Is this about as hypocritical as the Republicans can get, or should I not challenge worse?

[loveslongnails]

House Republicans sent a letter to Merrick Garland regarding the documents found in Joe Biden's garage and home storage. In that letter, among other requests for information, they stated:

"The American people deserve transparency and accountability from our most-senior executive branch law enforcement officials"

THE most senior would be President, next being Vice-President, next would be cabinet members. How long is the list of Trump's staff and aides that refused to testify, are in contempt of court, ignored subpoena's, or took the 5th amendment to virtually every question asked? How many Republican Congressman refused to willingly give information regarding the panel's inquiry, for fear of self-incrimination?

WHERE has Republican transparency been during the most SERIOUS of investigations?
WHY didn't they stand up and rebuke the Big Lie then, and even now, after years of finding no evidence to support it?

Anyone else find this insultingly brazen and ludicrous beyond words, leaving irony in the dust? I do.

What are your thoughts from all sides, and please, keep it civil.

[BCA6010]

Biden's documents are not from HIS administration however, and a vice president does not have the authority to declassify anything. In theory, he could just declassify them now, but he shot himself in the foot when he instead tried to make excuses about keeping them in a locked garage.

Considering that the violation committed by Hillary Clinton was much worse and nothing happened to her, it seems very unlikely that anything serious will come of this in the short term.

The far more interesting detail about this scandal is that it actually happened back before the midterm elections, and Joe could've dealt with and buried it back then to make it disappear, but didn't. Instead, a known Obama stooge journalist broke the story, which makes it look like the Democrats themselves are perhaps trying to find a way to get rid of Joe or at least keep him off the ticket in 2024. As far as the Republicans are concerned, it would be hypocritical of them to NOT push this, but it's ultimately just going to be yet another forgotten scandal once it gets overshadowed by something else in a week or so.

[NamerOfStars]

It's nowhere NEAR as hypocritical as they can get- but this isn't a serious investigation. It CAN'T be- constant openly political maneuvering and media hysterics have utterly obliterated any chance of allegations against Trump being taken seriously by anyone looking objectively at the situation: he could post live video footage of himself shaking hands with Osama Bin Laden while defecating on the Constitution, and nobody would believe it. The Democrats have simply cried wolf too many times.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least to learn that people in Biden's camp are staging a false-flag operation to do the same for him.

[loveslongnails]

Thanks for your comments! I don't agree they've cried wolf more or less often than the R's have, so we'll see what happens as things proceed.

[Anonymous]

Well if its good for the goose it's good for the gander I guess

[loveslongnails]

What does that mean in terms of this example, please explain?

[Opinion Owner]

Well they are wasting time and tax payer dollars going after Trump for political reasons of something they don't really care about when Biden the head hauncho has done the same

[loveslongnails]

Sorry girl, but you're misinformed. There are HUGE differences between what's happened with Trump and Biden. There's absolutely NO evidence Biden was aware of the these documents, and the Archives themselves didn't know they were missing.

The National Archives — which is supposed to receive all presidential records when a president or vice president leaves office — contacted Trump officials soon after he left office in 2021 to inform them that the agency believed some documents were missing and that the Archives needed them back.

After several months of back and forth, Trump sent 15 boxes of documents from his Mar-a-Lago estate to the archives in January of last year. Court papers show officials found classified documents in 14 of the 15 boxes, including 25 that were marked top secret. In all, there were 184 documents marked classified in the boxes.

More would be found later. The Archives were AWARE that these documents were missing, and Trump FOUGHT this and REFUSED to turn anything else over, hence the FBI raid. In Biden's case, the Archives were unaware that documents were missing, and upon discovering them, Biden immediately turned them over. WHY would Trump fight this - because he wanted some sort of leverage. How did he excuse it - he tried to say he "declassified these documents in his head" LOL

I realize you're not from the USA. Wherever you're getting your information, get more, and get your facts straight.

[Opinion Owner]

If you say so. You want to find out about politics in America its best to not get your facts from the American media.
I mean classifoed documents just happened to be at his house from how many years ago?

[loveslongnails]

I get my information from all sorts of sources, including foreign media. "Politics" in America is rather simplistic at this point anyway, but that's not really the point, is it? The point is that one case appears to be entirely accidently and unknown to all parties, while the other was intentional and contained BOXES full of documents, many classified and some even top secret. Then Trump refuses to comply and goes to court to keep them? Why? Ask yourself why? Biden immediately turned everything over. Why do you defend Trump when it's obvious he had ulterior motives?

[Opinion Owner]

Well one was President and declassified the documents the other one was not.
Biden accidentally took classified government documents home and left them there for years? Ignorance is not admissible as a legal defence.
Why did Biden turn them over? Because he got caught? Is there more documents probably. American politics is so fake.

[loveslongnails]

You're really dense because you seem to be in love with Trump. LOL Again, you don't have your FACTS STRAIGHT! The documents found in Trump's possession were NOT declassified!! That's the whole damn point, girl. Biden turned them over immediately because he didn't know he had them. Do you think he'd have kept them in a garage if he knew?

Trump FOUGHT to NOT turn over the documents. The BETTER question is "why did Trump fight to keep over 150 classified documents, some of which were Top Secret, in the first place?, NOT why did Biden turn over the few that were discovered. Biden did it because it was the right thing to do.

What Trump did wasn't political - it was criminal. If an investigation determines that Biden's actions were criminal as well, then we'll take it from there, but Trump's actions were unquestionably criminal.

