Nunes secretly recorded at fundraiser: We have to protect Trump from Mueller

[hollodero]

(08-09-2018, 07:00 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I agree with both of your statements, however, that's not what Nunes said. I read his statements as "Democrats won'te be fair" in addition to the typical "we don't want to lose power" that most, if not all, politicians in Washinton have espoused in variuos different ways. Doesn't necessarily make it "right", but it does make it not unusual.

I get that he doesn't want his party to lose power. There's nothing wrong with that.

Regarding Trump, I read his words differently than you though. He says if Mueller doesn't clear the president... that's about Mueller, not the Dems. And if Mueller finds dirt on Trump (ie not clear him), I don't think the translation "Dems won't be fair" applies. In that case, Congress has no business to clear the president.

Admittedly, I consider Nunes to be a non-patriot who puts party over everything. Not based on a recording. But maybe that's why I read it like "...we need to protect the president even if Mueller finds he committed a crime." To me that sounds like Nunes.