Behind Closed Doors
A secret recording shows U.S. Rep. McSally has some concerns about reelection
Congresswoman Martha McSally may be in more political trouble than she’s been letting on.
Team McSally has been poo-pooing recent polls showing that more than half of the voters in her district disapprove of her job performance, while her approval has fallen down to the mid-30s, percentage-wise, and that she was losing to a generic Democrat by 7 percentage points.
But last week, in a private talk to the Arizona Bankers Association, McSally conceded that in the current political environment, she has some real challenges in next year’s election.
McSally complained that President Donald Trump and his tweets were creating troubling “distractions” and “it’s basically being taken out on me. Any Republican member of Congress, you are going down with the ship. And we’re going to hand the gavel to Pelosi in 2018, they only need 28 seats and the path to that gavel being handed over is through my seat. And right now, it doesn’t matter that it’s me, it doesn’t matter what I’ve done. I have an ‘R’ next to my name and right now, this environment would have me not prevail.”
Admittedly, McSally was making these comments as she was asking the bankers to open their checkbooks for her reelection campaign, so it could well be that she was just doing the ol’ fear-mongering-for-dollars act.
McSally’s comments came to light after some of McSally’s critics—including Kristen Randall, the leader of Indivisible Southern Arizona—ordered tickets to a talk McSally was giving at a luncheon for the Arizona Bankers Association.
Someone on Team McSally, however, appears to have taken a closer look at who was attending the event, because four of the five members of the group received emails about two hours before the lunch informing them that their tickets had been revoked. “They caught onto us,” Randall says with a laugh.
But the fifth member (whose identity The Skinny is not privy to) did manage to appear bankerly enough to crash the party—and the spy recorded McSally’s entire speech for the Randall’s group, and from there, it fell into our hands.
McSally was more blunt in many of her comments behind closed doors than she typically is when questioned on the issues. In fact, she expressed frustration that the media and her constituents ask her to comment on what President Trump says and does.
“The environment has changed and some of it changed on January 20,” McSally told the crowd. “There’s just an element out there that’s just, like, so against the president. Like they just can’t see straight. And all of a sudden on January 20, I’m like his twin sister to them. And I’m, like, responsible for everything he does, and tweets and says. And they want me to be spending my time as a pundit. ‘I disagree with that. I agree with this.’ I have a job in the legislature!”
Randall says she does expect McSally to speak up when Trump does something offensive.
“That’s her job,” Randall says. “When there’s going to be a vote, we want a statement. We want a dialogue. And she’s not giving it to us. She seems really put out. … She’s a leader in our community and that is part of her job. There’s a human component to her job that she very obviously does not enjoy.”
In her talk, McSally acknowledged that the job comes with a lot of frustration. She said serving in Congress had gotten a lot harder since Trump’s election last year and that she’s forced to “navigate in the political theater, but I don’t breathe life into it and I don’t enjoy it, just to be frank with you. It actually drains me.”
As she was talking to bankers, McSally focused on the latest GOP efforts to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that regulated banks after the 2007 economic collapse. She characterized Dodd-Frank as a hindrance to banks that needs to be repealed.
“Within the public, there is often a perception that we had the financial meltdown and then Dodd-Frank was good and it was, you know, saving us from future financial meltdowns,” McSally said. “You guys are all experts in the industry and you know that’s not the truth. Really, what Dodd-Frank did, was it provided additional compliance and legislative regulations and more burdens upon you. It doesn’t actually protect the consumer anymore, it just adds more paperwork and compliance.”
McSally also had a lot to say about healthcare, but we don’t have room in the column this week—so look for that online at The Range at tucsonweekly.com.
Randall says she’s still hoping McSally will do some open town halls in Tucson so her group won’t have to resort to subterfuge to try to find out her positions.
“I’m pretty angry that she was willing to talk to out-of-district bankers but she’s not willing to talk to us,” Randall said.
In the meantime, Indivisible Southern Arizona will be back to the protest beat at 8 a.m. Friday morning outside McSally’s midtown offices, 4400 E. Broadway. This time, the group will be expressing unhappiness about McSally’s support for overturning Dodd-Frank—and they’ll have loudspeakers to play McSally’s comments about the law to the bankers.
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This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2017.
Rock on, Kristen Randall!
