents should be made public. pic.twitter.com/v9ckwLY6sZ
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 31, 2022

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As DOJ reveals Trump concealing national security documents, GOP response is ... pathetic

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