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'Red Line Issue': Don Jr Spokesman Calls Burr a Democrat

posted onMay 12, 2019
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Article snippet: “You know why there has been serious backlash?” Surabian said when asked about the near-universal backlash against Burr from across the GOP, including by several of his own committee membe, in response to the subpoena issued in contravention of the Senate Majority Leader’s statement that the investigation is case closed. “Because Republicans don’t like seeing their Senate Intel chair mimicking Adam Schiff. Richard Burr should put a D next to his name and drop this whole charade that he’s a Republican.” Surabian is Trump, Jr.’s spokesman, and this interview on Saturday was the first he has conducted since the news broke late Wednesday evening of the rogue subpoena issued to the president’s son despite McConnell’s “case closed” edict. Surabian noted that by engaging in conduct he says amounts to harassment of the first family, Burr has demonstrated he has more in common with several leading Democrats like House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). In fact, Surabian argued that Warner is Burr’s “master” and Burr’s “owner,” and that Burr clearly cannot think for himself or act of his own accord, something Surabian said was an “absolute disgrace.” “He has a lot more in common these days with Jerry Nadler, with Adam Schiff, with his good buddy–his master, his owner on the Senate Intel Committee–Mark Warner, than he do... Link to the full article to read more

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