McSally has a D- on immigration – same grade as Raul Grijalva. Might as well elect a Democrat.
Hey McSally…just cause you have a (R) next to your name doesn’t mean you have to vote in lockstep with the Republican agenda. The “heathcare bill” (actually it’s just a huge tax cut for the very wealthy) will take away 28 million people’s access to healthcare. Don’t blame Trump for taking you down…. those low ratings are because people don’t like your voting record.
Really?! THE TWEETS are the problem? How out of touch is she? Here’s only some of the problem:
-Russia,Russia,Russia
-Comments about journalists
-Unconstitutional Muslim ban
-Attempted gutting of domestic programs like Meals on Wheels
-Embarassment in the International field: Paris Climate Agreement
-Shady charity money laundering
-Encouraging a divisive government
-ACA repeal
-That STUPID wall
Martha McSally’s refusal to meet with constituents is an abdication of her duties as an elected official and is an indication that she is really representing only special interests – not the constituents who actually live in her district . She complains that she is unfairly being swept up with Trump but has voted his agenda consistently. Be brave McSally and take responsibility for your actions! Be brave and meet with constituents.
Other legislators, both D & R, manage to find the time and energy to comment on Trump’s reckless, damaging behavior. They recognize that legislative oversight of the Executive Branch is in the job description. Maybe McSally is just too “drained” to keep up. If so, time to resign!
Bye Bye Martha! Let’s vote her ‘the fuck’ out! She is a coward and a bully and her time is up in 2018.
Complaining about the R next to her name taking her down regardless of what she does when ALL she does is what the “R” and Trump wants her to do = hilariously out of touch. Walks in “let’s fucking do this” lockstep with them and then complains she’s associated with them.
And I love that she can find time to speak truthfully to bankers while ensuring she doesn’t ever actually talk to the people she represents.
Maybe her constituents consider her a twin sister to the president because she has voted 100% with his agenda, that it is not simply the (R) next to her name. McSally’s voting record – especially her unwavering support for the “new improved” health care bill, you know, the “f*cking thing” she wanted to get done – speaks for itself. If she doesn’t want to be compared to, or aligned with, Trump then perhaps not standing arm in arm with him would be a good first step. Her unwillingness to tell her constituents how she is going to vote on a bill (she was quoted saying something along the lines of “My vote is my business, you’ll know what it is when I cast it on the floor” in response to constituents, like me, asking her how she’s going to vote on bills) is a telling sign that she knows she’s not voting in a away aligned with the people she is suppose to be representing. That instead she is voting her own agenda, which also happens to be Trump’s agenda. Her whining and complaining at these out-of-district bankers is nothing more than her abdicating responsibility for her voting record. I have no sympathy for her “Oh, dear, my job has gotten so much harder since Jan 20th” – partially since I am 100% sure she voted for Trump in the election, but mainly because she has no sympathy or empathy for constituents, including the undocumented people living, working, and raising families within her district. Until she stands with us, I will not stand with her.
Martha McSally has no one to blame but herself for her political collapse. Her constituents did not force her to walk the plank for Trump (in fact, we begged her not to). She treats her district like enemy territory. It is time to replace her and find someone who will truly represent us.
Who do the Democrats have to run against McSally? If there’s nobody on the Democratic side with any credibility to run against her then this entire charade is moot.
Why would Rep. McSally expect that the environment would NOT change on January 20th? President Obama, whatever anyone might think of his policies, did not flout the Constitution, ignore established ethics rules, and behave so as to make the U.S. a worldwide laughingstock. President Trump has already done all this and worse. For McSally to imply that January 20th would not be seen as a turning point is naive to an extreme, an extreme that renders it unbelievable in the context of her education and intelligence. In other words, her rhetoric here embodies a level of disingenuousness that’s unbecoming and inappropriate for someone in her position.
WRONG, B-: this has everything to do with you – take it personally. You are in trouble for your complete lack of a spine, lack of compassion, and total FAILURE to REPRESENT (or even meet with) your constituents. You are toast in 2018 and it’s all on YOU!
So to test my understanding here: Martha McSally believes a congressional representative’s job isn’t to share her legislative views and a banker’s job isn’t to fill out paperwork.
Not big on reading job descriptions, is she?
