Out of options in the face of damning testimony,
Republicans stopped asking Fiona Hill questions
November 21, 2019
(Dr.) Hill confirmed that she had a “blow-up” with Sondland on June 18,
when she asked him, “Who put you in charge of Ukraine?”
“I admit I was a little bit rude,” Hill said. “That's when he said ‘the president,’
which shut me up.”
Sondland testified on Wednesday that he “may have been spinning”
when he told people that he been expressly directed by the president
to deal with Ukraine policy, but he emphasized that he wasn’t part of
an irregular foreign policy channel, citing his interactions with
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Chief of Staff Mick
Mulvaney and others.
Hill, though, said Sondland “wasn’t communicating” with the
National Security Council on Ukraine, which is why she got
angry with him “many times.”
“What I was angry with is: He wasn’t coordinating with us,” she said.
“He was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were
being involved in national security, foreign policy, and those two
things had just diverged."
Hill also revealed that she warned Sondland,
“’This is all going to blow up.’ And here we are.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/...fiona-hills-and-david-holmes-testimony-072361
Later in the impeachment hearing, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY)
felt obligated to apologize to Dr. Hill on (Rep. Mike) Turner’s behalf
for having to endure his “epic mansplaining.”
But Rep. Turner’s rant was the beginning of a trend among GOP questioners,
which itself indicated that House Republicans have mostly run out of energy
to defend President Trump after just the fifth day of the House Intelligence
Committee’s public hearings on impeachment.
The next minority member up, Rep. Dr. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), preferred
to nakedly avoid asking any witness questions and instead talk safely and
securely about his military service for the entirety of the five-minute block
and pulling off a complete filibuster before spending just a moment defending
House Republicans for spreading Russian propaganda — or so he thought.
After Dr. Hill’s impassioned, nearly four-minute speech, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
asked her a personal question to lighten the mood in the room, before resuming
serious questions about the impeachment inquiry before giving way to the next
House Republican member.
Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart launched into a lengthy speech without
making any points and drained his five minutes in meaningless talking points.
https://occupydemocrats.com/2019/11...ublicans-stopped-asking-fiona-hill-questions/
Republicans have given up on asking questions from Hill and Holmes it seems.
They’re just ranting, like they’re nervous what the pair will say if given a
chance. The wheels have completely come off.
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) November 21, 2019
Republicans stopped asking Fiona Hill questions
November 21, 2019
(Dr.) Hill confirmed that she had a “blow-up” with Sondland on June 18,
when she asked him, “Who put you in charge of Ukraine?”
“I admit I was a little bit rude,” Hill said. “That's when he said ‘the president,’
which shut me up.”
Sondland testified on Wednesday that he “may have been spinning”
when he told people that he been expressly directed by the president
to deal with Ukraine policy, but he emphasized that he wasn’t part of
an irregular foreign policy channel, citing his interactions with
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Chief of Staff Mick
Mulvaney and others.
Hill, though, said Sondland “wasn’t communicating” with the
National Security Council on Ukraine, which is why she got
angry with him “many times.”
“What I was angry with is: He wasn’t coordinating with us,” she said.
“He was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were
being involved in national security, foreign policy, and those two
things had just diverged."
Hill also revealed that she warned Sondland,
“’This is all going to blow up.’ And here we are.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/...fiona-hills-and-david-holmes-testimony-072361
Later in the impeachment hearing, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY)
felt obligated to apologize to Dr. Hill on (Rep. Mike) Turner’s behalf
for having to endure his “epic mansplaining.”
But Rep. Turner’s rant was the beginning of a trend among GOP questioners,
which itself indicated that House Republicans have mostly run out of energy
to defend President Trump after just the fifth day of the House Intelligence
Committee’s public hearings on impeachment.
The next minority member up, Rep. Dr. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), preferred
to nakedly avoid asking any witness questions and instead talk safely and
securely about his military service for the entirety of the five-minute block
and pulling off a complete filibuster before spending just a moment defending
House Republicans for spreading Russian propaganda — or so he thought.
After Dr. Hill’s impassioned, nearly four-minute speech, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
asked her a personal question to lighten the mood in the room, before resuming
serious questions about the impeachment inquiry before giving way to the next
House Republican member.
Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart launched into a lengthy speech without
making any points and drained his five minutes in meaningless talking points.
https://occupydemocrats.com/2019/11...ublicans-stopped-asking-fiona-hill-questions/
Republicans have given up on asking questions from Hill and Holmes it seems.
They’re just ranting, like they’re nervous what the pair will say if given a
chance. The wheels have completely come off.
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) November 21, 2019
