Kennedy Tells Dems To ‘Go To Amazon Online’ And ‘Buy A Spine’ On Impeachment

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) is apparently at the end of his rope with his Democratic colleagues.

During a Sunday appearance on “Face the Nation,” Kennedy ranted that Democrats need to hurry up and make a decision on whether they want to impeach President Donald Trump or not.

“You know, if you want to do it, go to Amazon online, buy spine, and do it,” Kennedy said. “But go hard or go home. If you’re not going to do it, then let us get back to work.”

“I hate to waste a year and a half,” he complained.

The Republican senator, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, also walked back his previous call for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify publicly in front of Congress, now saying that he doesn’t “think it will do any good.”

“He clearly doesn’t want to,” Kennedy said, citing Mueller’s comments during his press conference last week. “If you make him testify, he going to say ‘Read my report.'”

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  1. Is this a dare to help Trump or is it a hint that Kennedy is in favor of impeachment?

  2. “I hate to waste a year and a half,” he complained.

    WTF does the House’s decision have to do with you? Your fucking schedule is controlled by Turtle. Go buy a brain and a soul!

  3. Not taking advice from a KINO (Kennedy In Name Only).

  4. The Republican senator also walked back his previous call for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify publicly in front of Congress, now saying that he doesn’t “think it will do any good.”

    So someone got to him. Plain and simple. Goad the Dems into pulling the impeachment trigger and see what happens. Thanks for the warning.

    ETA:

    “But go hard or go home. If you’re not going to do it, then let us get back to work.”

    Yertle has made it pretty clear that nothing is happening in the Senate.

  5. Rather than saying, “Read my report,” I think it more likely that Mueller will read the relevant section aloud. Whether he reads verbatim or paraphrases is open to question.

    Personally, I think that would be salutary. The hearings would be televised, the citizenry would have many (maybe most) of its questions answered. We all know that most of the electorate won’t read the report. This gets it out there directly from Mueller.

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