How does McSally define her job? To “support and defend the Constitution,” which she swore to do by her oath of office? Apparently not. To represent the interests of her constituents? Doesn’t look like it. Maybe she could say she votes in her constituents’ best interest whether they or not they realize what their best interest is? Not when she joins the rush to replace Obamacare before the CBO has a chance to evaluate the effect of the Republican bill on her constituents. Maybe . . . to survive the next primary?
I need a different health care plan. Obama destroyed mine. And in case none of you have noticed, he left office with the world on fire and Iran monetarily enriched. Try a different news source.
Though I am liberal I understand that I live in a moderate area in a red state…I expect to compromise my ideals for the sake of representative democracy. We have THE most controversial President ever, and McSally chooses party over actual representation every day. Martha, we don’t expect you to vote blue. We expect you to explain your position and vote what is best for your district. Charlie Verdin said it well last night at the RepresentMeAz forum, to the effect of “the representative’s job is one of advocacy and communication both in Washington and at home.” Leaders communicate where and why we are going. Politicians in the pocket of others act like McSally.
I don’t mean to be hyperbolic, but McSally and the Republicans want people like me to die. I have a pre-existing condition, and Obamacare saved my life. McSally is working to make sure me and people like me can’t get insurance or lifesaving treatment — all so millionaires and billionaires can get more tax cuts.
To blame the So-Called President for her lack of responsibility to her constituents is one reason she should not be in office. Even when she did have one town hall, she would argue with us about our concerns. She didn’t really listen to us, she just thought we were being “mean” to her. We were frustrated and showed our frustration by continually asking her to answer our questions. She told out-of-district bankers Dodd-Frank is bad. Does she not understand it was put in place to protect her constituents? It appears not. And, it seemed she was indicating to the bankers that she will be voting to remove Dodd-Frank. What am I to conclude as a constituent? Well, my conclusion is that she cares only about her donors and nothing about her constituents, which is her job! Guess she needs a new job since she doesn’t appear to like this one. I plan to help her out in 2018 by not voting for her.
I totally agree that as our representative Martha McSally should state her position, give the reasons for her position, and, if constituents are still concerned, address why she feels the concerns are unjustified or how the concerns will be addressed. Her district includes voters who are both liberal and conservative, her job is to give all of us her assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of legislation, so we can understand her position, even if in the end we may not agree. I expect a dialogue, information and honest communication from my representative. I’m not getting any of that from her, but there are others offering to do a better job.
“There’s just an element out there that’s just, like, so against the president. Like they just can’t see straight. And all of a sudden on January 20, I’m like his twin sister to them. And I’m, like, responsible for everything he does, and tweets and says.”
Like, learn to, you know, like, use adult word to, like, explain yourself and, like, your total disregard and, like, contempt for all your constituents not just, like, you know, the R ones.
Time to retire McSilly. Then you can spin some false reason you had to leave so you save fake credibility when you go to work for some lobbyist group. Think about it.
I’ve voted for Democrats and Republicans. I voted for and supported Gabby Giffords even though we sometimes disagreed. I respected her because she would meet with her constituents, take our calls, discuss our issues, and explain her positions in advance of her votes. I’m stunned Rep. McSally doesn’t think her positions on issues are open to public discussion! I was disappointed that she wouldn’t even own up to her vote for Trump. She doesn’t seem to have any convictions except that she will do anything she can to hold on to her seat, and certainly no courage of convictions. And she will not get a big lobbying job when she loses because she has proven herself to be both inarticulate and unconvincing.
McSally sounds like a true introvert to me, like she really doesn’t like the back and forth with constituents, “political theater” as she called it. However this is a big part of her job! This morning I noticed approvingly that she co-sponsored a bill against animal testing with Don Beyer of Virginia. Don Beyer was my Congressman in another life and he is fantastic at it! Maybe she could talk to him and get some tips on how to effectively communicate her positions to those of us who really want to know. Even if her constituents do not all agree, and she knows they won’t, if she expresses her opinion lucidly and not just parroting the GOP talking points, she will gain the respect of her constituents.
McSally owes it to her constituents to state her positions on issues coming up for her vote, and to respect our opinions and input. These bankers are not her bosses — we are. Although I’m not sure she believes that.
A retired Army 18Z dear friend of mine died recently. Today would have been his birthday. He & others of his team worked with my old medical USAR unit here in Tucson, challenging us, convincing us to do things we might never have tried, showed us how to better take care of our troops and be better officers.
