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Chuck Grassley Caught On Hot Mic Asking Why Trump Nominees Won’t Say He Lost In 2020
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Dude looks like he should've retired 20 years ago...
this post was submitted on 01 May 2026
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Is Chuck Grassley not aware that his party is trying to seize absolute power and overthrow the Republic? Or is he trying to save his legacy as if he did not know that is what he is doing?
I suspect the latter, that this is a cynical manipulation to pretend like he did not know he is betraying the United States of America, a traitor, and an oath breaker.
He is still living in the pre-Reagan era where people at least pretended to be civil.
Comrade, that man doesn't know what decade it is, let alone the context of conversations occurring in front of him. The fact that he can still sit up for these committee meetings is itself a miracle.
He is an old hand and it has never been any secret what they have been doing. Don't let these motherfuckers pretend like they didn't know any better. They knew. There are only rare exceptions like perhaps Marjorie Taylor green that did not quite know.
Bro, you letting MTG off the hook is far more egregious than me saying a senile old man, with massive hate in his heart, is senile. I'm not letting anyone off the hook.
For your benefit, we can remember Marjorie Taylor green, dressed as Cruella Deville in first, which I fucking hate for, at the State of the Union Biden's dumbass. Nevertheless, she realized she was mistaken about her allies, and turned on them about epstein, about Iran war, about palestine, about Geo engineering, although a circuitous route on that, what else Healthcare. She is more Progressive than most of the goddamn Democrats! So go fuck yourself.
Comrade. MTG fell out of favor with MAGA, so she's adjusting her messaging to continue the grift. No learning occurred, my gods.
She chose to reject the party. You are incorrect, she was a true believer, realized her party was the devil, and rejected them.
It is a quality worth celebrating. Marjorie Taylor green is now a good person. Better than the majority of the fucking Democrats go figure.
She's a grifter. If "Trump and Co." were to give her another opportunity at MAGA today, she would gladly accept it without hesitation.
There was no change of heart in MTG, the boss fired her.
He opened a hearing earlier this month by lambasting Democrats for having “relentlessly attacked” the president’s nominees with this question, and suggested their questions are “political theater” with no meaningful purpose behind them.
Hey moron. The "meaningful purpose" is determining whether your allegiance lies with the American people or the authoritarian-in-chief. It's not a hard question.
Apparently it’s one of the hardest questions asked, based on their inability to answer it correctly.
Why, indeed.
Grassley doesn't seem to know that his party is really more of a cult.
92 years old, obviously doesn't have all his marbles, and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Major "weekend at Bernie's" energy here.
They cling to power like gollum
His age is wild, but also he's been a senator for 45 years. He became a Senator before MTV or the personal computer existed. He hasn't lived in the real world longer than most Americans have been alive.
Why are geriatrics even still working, let alone exercising power over an entire nation? Fucking retire, Chuck. You are not relevant.
Here's an idea.. how about we have people who decide our Country's policies and other important shit that have a better chance of actually waking up in the morning rather than these dusty ass coffin dodgers.
There's a minimum age for political office, why the hell isn't there a maximum age? It's not ageism...
Looking at him, I can’t help but feel he may not be in posession of all the facts.
“I’me Sennadur Chuck Graysley of Aieowa.”