surrendering the role of congress giving out taxpayer money. congress decides, you know, how much money they authorize the $400 million, the secretary of state and secretary of defense certified that ukraine had passed all of the tests to prove that they were not corrupt. they could get that money. and the president unilaterally decided not to release it. and so senator ted cruz is comfortable with that scenario. surrendering his power in fwrs over to the president. i don t think he s making the decision at that level. i think you re too far into the weeds respectfully. i think, instead, it s a reflection of the strangle hold, the control that the president has on this incarnation of the republican party even in texas, right? that s increasingly purple. and ted cruz is concerned being on the wrong side of the fence. it was actually senator rubio who i think addressed
call, he froze the aid. we also learned on that same day the ukrainians called to find out what was up with the aid. and then we also learned that the president knew about the whistle-blower report before he released the aid. so two major pillars of the republican argument that nothing was impeachable and what happened here have really been torn down. the ukrainians knew the aid was being held up and the president only released the aid after there was evidence of a whistle-blower report and a congressional investigation. it really makes the argument from this point forward a lot more difficult for his allies to explain what was really going on here and why they think it was appropriate. i ve got another pillar to shatter right now while we re at it with our sledge hammer. the whole argument it was about corruption? here s another thing that defies that. on may 23rd pfr all of this, rewind the clock back even before the whistle-blower complaint. the secretary of state and the secretar
said to expire within hours. i suspect they are on the phone right now with their travel agents, but the white house, is it worried? they have it covered. we have a relationship with qatar. where we transferred a number of detainees with some security restrictions in place to ensure and this is something that the secretary of defense certified to. they did not pose undue threat. we are in touch with what sort of arrangements we believe are necessary to protect the american people. now there is a guy i don t believe. you want to protect the american people, why the hell did you trade the taliban five in the first place for a desserter. as enemy combatants, the taliban five could have been held indefinitely. they didn t have to be released. the taliban is not a country.
their travel restrictions are said to expire within hours. i suspect they are on the phone right now with their travel agents, but the white house, is it worried? they have it covered. we have a relationship with qatar. where we transferred a number of detainees with some security restrictions in place to ensure and this is something that the secretary of defense certified to. they did not pose undue threat. we are in touch with what sort of arrangements we believe are necessary to protect the american people. now there is a guy i don t believe. you want to protect the american people, why the hell did you trade the taliban five in the first place for a desserter. as enemy combatants, the taliban five could have been held indefinitely. they didn t have to be released. the taliban is not a country.
their travel restrictions are said to expire within hours. i suspect they are on the phone right now with their travel agents, but the white house, is it worried? they have it covered. we have a relationship with qatar. where we transferred a number of detainees with some security restrictions in place to ensure and this is something that the secretary of defense certified to. they did not pose undue threat. we are in touch with what sort of arrangements we believe are necessary to protect the american people. now there is a guy i don t believe. you want to protect the american people, why the hell did you trade the taliban five in the first place for a desserter. as enemy combatants, the taliban five could have been held indefinitely. they didn t have to be released. the taliban is not a country.