If he’d heard me whining like you, Col McSally, he’d have respectfully reminded me of the big picture, of what my job was & entailed, and “encouraged” me to get on with it. If that hadn’t worked he’d have not so respectfully asked me to find my backbone, and get on with doing my job, stop whining, or get the hell out of the way and let someone willing to actually do the job get it done. Apparently you never had any great NCO’s that helped “raise you” or you’ve forgotten their lessons! It’s time you grew a spine again, & started representing your constituents, not just the “R” after your name.
Let’s see how McSally votes on this: For those who don’t know, the SPLC is the Southern Poverty Law Center
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JUNE 7, 2017
Dear
This week the U.S. House of Representatives will likely vote on a bill that would strip away safeguards needed to stop predatory lenders from trapping low-income people in an endless cycle of poverty and debt.
The House is expected to pass this outrageous legislation.
But that doesnt mean the fight is over. Were monitoring this bill as it moves through Congress and will need your help.
The Financial CHOICE Act eliminates vital consumer protections in the Dodd-Frank law that was enacted after the 2008 financial crisis sent the country spiraling into one of the worst recessions ever.
Tucked inside the bill is a provision that short-circuits pending rules needed to rein in lenders who offer payday and car title loans. It even prohibits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from ever regulating this industry.
These loans trap millions of poor people across America in a nightmare of debt. Often, theyre people who just need a little money to buy food or pay a water bill. In some states, lenders get away with anything and are allowed to charge crippling interest rates like in Alabama, where interest on a payday loan is 456%.
Last year many of you submitted comments to the CFPB about these payday practices and urged the agency to enact commonsense regulations to protect the most vulnerable consumers. Now, the Financial CHOICE Act would prohibit the CFPB from regulating payday lenders. Its a giveaway to an industry that profits from the desperation of the poorest Americans.
Were not going to give up on this and neither should you.
Read more about the CHOICE Act and its implications for low-income communities, and get ready to take action with us against this bill.
The fight isnt over yet.
Sincerely,
Your friends at the SPLC”
Wow, I didn’t think I could detest this McSally creature even more, but after her “oh poor me” routine, I do. Yes Trump is an infantile imbecile who shouldn’t be within light years of the WH, and we are now, to our detriment, seeing exactly why…..but this McSally creature lays all of the blame for her fear over her re-election at his feet…..never mind her “let’s get this fucking thing done” attitude towards lopping tens of millions of people off of health insurance, and her overall general bs right wing stand on the issues…..such as with Dodd Frank. She is going down to defeat next year, along with scores of other scum bag Republicans, and yes some of that can be attributed to having an R after her name and standing by a very unpopular treasonous lunatic President, but much of it is because, well, she’s just being her bitch self.
Dodd Frank? The two so named really say it all. Dodd received sweetheart loan deals from his friend at Countrywide.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25140560/ns/politics-capitol_hill/t/sens-conrad-dodd-got-special-mortgage-deals/#.WTnfsKrQe70
And Barney Frank?
“The reality is that Frank, the powerful chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has been embroiled in two of the largest financial scandals in recent history. The first is the collapse of government-sponsored Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack, which triggered the nations financial crisis. Judicial Watch obtained internal government documents proving that members of Congress, including and perhaps especially Frank, were well aware that Fannie and Freddie were in deep trouble due to corruption and incompetence and yet they did nothing to stop it.
Judicial Watch also obtained internal documents from the Treasury Department that prove Frank helped steer $12 million in federal bailout funds to a Boston bank (OneUnited) that eventually got shut down by the government. Frank intervened on behalf of his equally corrupt friend, California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who held shares in the failing bank that also listed her husband (Sidney Williams) as a board member.”
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/11/corruption-scandals-caught-barney-frank/
These are your ” protectors?” How did this come to be?
“There’s just an element out there that’s just, like, so against the president….”
No, it’s an entire periodic table.
Maybe she needs to f***king better represent her district then.
The time to try to distance yourself from Trump was back in July once Trump won the nomination. But that would have taken courage; something I fear she lacks. Although she practically threatened my group who met with her in February saying that she isn’t afraid of anything. She might have the kind of fearlessness that comes with handling a killing machine, but I’m not sure that courage translates in her case. Anyway, it’s too late now. She’s stuck with him like that Cheeto cheese that sticks to your fingers that you can’t get off.