[Opinion Owner]

Trump declassified them when he was president. Of course trump pleads the 5th as you Americans say because he is no longer president and Biden can admit it because as president he cannot be prosecuted.

[Pterodon]

You have nothing to say about the bias of FBI non investigations, the Russia collusion hoax you’ve never apologized for, the suppression of hunters laptop, vilifying border agents on horseback accusing them of whipping which has been proven false and again you’ve never apologized for, biden enabling criminal activity with open border, biden lying to America that the border is secure, biden causing fuel prices to skyrocket and blaming Putin when in fact fuel prices rose before Putin invaded Ukraine, biden causing huge inflation and again blaming Putin, biden putting travel restrictions on travelers from China yet when Trump did that he called him a fear mongerer and xenophobic, biden building a wall around his house at taxpayer expense yet stopped construction of the border wall claiming walls don’t work, biden siding with segregationists over desegregation of schools het calling conservatives racist, biden saying you ain’t black if you don’t know who to vote for. Shall I go on?

[loveslongnails]

Thanks for your comments! You can rant on forever if you like, but there's non-transparency in every administration throughout history. I'm not a Biden fan and not here to defend his actions, though you have no idea what you're saying when it comes to gas prices. The border walls only work in certain areas. You also didn't address how Trump seized private land under the guise of imminent domain and national security to build some of those walls in areas where there were no problems. But I'm not here to debate talking points with you or anyone.

Also, let's keep the facts straight, sir. Mueller's investigation did not say there were no crimes committed. He said he didn't think he could get an indictment that would stick, in great part because he knew he was a) being lied to and b) having information withheld and c) the policy of not indicting a sitting President. He wholly recommended that Congress take up the task. Those statements proved to be true in spades when Flynn and Stone were convicted. What you call a "hoax" was nothing of the sort, despite the word "collusion" not being directly applicable. There was smoke, there was fire, and there were fall guys who got pardoned or had sentences commuted. Perhaps you will actually believe as well, that Trump knew nothing about his taxes, nor did any member of his family in business, and call the NY investigation a hoax as well?

You could trade barbs all day from each administration to the next, but that's not my point. My point was the raw "chutzpah" to use that terminology particularly in light of recent events. If you want to pick a fight, find a Biden defender, and that's not me. I just found their invocation for transparency and accountability to be beyond outrageous.

[Pterodon]

I know all about gas and energy. Oil is traded on futures and the industry knew biden would shut 5he industry down which he did. That’s why oil prices shot up the day the fuckup was sworn in

[loveslongnails]

Uh huh, and when Exxon-Mobil gauges the public and records record profits, that has nothing to do with it. Exxon reported gross profits of $43.94 Billion in 2019, $30.9 billion in 2020, $64.2 billion in 2021, and $107.5 billion in 2022. But ok, it's Biden's fault, all of it, and the supply chain too. Gotcha, buddy, and I'm NOT defending the guy either.

[Pterodon]

It is Biden’s fault

[Pterodon]

They can’t spend their money on exploration and drilling because your fuckup won’t let them

[loveslongnails]

You don't comprehend very well, do you, so I'll repeat this one last time: I'm not a Biden fan. Got it? He's not "my fuckup".

As for drilling and the continued dependence on oil and carbon based fuels and the future of this planet, that's another topic altogether, and one which I will not engage in conversation about, with you. Thanks again for your comments, and have a good day.

[Pterodon]

If you’re defending him he is your fuckup

[loveslongnails]

I'm not defending him, I'm simply pointing out I don't accept your explanation for gas price increases, especially since you're completely denying and ignoring the FACT that price gouging took place. What you're saying is that "anyone who disagrees with my view that it's all Biden's fault is thereby defending him". LOL And so, I'm done with that sort of conversation. Once again, have a good day.

[Pterodon]

There was no price gouging. They had nothing to spend their money on

[loveslongnails]

Right. One more quick question - was the election stolen too?

[Pterodon]

Price gouging was another lie by your fuckup just like he blamed Putin and lying about the border being secure

[Pterodon]

He’s a proven liar. That you believe anything out of his mouth proves you voted for him and support him

[loveslongnails]

You didn't answer the question - do you believe the election was stolen? Do you believe Trump and Pillow Guy? Yes or no?

[Pterodon]

Yes I do

[loveslongnails]

Thank you. That tells me everything I need to know about your intellect. Good night.

[Twalli]

I think the stupidest is Trump saying the FBI should raid The White House to find out if Biden has any classified documents there. He does, he is president, and that's where they're supposed to be. Also, unlike Trump, he's handing over everything they asked for. He's letting them look for classified documents, and not trying to hide them.

[NewsReader]

They are demanding Biden and his administration along with the justice department to release all the classified documents and answer questions. Makes perfect sense.

[Guardian45]

Unfortunately, NOTHING surprises or saddens me more than American politics nowadays! I think people are becoming so disillusioned that they just don't care anymore. Buy you are right!

[jimmy2]

It's double standard the left does it then blames republican. Do you know how the left able to do that. The fake media like CNn and all the others but FOX

[Anonymous]

Lol! Yeah, suddenly hypocrisy only exists on the side of the Republicans. It's best to not even post nonsense like this.

[loveslongnails]

The post says nothing about them being the "only" source of hypocrisy, does it? The "nonsense", as in making no sense, is the statement I quoted. That's all the post was about, anon.

[Anonymous]

republicon's lies and hypocrisy know no bounds.

[Anonymous]

Being hypocrites is the only thing they succeed at. They have a long history of it.