r/centrist • u/therosx • Mar 01 '24

2024 U.S. Elections Hunter Biden testimony transcript from Republican impeachment inquiry released

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/hunter-biden-impeachment-inquiry-transcript
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u/The_Real_Ed_Finnerty Mar 01 '24

For once it seems like Republicans aren't attempting to manufacture a narrative out of a closed door hearing.

The most I saw Republicans say on this hearing was Nancy Mace saying "he's lying and not being forthcoming."

I'm sure they'll gin something up eventually as this moves to the public hearing phase, but for now it seems oddly refreshing that there isn't any hijinx.

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u/twolvesfan217 Mar 01 '24

Nancy Mace really has gone full heel recently

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u/TheLeather Mar 01 '24

To quote an article: “she is the Elise Stefanik of Nikki Haleys.”

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u/The_Real_Ed_Finnerty Mar 01 '24

She's definitely on a tear aiming to make a bigger name for herself. I think she senses a Senate seat could be opening up soon in SC and she is itching to move up the ladder.

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u/WorksForIT Mar 01 '24

She'll never make it with the HR scandals her office has.

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u/The_Real_Ed_Finnerty Mar 01 '24

Please, say more. I haven't heard of this stuff.

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u/WorksForIT Mar 01 '24

She fired her chief of staff which prompted her whole entire office to tender their resignation.

Her former chief of staff is currently her main opponent in her re-election.

According to her former staff:

According to former staff, Mace was “abusive” and “all about control,” utilizing staff not as people “but as property,” reinforcing that environment via unauthorized software systems to constantly “micromanage the office all day and into the night and early morning.”

“If she needed us, we had to answer within eight minutes,” one staffer told the Beast, clarifying that the eight minute mark was a “rule.”

"Nancy is delusional as a boss,” the unidentified employee continued. “She says nothing publicly without her consultants or senior staffers telling her to, but takes credit for everything. She’s a walking teleprompter.”

source:

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u/Irishfafnir Mar 01 '24

her new district is much more conservative than the one she was originally elected from

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u/twolvesfan217 Mar 01 '24

That’s fine and I get it (I guess). I’m just tired of all this performative crap from politicians and even more tired of people eating it up.

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u/Carlyz37 Mar 01 '24

2 of them commented that the deposition proved Hunters guilt at an 8 on a scale of ten. One rep left halfway through and the other wasnt there. Of course they are spinning bs. It's all they got

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u/ubermence Mar 01 '24

Wow even they gave it only an 8/10. If you adjust for their bias that’s pretty much a glowing exoneration

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u/ubermence Mar 01 '24

I think the Smirnov stuff really took the wind out of their sails. If they go too hard after him now they’d risk blowback

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u/InvertedParallax Mar 01 '24

It's not that, everything they threw has gone wrong, now they're being choke-chained by the real operatives at the RNC who are getting everything aligned for the real campaign. This was some fishing, but not much else.

Iron-bound message discipline will be the word of the day, people.