Typical republigoon whiner. You a vote aginst the best Intrest of your residents in your District? Pay the piper! Tens of thousands of very real people are going to suffer because your seat is more important than they are.
If Martha McSally does not want to be tarred with the same brush as Donald Trump, she should take a stand against him. As is, she has one of the worst environmental voting records in the entire House and she wants to undermine the protections put in place to avoid another financial meltdown.
I hope voters do turn her out of office if she continues on this path.
Just a reminder. McSally voting record since Jan 20th:
– Jan 24th 2017: Withdrawal of Funding for Abortion related health services – Voted Yea
– Feb 1st 2017: Repealing Stream Protection rule – Voted Yea
– March 28 2017: Vote to remove public internet privacy protections – voted Yea
– May 4th 2017: American Health Care Act of 2017 – Voted Yea
Voting Trump’s agenda and then griping about it….typical right wing hypocrite
She talks to her real constituents, rich bankers.
And forget about the actual voters.
I think it’s time for her to start looking for a new job.
secret recording so secret we can’t find it or hear it..on that recording you’ll hear her say i am the most handsome man in the world also
Don’t worry, Martha. Walmart is hiring!
According to McSally, it’s not *her* performance dragging her numbers down. Oh no! It’s undeserved, misdirected disapproval of Trump. So it’s Trump’s fault — couldn’t possibly have anything to do with her.
What nonsense!
Tsk, tsk, it’s never fun when you are on the defensive. Wonder why she never thought of that?
What a bunch of monkey see monkey do’s in here. By the jest of the comments you want to be conjouled and pampered like a bunch of civil servants trying to find validation their your position. To all of these patrons of progressive ideology. The burden to make the Government solvent has been put upon the next administration as always. I has became much to obvious the beast has exceed the burden. I would much rather have McSally in Washington working in committees and with lobbyists than these small minded egotists that are commenting as monkey see monkey do.
Vote Her Out!
Vote Her Out!
Vote Her Out!
Don’t take everything so personally, Martha! It’s not you we hate; it’s just everything you represent. It’s your selfish greed and disinterest in the people of this country. Remember the main idea? You’re supposed to help people, not kill them by eliminating their healthcare. You and your ignorant ilk need to retire from ‘leadership.’ You’re not up to the task.
Patty G –
Wake up…Neither Obama nor the ACA destroyed your health plan. Losing your health insurance was the result of one of two things: 1) your plan was substandard (meaning that the insurance company was screwing you big time for next-to-no coverage) or 2) it’s the result of the GOP deliberately pulling the rug out from under the insurers through Little Marco Rubio’s rule to de-fund high risk insurance pools. #2 is the REAL reason for the ‘failure’ of the ACA.
Stop watching FOX Fake News and you might learn some truths.
Being the ONLY Arizona Congressperson to vote the Trump Agenda 100% of the time does make her “Trump’s twin”. But she tells nobody (unless it suits her fundraising purposes) her opinion before a vote. Her staffers (in my experience) say 100% of the time that she hasn’t made a statement on an upcoming vote, or they haven’t had a chance to speak with her. This includes yesterday morning hours before the HR 10 vote. This is NO way to do the job of representing constituents in the legislature.
Maureen Galvin
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McSally has a D- on immigration…. but she doesn’t mind if it’s a D-, just not a C or a B. She needs that D next to her name.
There is a common thread on this rag to advise people to “stop watching Fox News,” which I find ridiculous. In case you hadn’t noticed, just yesterday, the New York Times, NBC, ABC, MSNBC and CNN had to apologize for misleading the American people on collusion between the current President and Russia regarding the 2016 election. It appears that none of it was true. The only one that hadn’t reported it? Fox News.
What facts have you withheld?
http://www.letsgetthisfuckingthingdone.com
Ms. McSally, what is “being taken out on you” is in fact your own voting record – which happens to be 100% in line with the president’s agenda. Personally, I am opposed to everything he stands for and I will use my constitutional right to call, write and show up at your office – which is actually MY office and that of the 700,000 constituents that live in your district.
You work for US and we will hold those feet to the fire every time we see something we don’t like.
