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So why do you defend liars and pedophiles?

Clinton has never been convicted of anything?

We all know if it doesn't involve some sort of slam against Islam or democrats, you have no comment.

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We all know if it doesn't involve some sort of slam against Islam or democrats, you have no comment.

Does not change the facts, does it? Please tell me where I am wrong about Islam or Democrats.

Yeah, what did the judge decide.

@realDonaldTrump

Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest -and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid or insecure,it's not your fault
6:37 PM - 8 May 2013

change the facts, does it? Please tell me where I am wrong about Islam or Democrats

"Yeah, I know I say dumb stuff but I'm really a lot smarter than you."

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The faux moral outrage by Republicans over Cohen’s lies is comical in its shameful hypocrisy. They have defended a president who has made more than 7,000 false or misleading statements in his first two years of office. These Republicans apparently hate lying so much that they have no problem supporting the appointment of convicted criminal Elliott Abrams, the new special envoy to Venezuela, who lied to Congress about the Iran-contra affair.

If you hold your breath for them issuing these subpoenas, you’ll be dead. In fact, when Republicans where in charge of the House, congressmen like Devon Nunes, who chaired the House intelligence committee, went above and beyond the call of duty to protect Trump.

If Republicans were so concerned with the truth, they’d probably also spend time investigating credible accusations of sexual assault against the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh, but the hunt for truth is only triggered by the words “Benghazi”, “Clinton’s emails” and “birth certificate”.

In fact, just before recess, the Republican congresswoman Carol Miller complained about Congress wasting time and taxpayer money for this hearing. At 28 months, Republicans spent more time investigating the Benghazi attack than they did the 9/11 terror attacks, Watergate and the JFK assassination all to undermine then secretary of state Clinton and Obama. Meanwhile, Mueller’s investigation, in comparison, is a model of efficiency and effectiveness, netting more than 30 indictments and multiple convictions, including Trump’s former campaign chair, Paul Manafort.
Lackeys like congressmen Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows remain on the House oversight and reform committee. Unfortunately for the American people, oversight and reform to them means obstruction and interference.

Finally, it bears mentioning that Cohen has said Trump is a racist in private. He’s not racially tinged or racially charged or suffering from racial flare-ups or racial trip-ups, but consistently racist. During the waning days of Black History Month, marred by blackface controversies, Meadows could have used this moment for conciliation or to call out Trump on his egregious racism. Instead, he trotted out Lynn Patton, a Trump administration official, as a token black person because, of course, racist people don’t work with or employ people of color.

Cohen, however, had the last laugh, launching this zinger, “Ask Ms Patton how many people who are black are executives at the Trump Organization. And the answer is zero.”

In fact, his question inspires me to ask the following: how many Republicans in Congress are willing to put their country and national security above Trump, judging from their shameful performance at Cohen’s hearing?

The answer is zero.

“I can only warn people,” the disgraced ex-attorney said, “the more people that follow Mr. Trump as I did, blindly, are going to suffer the same consequences that I’m suffering.”

The family of a US student who died after he was jailed in North Korea have implicitly rebuked President Donald Trump's lauding of Kim Jong-un.

Otto Warmbier's parents said they had been "respectful" during Mr Trump and the North Korean leader's recent summit, but were now speaking out.

"Kim and his evil regime" killed their son, they said, adding "no excuse or lavish praise can change that".

Their statement came after Mr Trump heaped yet more compliments on Mr Kim.

Mr Trump's second nuclear summit with Mr Kim this week in Vietnam ended without agreement.

The family released a brief statement on Friday condemning praise for the North Korean leader, without mentioning Mr Trump by name.

"We have been respectful during this summit process. Now we must speak out," wrote Fred and Cindy Warmbier.

"Kim and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. No excuse or lavish praise can change that."

Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, was jailed in Pyongyang in December 2015 during an organised tour, accused of stealing a hotel poster.

Pyongyang authorities returned the 22-year-old to the US in a coma in June 2017, and he died days later in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mr Trump told reporters in Hanoi, referring to Mr Warmbier's death: "He [Mr Kim] tells me he didn't know about it, and I will take him at his word."

"I don't believe that he would have allowed that to happen, it just wasn't to his advantage to let that happen," the president added.

On Thursday, both Republicans and Democrats criticised Mr Trump for his defence of Mr Kim over the death of the student.

In a Fox News interview aired late on Thursday, Mr Trump said Mr Kim was "sharp as you can be" and "a real leader".

"Some people say I shouldn't like him," the US president told Fox News host Sean Hannity, a vocal Trump advocate. "Why shouldn't I like him?"

The president said he gets along "really well" with Mr Kim, describing him as "a pretty mercurial guy".

"He's a character. He's a real personality. He's very smart."

Vice President Pence warned Friday that “socialist” policies embraced by Democrats, including presidential candidates, risk throwing the country into the kind of economic free-fall and autocratic grip ravaging Venezuela.