“I’m convinced there are two people Putin pays; Rorabacher and Trump.” - future Speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy in 2016
“Shhh! STFU!” - then-current Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
compromised? JFC, they tried to overthrow the fucking government itself… they’re enemies outright…
Until lobbying is eliminated and campaign finance severely overhauled, assume they’re all compromised. It’s just a matter of who they’re bought and paid for.
US: We could easily destroy Russia in traditional warfare, we have the best weapons, we will never stop fighting them
Russia: Here’s a suitcase full of money
US: Oh, I love those! Never mind, do whatever you want
I read this in Ryan George’s voice.
Producer Guy: “Sounds like destroying a democracy from the inside is going to be incredibly difficult.” Writer Guy: “Actually it’s gonna be super easy. Barely an inconvenience.” Producer Guy: “Oh, really!” Writer Guy: holds up a suitcase full of money
Oh, man. I would love to watch that! Wow wow wow wow wow.
Spit it out then Mr Burchett! Didn’t you take an oath to protect the country?
Only from progress
Given how little money it takes to sway the politicians votes I’m amazed it has taken this long
I’m still all for crowd funding the buying of politicians votes at this point. The politician will think it’s some private benefactor or multinational patrolling them.
some fellow members have been compromised.
You don’t say?!
“Absolutely. And other powers. It doesn’t have to be foreign powers.”
NSA has entered the chat.
I trust the NSA a lot more than, for example, the Koch brothers, or some nameless billionaire none of us have heard of.
I rich dick can do more damage than a bunch of government employees. Giant conspiracies just don’t exist.
The Koch bros do fund some decent pbs shows.
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