You can always spot the religious wacko shills when they start talking about Iran getting money. Take your bronze age fairy tales elsewhere.
McSally, grow up and put your big girl R panties on. Stop riding the fence or go away.
There is a very simple solution for Republicans worried that Trump will cost them their seats: Stop being horrible.
You know better than to support him and the absurd policies this administration and its willing lapdog GOP Congress put forward. Even if you don’t have the moral sense to know better, basic facts should help you make the right decision. This is not rocket science. A healthcare bill with an 18% approval rating should not even be a hard call for you people, so why is it? Repealing the law that sought to prevent Wall Street from decimating people’s retirement accounts? Probably not a great message to send to voters who got stung by the 2008 Wall Street collapse and bailout while bankers got away scot-free and with more money.* Infrastructure bill that focuses on shoveling dollars to cronies rather than fixing our infrastructure and creating jobs? The public is not quite as stupid as you think they are. So grow a pair and try representing the actual people of your districts rather than your wealthy donors for once. Promise this will work!
*Reported in Forbes this week–the bonus pool for Wall Street execs exceeds the total earnings of minimum wage workers across the country. And you wonder why people are angry at you guys–both parties?
Sadly, Frank Mansell, I’ve listened to the tape and your supposed good looks don’t get a mention. Here’s the full recording for anyone else who’d like to give it a listen: http://www.indivisiblesaz.org/multimedia/
Martha McSally continues her denial about her own lack of responsiveness to her own constituents. I live in her district and I didn’t even find out about her hastily assembled “tele-town Hall” a few months ago because the notice seemed to only go out to Republican constituents.
When I called in she touted the then party-line that “the protesters were paid.” Having marched outside her office on many days, I can attest to the fact that no one I know of the hundreds of protesters were paid.
What hurts McSally much more than being tied to Trump is that she appears to hold her constituents in contempt. She only makes pro forma efforts to reach out under duress, and then behind what she thinks are closed doors she trivializes our concerns.
In 2018 we of what is currently known as “Martha McSallly’s district” intend to elect someone who represents us and does not demean us. McSally could be that person, but she’s got to start being responsive to our constituents. To date, she has shown no interest in doing so.
Uh patty? What about OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY WAS OVER do you not understand? Why did he leave office? He had no choice. You think whiners like McSally would have let him stay? No they wanted Trump. Well now they have him. I dont know what news source you read, but my news source is the United States Constitution. I also know for a fact that even though his presidency is up. He didnt just walk away and leave us to Trumps crap. He protected us in a few ways that Trump cannot alter. Obama has gone above and beyond for his country and every one of us. So before condemning please make sure your argument is valid. You sound just like McSally. If Obamas aca that made sure everyone had healthcare and no ins. could raise or deny coverage for preexisting conditions or the part where your employer had to cover your ins. Messed your medical up, Then, wow are you going to be in a heck of a lot of trouble if Trumps Deathmed goes thru.Obama care needs tweaking. Thats to be expected, changes occur, somethings become obsolete. The answer is not repeal or to replace Obamacare but to adjust where any deficiencies occur. The only reason for Trumps Deathmed is because Trump is blind with jealousy for Obama and he is trying to undue all of the protections Obama gave us and also to give corporations their outrageous tax cuts. Republicans are pushing it for the same reason.Money,money,money,and McSally is just as guilty as all the other republicans that are to greedy to stand against him.
She’s voting to gut Dodd Frank and dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because both stop banks from ripping off consumers.
Wells Fargo case, those new wire transfer protections, rules banning auto lenders from tapping into military pay…all from CFPB.
“Let’s pass this fuckin’ thing!” McSally blaming Trump is like Roy Cohn blaming Joe McCarthy.
VICTOR E –
You are delusional if you think that anything said by Comey proved that 45 was not involved in collusion with Russia. When asked that question, Comey referred the Senate Intelligence Committee to Special Counsel Mueller. In no way did he say that 45 was innocent, nor did he say that 45 was not under investigation. 45’s attorney was lying through his teeth when he claimed that Comey’s testimony vindicated 45; it definitely did not.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/comey-confirms-telling-trump-he-was-not-under-investigation/article/2625241
Looks like he did just that. he also told the Senate IC that Lynch pressured him to downplay Hillary’s computer problems that allowed Russians to hack the DNC and the DCCC. Why?