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Devin Nunes’ Ukraine lies are a betrayal. Voters in his district deserve better

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Devin Nunes’ Ukraine lies are a betrayal. Voters in his district deserve better.

"Nunes knew the Ukraine allegations were true because his office was involved in the same plot."

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Rep. Devin Nunes (Left) R-CA-22nd District - another major player in Trumps Ukraine shakedown.

1/20/20
The Sacramento Bee

Kyiv, Ukraine is nearly 6,200 miles from Tulare, Calif. That’s a long way from home for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) who now faces explosive allegations that he and his staff contacted shadowy Ukrainian figures in an effort to betray American democracy. Text messages released by the House Intelligence Committee last week reveal that a top Nunes aide named Derek Harvey – who served on Trump’s National Security Council before he joined Nunes’ staff – sought direct contact with Ukrainian officials in an effort to smear former Vice President Joe Biden. This developing story about Nunes and his staff should raise serious concerns for all Americans. “An aide to Rep. Devin Nunes exchanged dozens of text messages with indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas about a search for information on former Vice President Joe Biden from Ukrainian prosecutors,” wrote Sophia Bollag of The Sacramento Bee. “The exchanges include repeated references by Nunes aide Derek Harvey and Parnas to Biden. Parnas allegedly helped carry out President Donald Trump’s campaign to pressure the Ukrainian government for investigations that would benefit Trump’s re-election.” For months, Nunes has acted as Trump’s attack dog, defending the president from accusations that he pressured Ukraine to investigate Biden. Nunes sat in House Intelligence Committee meetings and derided the impeachment proceedings against Trump as a “hoax.” Yet he was sitting on a ticking time bomb the entire time. The newly-released texts prove that Nunes’ staff also engaged in secret efforts to damage Biden.

Nunes knew the Ukraine allegations were true because his office was involved in the same plot. But he used his position in Congress as a platform to spread lies and mislead the public. During an interview with Fox News last year, Nunes denied any memory of a phone conversation with Parnas. Now that evidence has proven that Parnas spoke the truth, Nunes has backtracked. Oh, really? Nunes hasn’t held a townhall with his constituents in years, yet he expects people to believe his conversation with a now-indicted Ukrainian-American operative was completely normal? We doubt any regular constituent from Nunes’ district would have much luck getting the congressman on the phone. Yet some “random” businessman with Ukraine connections had no trouble reaching Nunes on his cell. Regardless of whether you lean Democratic or Republican, here’s an undeniable fact: Nunes lied. He lied to the American people and to his own constituents about the Ukraine allegations, dismissing them although he knew they were true. He deliberately misled the American people by attempting to undermine impeachment hearings that examined an anti-Biden effort in which his own office had direct involvement. Even if you support President Trump, there’s no denying the fact that Nunes’ actions have backfired and will only hurt Trump. Knowing his own staff was neck-deep in an effort to smear Biden using foreign contacts, Nunes should have let someone else play defense. (And if Nunes didn’t know what Harvey was up to, why hasn’t he fired his aide?) Devin Nunes has betrayed the truth, betrayed the trust of voters and, quite possibly, betrayed our country. We don’t know exactly where this new evidence will lead, or what fate has in store for Nunes, but we do know this: The people of California’s 22nd congressional district deserve better.

The people of California's 22nd Congressional District haven't seen a Nunes Town Hall meeting in ages. Why? Because he's either too busy running interference for Donald Trump in Washington, or he's busy with the Giuliani Crew that is shaking down Ukraine and smearing a US Ambassador. You deserve much better than this schmuck. So does America. The citizens of California's 48th District got rid of Russia-lover Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in 2018. Nunes is far worse than Rohrabacher ever was.

Related: Devin Nunes' Home State Newspaper Says Republican 'Has Betrayed The Truth And, Quite Possibly, Betrayed Our Country'
 
The people of California's 22nd Congressional District haven't seen a Nunes Town Hall meeting in ages. Why?



Because the people who show up at those things are really angry and try to shout the congressman down. I'd like people to show more civility, listen to what the congressman has to say and then put forth their arguments.

All we get now is white noise, all sound and no content.
 
Because the people who show up at those things are really angry and try to shout the congressman down. I'd like people to show more civility, listen to what the congressman has to say and then put forth their arguments.

All we get now is white noise, all sound and no content.

Perhaps if he did his job in Washington or held Town Hall meetings more often people would be less angry.
 
Devin Nunes’ Ukraine lies are a betrayal. Voters in his district deserve better.

"Nunes knew the Ukraine allegations were true because his office was involved in the same plot."

21782104-0-image-a-19_1575416274273.jpg

Rep. Devin Nunes (Left) R-CA-22nd District - another major player in Trumps Ukraine shakedown.



The people of California's 22nd Congressional District haven't seen a Nunes Town Hall meeting in ages. Why? Because he's either too busy running interference for Donald Trump in Washington, or he's busy with the Giuliani Crew that is shaking down Ukraine and smearing a US Ambassador. You deserve much better than this schmuck. So does America. The citizens of California's 48th District got rid of Russia-lover Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in 2018. Nunes is far worse than Rohrabacher ever was.

Related: Devin Nunes' Home State Newspaper Says Republican 'Has Betrayed The Truth And, Quite Possibly, Betrayed Our Country'

So don't vote for him. Problem solved.
 
The defeated Republicansky U.S. Rep. Dana Russiabacker referenced in the OP got beat in 2018 for far less than Nunes has done since Trump was delivered to us like the Plague.

I have zero doubt Nunes is literally a Putin-Trump Rower of the first order, ie, a knowing operative who is willing and enthusiastic. His voters in this strongly Republican district are of the same mind, ie, Making America Russia Instead.

All of 'em hang meat on the bare bones of the term, "all enemies foreign and domestic." Nunes is a central nexus of the term. Indeed Nunes long ago covered the road mileage and places noted in the OP. Fact is there's no space between 'em.

Until the 2018 mid term election Nunes was in the perfect place besides, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee of which he's since been the ranking Republican Conservative Russian Wingman.
 
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